Creative trees
This image of local eukalyptus trees is part of my ongoing artistic project to create photos that resemble paintings.
Pinhole photography
These images were inspired by the Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day, an international event to promote and celebrate the art of pinhole photography. I took these photos with a digital camera, using a pinhole cap instead of a lens. Although I missed the deadline by a day, I still had a lot of fun exploring the realms of pinhole photography.
Zodiacal light and Starlink satellites
I was hoping to take some pictures of the zodiacal light (also called false dusk or dawn) along with some meteors of the Lyrids meteor shower. I got the zodiacal light alright, but instead of shooting stars, I got rather bright Starlink satellites. The Starlink satellites are part of Elon Musk's program to provide fast internet to every corner of the Earth. He originally applied for - and was granted -
Crepuscular rays
Magnificent beams of light that radiate from the sun, shining through clouds, mountains or buildings are called crepuscular rays. Crepuscular refers to twilight and very often this effect can be witnessed during sunrise or sunset. Although these rays appear to converge towards the sun or diverge from it, they are actually parallel to each other. It is a visual illusion similar to that of railroad tracks that seem to converge
Floating
Final result of an outdoor macro shooting that was aggravated by sweltering heat, gazillion flies and nasty wind gusts that constantly threatened the fragile composition.
At the Border
During my stay in the cordillera I had the opportunity to drive up to the Argentinian border at 4300 meter. There is no official border post in this area; the border is just indicated by boundary marks. One small gravel road leads up and down but luckily there are some passing places in case of oncoming traffic. There is a mutual agreement that goat breeders from either side can use
Cordillera at Night
Some nighttime shots from my stay in the cordillera mountain range. Unfortunately we were approaching full moon, which limited my nocturnal activities quite a bit. More pics
A week in the Cordillera
Thanks to my friends at Locura Chile I had the opportunity to spend a week in the mountain range that is accessible at the end of our local valley. These mountains are part of the Andes and reach heights of up to 4500 meter. Meret and Bernardo from Locura Chile offer a variety of exciting horse trekking tours in our area. At the end of February they took off on
Startrails from the Cordillera
I shot these startrails around the Southern Celestial Pole at an altitude of 2500 m in the Cordillera mountain range. For this image I used a wide-angle lens with which I took 1031 frames during the course of nearly 7 hours. I then combined these frames digitally to bring out the colorful arcs of the stars.
Expert Astrophotographer
Eduardo Latorre is a true astronomy aficionado and expert astrophotographer. He cherishes every moment under the dark Chilean skies and devotes hours gathering data with his telescopes and specific astro cameras. With the help of special image processing programs he will later turn this data into beautiful canvases of our night sky. He is a member of the Chilean astronomical association ACHAYA where he also teaches classes in astrophotography. A