Los Glaciares National Park Argentina

[stubbsy]

Finally some shots from my Antarctic and Patagonia trip with ice in them. Not up to Antarctica just yet though -these images are a sampling from the day I took the most photos in the entire trip (1,831 AFTER culling the bad ones out). The world heritage listed Los Glaciares National Park contains a number of glaciers, including the massive (and still advancing) Perito Moreno glacier. We visited it as well as Onelli, Upsala and Spegazzini glaciers over two days and had perfect weather with mostly blue skies and sunshine. The warmth also meant we got to see some massive chunks of ice calve off the face of Perito Moreno and crash into the water below.

The chunk here is around the size of a large truck




The heavily crevassed top of Perito Moreno




An iceberg broken away from Onelli glacier and drifting on Lago Argentina




This last one is a 24 shot stitched pano. At the size shown here you miss lots of detail - click the image for a 3600 pixel wide version.

[Murray Foote]

Great shots!

[the foto fanatic]

Excellent work!

I've never take photos in these conditions. I imagine that you would have to do some trial & error to fine tune your exposure levels -was this the case?

If so, how long would you have spent doing that?

And, excellent images of the glacier!

[wendellt]

al good
but that first one is really nice looks like it was shot up high were you at a vantage point on a mountain or on a helicopter or something

those glaciers sure do look interesting, its also interesting to these things shape valleys
makes you appreciate geology or topography

tell us your stories

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[aim54x]

Looks great Peter....so you went from 13000+ to just under 2000??

Cant wait to see more photos from the trip.

I love the pano and the top of the glacier

[gstark]

Looks great Peter....so you went from 13000+ to just under 2000??

Cameron,

I think Peter means that, from the one day, after culling, he still had 1800 images.

Peter,

I'd like to see a little more sharpening on these images; I don't know how aggressively you've been sharpening in post, but I think a bit more n these images might be useful.

[Reschsmooth]

Whilst these images are fantastic and really show the craggy nature of the glaciers, they are still Argentinian. We have a little saying: "argentinas son maricones" The Chilean glaciers will be much nicer, I am sure

[biggerry]

Top stuff Peter, the first looks a bit too contrasty but that would be my only niggle.

If you have seen Man vs WIld when he was in Patagonia it gives these images and the landscape down there alot more meaning and I for one, give it alot more respect! You have captured the desolation and remoteness well!

[Big V]

These images convey why you keep going back - magnificent scenery and so well captured

[colin_12]

Nice Peter,
I like the second

[Mr Darcy]

#1. I keep seeing an electric blue right where the berg is calving. It may have "been there", but I find it off-putting. Perhaps a monochome conversion?

Apart from that, #2 for me too, though I like the drama in #3 as well.