| Facebook | Website | Blog | Photo Tours | Like my facebook page for more frequent updates on travels, photos, tips, tutorials and photographic expeditions. Please view this image on my website where it will display against a dark background at it's intended resolution. This series of rapids above Salto Grande falls is one of Torres del Paine's main photographic attractions. The shot that most people usually take is of these rapids, but from a rock shelf jutting into a river bend about 50 meters back. I tried to get something a little different and found this spot on the side of the rapids. It was a bit risky as I was standing in the water in a spot where a slip would most likely mean drowning. If I stood just to the right where it is a lot safer, then the composition didn't work because the rushing river would be too far to the left of the frame. Taking my shoes off wasn't an option because the rocks were very sharp and the water's temperature just above freezing. It's impossible to take this photo on a windy day as the lens gets bombarded by spray form the rapids. I finally got one calm morning, but the sunrise didn't look promising. There was the perfect amount of cloud on the peaks, but there was no alpenglow prior to sunrise and no first pink or red light on the peaks. While cussing at the clouds, the freezing water and my wet boots and reminding myself that I was there at a cost of $250/day, strong orange light suddenly hit the clouds. I immediately started shooting and saw that I needed to get a bit lower to improve my composition. I made the adjustment and got this one shot and it wasn't 60 seconds and the light was gone again. Somewhere very far to the East there was a sliver of a gap in the clouds that let through 2-3 minutes of sunrise light. It wasn't brilliant, but it was all I needed to get the shot. Torres del Paine NP, Chile, Patagonia This image is the intellectual property of Hougaard Malan. It may not be used in any way without the author's written consent.
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