Horns of Paine
“Los Cuernos Del Paine” – Patagonia, Chile – Ian Plant – Featured Photographer
There are some places in the world where it is impossible to take a “bad photograph”. Patagonia is one of them. However it is very easy to take a photograph of one of these places and have it not look as good as when you were there (I can’t take a great manatee photo to save my life.) Anyways, Ian finds a way to make an amazing place look amazing. Like you could just raft down this crazy river and then grab a cold beer on the shore while checking out the spectacular purple and gold mountains in the background. I know this is sunrise, but in my dream I have a beer. Thanks Ian for adding a new line to my bucket list of things to see and flights to spend my frequent flyer miles on. Also I want to mention Ian’s website “Dreamscapes” http://www.ianplant.com has several incredible images that I would love to hang on my wall. So check it out and while you are there bookmark his blog, it is well worth the read. My brother and I read it every week!
Enter Ian:
While exploring and photographing Torres del Paine National Park in the Patagonia region of Chile, on a rainy day I came upon this scene of rapids below the famous Horns of Paine (“Los Cuernos”). I liked what I saw in terms of composition, and decided to return the next morning—my last day in the park—in hopes of better weather and great sunrise light. I awoke the next morning to starry skies above. While racing to this location, mist and clouds moved back over the mountains, and it began to look like I might get shut out. Just before the sun rose, however, the clouds began to lift, and the Horns peeked out. At sunrise, the mountains were bathed in beautiful light. I used the rapid in the river as my foreground, zooming in with my wide-angle lens as the rocks were twenty feet away from me. I would have liked to get a bit closer but the blue-green glacial water was too cold, too deep, and moving too fast. Aside from the color and mood, I was attracted to the symmetry between the rapids in the lower left and the shape of the cloud in the upper right. These two elements, working together, form an abstract curve that leads the eye through the image.
I wish I could take credit for this photograph, but in the end I was simply lucky to be at hand when the moment happened. It was an incredible sunrise in a spectacular location, the kind that even someone like myself who does this for a living doesn’t see all that often. I’m glad to be fortunate enough to have been there, and to have captured the fleeting moment with my camera.
Technical details: Canon 5D Mark II camera, 24-105mm lens (@35mm), polarizer filter, 2-stop reverse neutral density graduated filter, ISO 200, f/11, 0.8 seconds.
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Amazing shot – amazing lighting
Gorgeous!
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There’s a definite, surreal, almost Dale Terbush-like sense to this photograph. The warm vibrancy of the sky colors is stunning, especially in juxtaposition with the cool colors of the vegetation and water. The craggy, angular features of the mountains also lie in sharp contrast to the flowing, dream-like quality of the waters below.
What an absolutely marvelous study in contrast—from textures to colors. Great job.
I would love to be dropped there for a month, complete with food and art supplies. Even then a month probably wouldnt be long enough…….it looks great.
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I thought I would stop by your blog too… wow what stunning photos! Breathtaking and makes me want to step right into each picture!
Majestic photo!
Beautiful!
surreal and otherwordly, hard to believe that places like this exist.
Simply gorgeous! Great composition. Loved the color.
What a unique shot! It just makes me think of all the strange and beautiful things are left lurking behind the surface of this planet’s great oceans. Love it.
I’d give anything to be able to live there with that view! Awesome!
Lucky your, at the right moment at the right place. Love the colours. Great photo.
Awesome!
Just nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award. Keep up the good work.
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It has such a breathtaking mystical aura about it. It reminds me of where men of great spiritual minds would go to meditate.
Thank you for sharing this view with me.
Yisraela
Very beautiful!
Bella and DiDi
Truly elegant. Wonderful textures and rich colors
surreal. breathtaking.
Breathtaking!
God’s artistry caught on film – gorgeous!!
Stunning!
Amazing picture!!! I am so grateful for this beautiful earth, and what we have not yet managed to destroy!
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Lovely!
I am in shock….This photo is extraordinary beautiful ! WOW !
This is amazing! Looks almost unreal. This is the stuff of fantasy, like something I’d want on the cover of my book!
Nice:)
Great photo … the mountains really talk to me, but the water/ocean doesn’t look real and that spoils the photo a bit for me.
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Beautiful. All poets should know about this site. It tickles the muse.
Aaaah, Lovely Land of myths! Ann
Oh, lovely!
Breathtaking!
The stuff of fantasy. Simply gorgeous!
I’ve been following Ian Plant for quite some time and he is a very talented photographer and writier. His ebooks and tutorials are terrific.
Nice, beautiful!
Amazing!!!! I hiked here ten years ago and absolutely love this shot!!!! Thanks for sharing!
Otherworldly!
This does not look like earth, unless it’s full of hobbits.
The photos just keep getting better! Stunning!
So beautiful and surreal. Thank you for sharing.
Amazing and Gorgeous
This is simply amazing.
A beautiful shot.
The waves crash upon the rocks
Releasing its grip as it falls back to the river bed.
With each lash on the shore
Is the caress of the loving hand of the Lord.
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Amazing just Amazing!
Phenomenal shot!! It makes want to reach in and be a part of the beauty!
Beathtaking shot
As usual a spectacular photo!
A great image and another spot to add to the bucket list…
Awesome
Beautiful
Amazing!!!
Utterly beautiful
That is a stunning photo, you are so lucky to be there.
Stunning! Wow!
Wow, amazing pictures!
What an amazing shot. A very inspirational moment. There are many breathtaking moments in life that can overwhelm you but when you are lucky enough to experience one you will feel the impact and want to share it with the world. this is one of those moments. Thank you for sharing.
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such a pretty blue – aquamarine
The surrealism is ever-present in this one. There is a fantastical element in play. Gorgeous!
It looks like you could reach right out and touch it!
Wonderful photographer and great subject!
So fantasy like, absolutely love it!
Wow, that is so grand!
Thank you for the like on my post. This photo is amazing and any nature lover would want to visit the place:)
Thank you for dropping by my blog and liking one of my poems, what absolutely stunning photographs are displayed on your blog, well done on this amazing work. Clarabelle
spectacular shot. Excellent contrast.
I really believe I can see Frodo and company on the far mountain.
I really think I can see Bilbo and company on the far mountain.
The shot is beautiful. It is thrilling to see so much beauty in one shot.
A fantastic shot. I was in Terro del Fuego about five years ago, but was on the eastern side of the island. I knew the Hornes where to the other side, to the west, but couldn’t make my way there. I espeically regret it when I see an image like this. Maybe the stars will align and surprise me with a future return visit. Thanks for the photo.
God, that’s gorgeous! Well done!
This is beautiful!
Other worldly!!!
It’s an incredible shot! Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful photo.