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 p.1 #1 · Patagonia's carretera austral: two photographers and three systems | |
Some time ago, Boris (Bobu) invited me to join him on a trip to Chile's wonderful Torres del Paine natural park. Alas, an unspeakably careless tourist set fire to part of it, ruining this location for decades. Boris then switched the project to driving along Chil's North-South Carretera Austral for some ten days.
My contribution to the trip was three-fold: speak some Spanish, which helped in a very sparsely populated area, where English or Germa speakers were rarer still, share the cost of the trip with him, and most importantly, make his pictures look even more amazing when displayed in comparison with mine than on their own.
Actually, Boris, is a super fellow as well as a great photographer, the trip was mind-blowing, and I want to thank him and congratulate him publicly for organising everything, and for being the person he is.
On the photo side, Boris brought 2 M9s, and a selection of the best Leica glass.
I wanted to bring my Canon 5D II, but managed to get a 5D III a day before departure. Not wanting to risk too much on a new and untested body, I also brought the 5D II as backup. The same applied to getting a NEX 7, and I brought along my trusty NEX 5N as backup. So my bag with 4 bodies and 9 lenses (4 ZEs for the 5D, 2 ZMs, 2 Contax Gs, a Leica R) for the NEX) was twice as heavy as his...
As it turned out, we rarely shot exactly the same subjects the same way with the same focal lengths. Boris' average FL was around 21mm, whereas I had nothing wider than 25, and averaged around 30mm. So I will let Boris, who created this opportunity and organised everything, post his pics (he shot around twice as much as I did), and show mine either when they are different enough to be interesting, or similar enough that the differences between systems can be telling.
We will post each day of the trip, the first day starting in Coyhaique/Balmaceda, and heading sough, towards Caleta Tortel and Rio Puerto Yungay.
Boris, the floor is yours, let the show begin!
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