Last light on Villarica, a photo from Araucania, Lakes Region

Photographer's Note

Villarica volcano at sunset, taken from Pucon. 300mm. focal length (digital). Villarica (2847M. alt) is one of the most active volcanoes in Chile, there is visible smoke rising most of the time, but the wind was too strong to see it that day. I will upload a wider version to workshop where the smoke is somewhat more visible.

Estelle, Dyerco, Matthew-Watt, Bruno40, alainh, ChrisJ, belido, delkoo, stego, Guenther, Tue, bibiweb ha contrassegnato questa nota come utile

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Estelle (2766) 2008-01-13 16:15

Hello Tan,
Beautiful picture and colours.
Here is my ignorance: I discovered with your note that there were volcanoes in Chili!
Estelle

Dyerco (10185) 2008-01-13 16:24

Hi Tan
What a gorgeous shot. The clean simple lines of white on blue with the warm evening light.
Good shooting.
Phil

danielswalsh (13597) 2008-01-13 16:39

Nice and simple composition with warm and cold colors combined. I like the soft graduation between light and shadows in contrast to the hard graduation between slope and sky.

Simple yet effective.
Nice work,
- Dan

vral (54) 2008-01-13 17:01

Hello Tan,

Nice capture of this sleeping fire. Before reading your notes I felt so cool looking at this wonderful image particularly the reflecting sun rays and the blue in the shadow region. After knowing it as an active volcano it gives a different feeling.

Nice color and compo.

TFS
-vral

Matthew-Watt (5934) 2008-01-13 17:25

Hello Tan,

A miraculous sight here, particularly good because I know these huge stratovolcnoes seem to generate their own weather patterns around them because of updrafts and temperature inversions resulting in the peak being clad in fog. This scene however provides a perfect cloud-free shot of this active giant. The pinkish orange hue on the conical peak reminds me of my flying over Mt. Taranaki in New Zealand. The image is very clear, and there are very few jpeg compression artifacts to spoil the definition. Is that smudge near the top of the peak a shadow on the mountain or is it a impurity on the lens? Either way, it does not distract much at all. I would love to climb it! Well done.

Matt

Bruno40 (6662) 2008-01-13 17:26

Hi Tan,
Nice composition and contrast between volcano and perfect blue sky. The late evening sunlight gives a special texture to the photo. Well seen & captured.
Good memories from this photo: I climbed the volcano in 1987. We had no special shoes or clothing. It was during summer holidays.
Few meters before the summit, a cloud covered everything, and we had to rush down. We couldn't see our own nose. Good fun though.
TFS
Jorge

Cormac (26565) 2008-01-13 19:40

Wow, this is a simply gorgeous shot! The last light on the snow is so beautiful and delicate, being almost pink, that this is irresistable. The contrast of colour is wonderful, and I like the simple shape of the mountain, very clean and unbroken. I really like this!

jjcordier (79299) 2008-01-13 22:13

Encore une superbe photo, Tan! Ce volcan enneigé rosit de plaisir sous la caresse des rayons du soleil. Très beau!
Amicalement
JJ

alainh (33209) 2008-01-13 23:19

hello Tan
the light is very soft and the pink colour in the blue is a true pleasure.
have a good day Tan
alain

ChrisJ (171222) 2008-01-14 1:12

Hi Tan

Wow! I like the rose tinted snow, on this impressive, volcanic peak. Superb zoom shot, with excellent flattened perspective, from the magnification, & impeccable sharpness. Tfs!

ktanska (44468) 2008-01-14 2:30

Hi Tan,
I guess it's the very clean air up there which makes this peak appear to be so close. I guess it wasn't anyway. Beautiful sunset light on that cone of powder snow. Clean and simple composition.
Kari

belido (19934) 2008-01-14 3:44

Hi Tan,

this view of the snowed mountain contrasting with the dark blue sky is beautiful, I like this tight crop however I think you lost some sharpness quality overall and one advice: clean your lens/sensor or work on the spots on the sky. Good work!
Regards,
Carlos

delkoo (68) 2008-01-14 3:58

bonjour tan
effectivement cette vue sur le volcan est tres belle, c'est surtout les couleurs ici qui enjolivent ce superbe cone.

didier

gneufeld (15890) 2008-01-14 9:29

Hi Tan,
Wow, is that deep snow or what! Great pov and excellent color and light management here. Fine shot and TFS. Gerald

rbcy1974 (20758) 2008-01-14 10:04

Hello Tan
Happy new year
Great shot. Its amazing the wide variety of blues that exist in nature, and you seem to ahve captured a good proportion of them here
Cheers
Daniel

gilou530 (34) 2008-01-14 12:28

salut tan
fabuleux ce volcan enneigé, ciel bleu neige blanche une grande photo avec beaucoup de netteté et de PDC
amitiés
gilbert

stego (24132) 2008-01-14 16:20

Hi Tan,
It's good to have you back. I find that this one goes a bit away from the style of most of your gallery. This has nothing to do with being less attractive or less achieved in any detail - as usual, everything is amazingly perfect. I note this only because it's very usual that your compos look "more elaborate", they usually include many elements all arranged in a so tidy way that it is very rare to find, and this one is rather simple, which probably is what makes it so beautiful. The light is amazing and the framing explores very nicely the perfect cone shape of the volcano covered with that snow that looks like a silk sheet.
I like it very much.
Regards, José.

testmaniac (13508) 2008-01-15 0:49

Hello Tan, nice capture of very nice place. A little bit more sharpness will be better.

TFS and regards,
Philip

Guenther (10915) 2008-01-15 8:27

Hi Tan,
a great, majestic view ... a wonderful light ... very beautiful, great job!

Tue (91574) 2008-01-15 14:27

Hej Tan,
A great view of the mountain peak with a lovely light. The soft tones of the sunlight are wonderful and nice in contrast to the blue colours of the left hand side. Well done!
Regards,
Lars

MadraRua (887) 2008-01-17 14:23

Hi Tan,
gorgeous light! Whata simple and beautiful composition.
Last April I made it to 100m from the peak but we had to turn back as the weather turned. It wasn't anything like this!
TFS

woozbman (368) 2008-01-23 19:56

Hi Tan,

Wonderful play of light and shadow on the mountain against the dark background. Colors really bring out the sunset atmosphere. TFS.

Best regards,
Lamberto

Leonie (8809) 2008-01-24 10:55

Hi Tan,
A belated Happy New Year! Wow this mountain shape is fantastic! A simple yet extraodinary shot!
Cheers, Léonie

Morac (27725) 2008-01-26 13:43

Hello Tan,
Beautiful picture and colours.
Nice capture of this sleeping fire.
Regards
Marc

AmiBe (6042) 2008-01-27 13:16

Hi Captain,
so, back to business ?
I like the warm light on the cold snow.
A really impressive and beautiful mountain.
rgs

bibiweb (8) 2008-02-01 12:22

Hi Tan,
It seems so peaceful and calm! I just love the simplicity and the soft tones of this mountains sunset. Perfectly composed...
Have a nice week-end.
Brigitte

bazal (7900) 2008-02-18 1:39

Hi Tan.
I like the superb and extremely pure geometry of this volcanic cone covered by snow. The texture of the snow is superb and produces fantastic reflexion of the red-orange light of the last sunbeams.
Always a pleasure to come to your gallery!
Thanks for sharing.

ecmel (1770) 2008-04-09 0:03

Hello,
Volcanoes assault all of the senses-sight, touch, smell and hearing. Your photo serves "sight" senses with elegant symmetry and perfect colours.
*Şu anda bilgisayarımın masaüstünde(arka planında) Osorno volkanı yer alıyor. Sanırım bu fotoğraftan sonra değişecek.
İzmir'den selamlar
Ecmel

npecanhuk (79329) 2008-04-29 10:19

Hi Tan!
I love volcanoes and this one - Villarrica - in Pucon is one of my favorite ones!
I have a similar picture, but when I took it, back in 2005, I still had only my Sony-CiberShot, so, it's not as clear as yours, which I consider just wonderful!
TFS
Neyvan Peçanhuk

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oko (239) 2010-08-26 3:38

Hi Tan,

I love the perfect shape of this volcano: exponential curves on the side and the flat top with a little smoke coming. The composition which shows more of one side of the slope than the other feels very balanced.The best part of the shot are the soft shades.

Cheers,

Irena