photographs
Another image from my trip to the Pyrenees, this time an image made from France of a Spanish peak which name I don't remember. What I do remember, though, is the beautiful sight that early morning.
A long exposure of Lac Gentau with the beautiful Midi d'Ossau in the background. Yet another great view from the stunning hike to Lacs d'Ayous in the french Pyrenees.
Even though I got a few images from some majestic peaks on my hike to Lacs d'Ayous, this one of the baby horse with its mom has to be one of my favorites.
Besides the moment between the horse, this image is all about the light.
The town of Sabiñánigo with the mountains of the Pyrenees in the background.
The beautiful Peña Foratata, in two images. The first one, with a human touch, and the second one, just the mountain. What a beautiful place in the Pyrenees.
Torla, a small town in northern Aragon, is the gateway to the beautiful Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park. As I was heading back home after a long hike, I decided to stop and look for some images, those I had failed to make in the park.
I knew that, many times, adding a human touch to a landscape makes images so much more interesting. In this case, it wasn't just a "touch", but a whole church. I absolutely loved the contrast of the stone building, and the towering wall of rock that stood in the background.
The human made walls versus the walls made by Nature.
An image from a very peaceful afternoon back in 2018, in Brittany, France.
This is yet another example of why I love fog. I've walked by this scene dozens of times, and I never thought of making an image of it. In regular conditions, it's just too busy. But a few days ago, things were different -- the fog had removed the background, leaving me with a much simpler scene I could work with. I loved how the three posts contrast with the three trees.
Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, October 2021.
Somewhere behind those clouds lays Monte Perdido (Lost Mountain), in Ordesa National Park.
Another foggy morning, another morning of photography. I especially like Sunday mornings since there's no one on the streets. That and the fog create an eerie atmosphere that I love.
An image from December 2018 I made in the Alentejo, Portugal.
Arches National Park, Utah, November 2020
Galicia, October 2021.
I made this image during this morning's walk -- a beautiful foggy one. I thought I had already walked every single street and path in this town, but to my surprise I was able to find some new spots around, and even more I didn't have time to explore today.
I loved this scene -- peaceful, calm, beautiful. A little stone house, a tree, and a path.
In my opinion, one of the most beautiful peaks in the Pyrenees mountains. I was lucky enough to see a couple of sunrises at the feet of this magnificient mountain, and during one of them I was gifted with some fog to make everything even better.
I've been trying to remember where I made this image, because I want to revisit this tree --if it's still there, of course. But I can't remember exactly where I took it, so I guess I'll just have to keep searching.
Some images I made last night at the "roman bridge" (even though the locals call it roman, the bridge is actually from the medieval ages) in heavy fog.
This image was one of my first attempts at wildlife photography with my Bronica SQ-Ai. I failed.
As soon as I got close, the storks flew away and never came back. I waited with my tripod and camera ready for almost an hour. They didn't trust me and I don't blame them.
I moved on and kept making images, but decided to check on them again on my way back home, and good I did. They were back, and this time I won't let them leave without an image.
Having ran out of film, I grabbed my digital camera. That would've been my choice anyway, even if I had film. The Bronica proved too big and slow for a scene like this.
I clicked a few times, but it was with this last composition that I got what I was looking for. Inmediately after, they flew away again. This time, I didn't mind.
You can watch the whole thing on this video: "Wildlife" photography with the Bronica.
This is not a good place to photograph in the snow. It does snow a few times every winter, but it's not cold enough for it to stick around. You can get a few white days in the mountains, but that's about it.
That's why I wanted to make it to the mountains so bad a couple of weeks ago. A recent storm had left some considerable snow, but the days were about to warm up so the clock was ticking.
I was lucky enough to get a few hours of cloudy weather and I was able to make some good images. I'm still hoping for some more snow in the weeks to come, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Sometimes, the best images are the ones we don't expect to make. This is what happened on my recent trip to A Coruña.
This scene was just in front of the hotel where I was staying. I saw it on my second day there, and I visited the location multiple times over a period of 36 hours. I shot it during the day, at night, and before sunrise.
The one I shot at dawn turned out to be the best one, and one of my favorite images I've made this year so far.
I showed how I made and edited this image in a video a few days ago, so there's little else I can say about it.
Cemeteries aren't usually places I like to photograph. That day, though, I was looking for subjects that would look good with that layer of fresh snow. Things you wouldn't see covered in snow often in that area.
When I saw it, I wasn't sure I was going to be able to reach it. The path to the cemetery was covered in untouched snow, and the gate was closed. I still wanted to give it a try, and I'm glad I did. I had no problem getting inside.
After a short walk and trying a few initial compositions, I stumbled upon this one. Everything was perfectly in place, a big cross with its white tomb, and a line of other dark crosses in the background.
Once you see a composition, everything is very easy. The hardest part of photography is to recognize it when you see it.
