Photographer's Note
This is from a visit I made to the province of Córdoba (some 800 kilometers north west of Buenos Aires and almost on the geographical center of Argentina) during the last days of April.
La Cumbrecita (would translate as ‘little summit’) is a small town located high on the hills of the Calamuchita valley (about 1500 meters above sea level). It is a somehow dry region, with a rocky terrain where almost all trees are part of forestation projects.
Anyway, that region attracted a lot of immigrants from Central Europe from the 1930s through the 1950s and somehow they ‘branded’ these little towns with their native architectural styles, food, chocolate and beer.
There are some very good lodging and restaurant options in those villages. The rocky terrain and the hills’ mild slopes offer some nice trekking and hiking possibilities.
I was a fresh early autumn day, with low clouds and occasional drizzle but a great moment to take one of those paths; it this case a short one leading to the waterfall in the photo.
Again (shame on me!) I was not carrying my tripod so I tried to get a hand held exposure as slow as possible (cold and tired legs after a part of the trail did not help) to improve the effect on the water.
In the workshop I include two bonus shots with a view of the ‘waterfall path’ (it follows the stream) and the other showing one of the creeks which are common in the region..
Raw Capture at ISO 200 – f16 – 1/10s @ 17 mm.+ Hoya 81C warm filter
Post processing: Raw file conversion @ +0.5 EV (DPP) to TIF, then (PS CS) cropping, levels & contrast (curves), USM, resize, very light USM and save for the web.
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syd1946
(1167) 2006-08-09 15:51
Hi Carlos,
Nice view for this beautiful place!I love the well seen saturated colors and of course the waterfull giving a fresh sense to me in the middle of the summer.Well taken!
Friendly Regards,
Thomas
izmirli
(3989) 2006-08-09 16:52
merhaba sevgili dostum ve arkadaşım carlos.
wonderful nature and landscape.beautiful trees and waterfull.well done.
Istanbuldan sevgi ve saygılarla.
gürkan akçakır.
gebala
(0) 2006-08-09 17:39
hello my friend:)
i would love to go to Argentina one day
really nice place I see now
great nature:)
I like colours and nice point of view:)
well taken
rgs
TeresaT
(10806) 2006-08-09 18:36
Hello my dear friend,
beautiful capture of this waterfall.
The POV is great.
and I like the variety of green/brown tones here.
The images of the WS are also very good.
Kisses
Teresa
MIG13
(0) 2006-08-10 0:05
Oi, Carlos! Vc é cordobês? Vejo que fotografa com freqüência essa bela cidade/província (me lembra um pouco Minas Gerais, não me pergunte o porquê!). Aliás, a Argentina me fascina (principalmente Buenos Aires, hermosa que es), principalmente por estar tão próxima e ser tão diferente... Ao mesmo tempo, lá me sinto em casa, não me sinto estrangeiro. Sua foto mostra um pouco dessa beleza, em uma região pouco conhecida dos brasileiros. Legal! Abraço! Miguel.
rosaline
(0) 2006-08-10 3:59
Hi Carlos
A good shot despite not having a tripod. The framing works well and the elevated look enhances the picture. The various hues are nice too. Good contrast and well framed.
Aubrey
papagolf21
(152605) 2006-08-10 4:08
Bonsoir mon bon ami Carlos,
Je suis très heureux de vous revoir. J'ai beaucoup apprécié votre dernière photographie avec cette mer couleur de pierres précieuses.
Ici, encore, vous nous offrez des vues étonnantes avec cette cascade qui s'écoule harmonieusement dans une sorte de piscine improvisée.
Un grand merci pour la note également très détaillée et fort intéressante.
Amitiés.
Philippe
Gerrit
(62042) 2006-08-10 4:29
Hi Carlos.
Great view with colouring trees, rocks and waterfall. Good composed landscape.
rfegards, gerrit
atus
(15878) 2006-08-10 5:54
Hello Carlos,
very nicely captured shot from a great pov with good dof and sharpness and very nice colours. Maybe a slight crop on the top to eliminate the white sky could be useful to enhance the beauty of the surrounding vegetation. Thank you for this and those in the WS,too. Have a nice day, my friend!
Attila
Lynette
(1615) 2006-08-10 6:40
Hi my friend, welcome back. How was BA this past weekend?
Great pov of this lovely place! The colors and of course the waterfall looks quite refreshing. Well done & tks for the sharing the note.
greetings,
: ) Lynette
john_c
(24666) 2006-08-10 10:45
Hi Carlos,
Good use of the vertical format to capture these falls and surrounding flora. The various layers of interest catch the eye and cause one to actually feel the spray of the falls. I especially like the foreground red berries/leaves to the left. Very well captured.
John
feather
(51130) 2006-08-10 11:13
You have managed very well to hand-hold at 1/10 second; You may already do it but I find setting the 2 second timer useful to help holding still in these cases. Very colourful autumn image with some motion blur in the water. Maybe cropping out the sky would help, although you would sacrifice some of the autumn colour too.
Kath
Kath
Tue
(91564) 2006-08-10 13:41
Hej Carlos,
Wonderful piece of nature. The many different colours are very nice and there are a lot of small details to discover here. The photo is well composed too, good work!
Hilsen,
Lars
josepmarin
(59385) 2006-08-10 14:32
Hola Carlos,
Las tres fotos son muy buenas, cualquiera de ellas podía ser tu post principal.
El paisaje que nos muestra tu foto es muy bello, los colores de otoño son muy naturales y bonitos, y la cascada que cae sobre el río es espectacular.
Aunque el tiempo no ayudaba a conseguir una buena foto, tan nublado y con alguna llovizna, y teniendo en cuenta que no usaste trípode, he de felicitarte por la calidad que has conseguido en la imagen. Tiraste a 1/10s y no se movió, tienes buen pulso, amigo.
Buen trabajo.
Un saludo,
Josep
veve
(4189) 2006-08-10 15:40
Hi Carlos!
Beautiful picture ,Carlos!
Nice colors and good format for this waterfall!
Great point of view!
Many regards,
Veronica
Click3
(1886) 2006-08-11 0:38
Carlos...muy linda foto,me encantan los colores y la composición/ubicación de los elementos. Tuve la suerte de ir de vacaciones a este lugar con mi familia...y la pasamos MUY bien:está excelentemente conservado y hay mucho que hacer. Gracias por traer lindos recuedos...Un abrazo, Robert
pboehringer
(770) 2006-08-11 1:08
Carlos, a minha primeira impressao era de uma scanned foto. A composicao e as cores sao fantasticas mas tudo com pouca nitidez. Pois e, com 1/10s, e com maos gelidas e pernas cansadas voce realmente deu uma de mestre.
Na proxima vez voce deveria levar um tripe na sua mochila.
Abraco, Peter
Angshu
(56760) 2006-08-11 3:47
Hi Carlos
Good use of the vertical format here to show us the falls and surrounding flora. There are many interesting things to see with the red berries in the foreground, the colourful leaves in the BG & the ample foliage superbly framing the falls. The photos in the WS are excellent
Regards
Angshu
berek
(50518) 2006-08-11 8:47
Hola Carlos,
Beautiful landscape wit a small waterfall . nice sharpness and framing. friendly regards.
Berek
my overall evaluation -> :-))
Vato_Law
(12732) 2006-08-11 16:40
Hello Carlos,
Wonderful little corner, very relaxing, this one you show here. i like the relaxing mood of this place and the colours of it. The only but is the sky that is a bit washed up.
Rgds.
Paulo
Flavia
(10352) 2006-08-11 17:53
Hola Carlos,
Belas cores autonais. O efeito fluido na agua funcionou bem mesmo sem o tripe, impressionante! O ceu e que n ajuda muito.
Abracos,
Flavia
Scharan
(14144) 2006-08-11 22:36
Carlos, gostei da maneira como você viu a
paisagem como um todo, não focando sòmente a cascata, que por sinal é linda, mas mostrou muito a vegetação com uma variedade imensa de tons. Parabéns.
Beijos
Vera.
efigesta
(12188) 2006-08-13 6:56
Ola Amiga
uma queda de agua interessante e um ponto de vista fotografico muito bom
abraço
manuel
elmec
(12210) 2006-08-17 1:54
Hello Carlos!
This is very interesting place!
So magic water and green forest around - essence of life.
Good done
Best regards!
rahul__rahul__
(2250) 2006-08-17 16:17
Hi Carlos
very nice colors in this and though the sky is overexposed it does not distract much
good job
tfs
Rahul
plimrn
(21344) 2006-08-21 22:42
Hi Carlos,
All three photos show the beauty of this area in the fall. I can imagine walking along the stream on the way to the waterfall. I find your notes very useful including your comments to Kath, I will have to read more on the mirror lock-up function.
Regards, Pat
chrisnet
(23062) 2006-08-22 8:10
Hello Carlos,
This waterfall is very nice,it's really a peaceful place.Good colors aand framing,an excelelnt work Carlos!
Best regards from France
Christian
toto
(0) 2007-07-27 0:51
Belle photo de cette chute, elle est bien figée, sans doute 1/10 de seconde, grande netteté,belle vue. Amitiés Thomas
pajaran
(114891) 2013-08-14 6:44
Dobar dan.
Vrlo interesantan i dobar tekst, sa datim podacima ...
Lep pogled ...
Dobra kompozicija i pespektiva, lepo pokazano mesto i vodopad.
Lepa priroda.
Imajte lep dan, sve najbolje.
Paja.
Good afternoon.
Very interesting and good text with the given data ...
Nice view ...
Good composition and pespektiva, nice place and shown waterfall.
Beautiful nature.
Have a great day, all the best.
Paja.
Photo Information
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Copyright: Carlos Martinez (cjmm)
(4479)
- Genre: Luoghi
- Medium: Colore
- Date Taken: 2006-04-29
- Categories: Natura
- Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF17-40mm f4L, 81 C Warm
- Esposizione: f/16, 1/10 secondi
- Versione Foto: Versione Originale, Workshop
- Date Submitted: 2006-08-09 15:48
Discussions
- To feather: Hi Kath (1)
by cjmm, last updated 2006-08-10 02:04 - To MIG13: Olá Miguel! (1)
by cjmm, last updated 2006-08-11 12:19 - To plimrn: Hi Pat (1)
by cjmm, last updated 2006-08-22 07:43