Title: Boating On Lago Sandoval
Location: Rio Madre de Dios, Peru
Settings
ISO
50
Focal Length
28mm
Shutter Speed
1/125
Aperture
f/8
Exp Comp
-1/3
Camera
Canon EOS 5D
Lens
Canon 28-300mm L
The sky in this image was originally just about blown out so I wanted to bring back the blue I saw that day. In Adobe Lightroom I adjusted:
Highlight Recovery +95
Black Clipping +15
Brightness +5
Contrast +23
Aqua Saturation +60
Blue Saturation [...]
Title: Not Quite Hidden Macaw
Location: Rio Madre De Dios, Peru
Settings
ISO
400
Focal Length
300mm
Shutter Speed
1/320
Aperture
f/6.3
Exp Comp
-1/3
Camera
Canon EOS 5D
Lens
Canon 28-300mm L
This image first caught my attention because of what was not in it. I had been taking pictures of a pair of macaws for a while, with their bright feathers flapping around the Peruvian jungle at Inkaterra [...]
Title: The Ruins At Sayaqmarka
Location: Inca Trail, Peru
Settings
ISO
100
Focal Length
180mm
Shutter Speed
1/160
Aperture
f/6.3
Exp Comp
-1/3
Camera
Canon EOS 5D
Lens
Canon 28-300mm L
Don’t ask me why, but I shot this image in JPG instead of RAW. It could have used a bit more latitude for my liking, but it works. The shot was taken on Day 3 of the Inca Trail hike. [...]
I push through the crowd of Japanese tourists with their cameras all pointed at the one of them brave enough to stand next to the man dressed up as an Inca King for a quick photo op in front of original Inca wall stones. Then wave my “no gracias”s and keep hustling past the attractive, [...]
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What’s that? Singing? It’s 2:45 in the morning for heaven’s sake! The group in the next campsite over is up way [...]
I’m no travel expert. Let’s just get that out of the way. While I have been a few places and earnestly love traveling, I never pretend to know it all. Well, maybe after a few drinks I’ll pretend to know it all, but alas, that’s not the truth. The truth is I enjoy traveling and [...]
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As we climb steep steps towards Abra de Runkuracay, our second pass on the Inca Trail topping out around [...]
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Today’s entry, I’m afraid, has more than a few holes. As in everything from lunch on lacks proper notes. The rain [...]
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I wake today around 5:30am after a wonderful night’s sleep. The heavy rains during the night helped lull me back to sleep whenever I [...]
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Going to bed early the night before was a good idea as I’m up at 4:14am and didn’t sleep well. Some last minute internet [...]
