A break in La Serena, a photo from Coquimbo, Central Valley

Photographer's Note

�A break in La Serena�

Chile is a vast and especially elongated country. The distances between the different places to visit are very large.
Fortunately, the country has an excellent bus network. Very comfortable (even luxurious) buses provide the intercity traffic. If you have only three weeks for the entire trip, you're occasionally obliged to travel by night bus. As concerns the comfort and the sleeping, no problem at all.
Yet I prefer not to travel in a bus longer than one night or one day. Therefore on a really long distance I had to look for a place of interest to break the journey.

La Serena was such a place, a not too big and pleasant city and interesting enough to stay for a while.
BTW, isn抰慙a Serena� a beautiful name?
It surely isn抰 one of Chile's top destinations although in the summer months (January and February) its long beaches do attract quite a lot of tourists. In July however everyday life has taken its course again and you will mainly meet only the residents.

In the center I saw fairly beautiful architecture, mostly from the late 1940s.

This time I had eaten in the restaurant that you see on the picture. Unlike in the fancy restaurant in Iquique (one of the previous pictures) my budget allowed it here. I can抰 remember the main meal but the fish soup was delicious.

If you're interested, there are two more pictures of La Serena in the workshop.

dta, lousat, worldcitizen, pajaran, alvaraalto, holmertz, jhm, cornejo, ChrisJ, PiotrF, Royaldevon, adramad, ikeharel, macjake, Graal, Gigidusud, pierrefonds, ourania has marked this note useful

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dta (98848) 2016-02-15 14:01

Hello Paul ,
Voil� un restaurant qui offre une vue bien agr閍ble sur la place anim閑 . L'image est color閑 et particuli鑢ement bien construite , sous un tr鑣 bel 閏lairage .
Amicalement

lousat (139400) 2016-02-15 14:20

Hi Paul,i like a lot the composition,half and half to show us the beautiful view and the elegant terrace of the restuarant so full of colors,very very nce and interesting note as usual.Have a nice day and thanks,Luciano

worldcitizen (16114) 2016-02-15 14:50

Hello Paul,
La Serena looks like a charming and colorful city. I like this POV; it feels like we are sitting on the balcony with you. With the open wooden doors on the left, and the church on the right, it's a lovely composition. I like the WS photos, too.

carlo62 (81265) 2016-02-15 15:09

Ciao Paul
molto efficace la tua inquadratura, la diagonale della ringhiera divide la foto in due parti ben distinte.
Osservando la foto si ha la sensazione di essere seduti a uno di quei tavoli mentre il mondo va avanti intorno a noi.
Saluti
Carlo

jemaflor (147330) 2016-02-15 23:21

Salut paul,
Une terrasse qui a une belle vue sur le lieu, bien compos閑 cette vue en deux parties,la lumi鑢e fait ressortir les teintes comme ces nappes et serviettes aus teintes vives. Bon app閠it !

dkmurphys (79209) 2016-02-15 23:48

HI Paul,
Very attractive POV to illustrate the atmosphere of relaxation and peace of the place. Well taken.

Daniel

alvaraalto (42804) 2016-02-16 1:43

Dag Paul,
Een heerlijke uitnodigende foto. Lijkt mij wel heel aantrekkelijk om hierboven aan zo抧 mooi groen tafeltje te lunchen en de activiteiten op het plein te bekijken. En zo抧 mooie blauwe lucht past er dan helemaal bij.
Groet, Rob

holmertz (102866) 2016-02-16 4:20

Hello Paul,
It's nice to hear that your budget allowed you more than international hamburger chains. I wouldn't mind having a meal at any of these green and orange tables with the view of that square and the church. The restaurant's terrace is like a photo inside the photo with very fine depth, whereas the "other" photo has a very nice view of the square. The workshops give me an impression of a quite nice town, perfectly suitable for a short visit. Fine architecture and almost only locals filling the streets sounds ideal.
Kind regards,
Gert

jhm (211736) 2016-02-16 6:18

Dag Paul,

De tafels staan klaar, we kunnen er aan beginnen, maar volgens de kledij van de mensen lijkt het niet echt warm te zijn.
Maar de plaats en de kraampjes zijn een mooie aanvulling op het plein.
De kerk en toren zorgen voor een prachtig achtergrond zicht.
Uw foto is niet saai, en ik kijk met plezier naar een goede samenstelling.
Heel mooi gedaan, bedankt.

Groeten,
John.

Sergiom (117241) 2016-02-16 6:51

Bonjour Paul,

J'aime beaucoup la construction de cette image. Le regard part dans deux directions. Vers la s閞ie de tables aux nappes de couleurs tr鑣 voyantes et aussi vers le march� en contre bas. Tr鑣 belle lumi鑢e.

Amicalement

Serge

cornejo (61504) 2016-02-16 10:33

Hi Paul, very good picture of this beautiful and interesting composition, very well captured in this beautiful image with good sharpness, light, color and quality. Very good and interesting work well done, congratulations my friend. Thanks for sharing this beautiful work.

Good night and happy week.
Best wishes from southern Spain.
Angel.

Tue (92560) 2016-02-16 13:19

Hallo Paul,
Heel mooie foto van dit plaatsje met prachtige, levendige kleuren in een prettig zonlicht. De verdeling van de foto is uitstekend met aan de linkerkant de feestelijk gedekte tafels. De rechterkant geeft een mooie indruk van het leven op het pleintje.
Lars

abmdsudi (95869) 2016-02-16 19:17

Hi Paul
Nicely taken tourist sight, beautiful light coming through and wonderfully detailed & colours as always. Well done, Congrats
Best regards

ChrisJ (171888) 2016-02-17 7:08

Hi Paul

The outdoor al fresco dining area at left adds a European flavour. Good sharpness and excellent color and saturation. The clocktower at right provides an excellent focal point. Tfs!

Fis2 (170975) 2016-02-17 9:28

Witaj Paul!
Nice view.
Good frame and composition.
Excellent colors.
I like clock tower.
Best regards.
Krzysztof

Waylim (25436) 2016-02-17 10:20

Hello Paul,

A break is very important in our travel. We tend to want to do and see so much as possible, but we have to take care and rest so we don't get sick when travel. Beautiful shot from the second floor of the restaurant with great light.

W

PiotrF (54920) 2016-02-17 14:18

Hello Paul,
excellent view of the square in La Serena with interesting architecture in background. A amazing composition and nice natural colours.Interesting and detailed notes.
Good work.
Regards
Piotr

emka (158204) 2016-02-17 23:45

Hi Paul, Indeed, traveling in Chile is comfortable. To go to the far south you need to use the plane. The buses coche cama are also good solution, you can sleep well, as in bed. In Argentina, they served meals and drinks also. But it is worth to have a stop to see something off the beaten track. MNice restaurant on the long balcony with the view of the market.

WArm regrads MAlgo

Nicou (193806) 2016-02-18 1:04

Hello

fantastique perspective et cadrage quelle vue sur cette terrasse de balcon superbe avec le tables bien d閏or閑s et quelle 間lise en fond ce clocher la place les personnages superbe compo.
Bravo et amiti�
Nicou

Royaldevon (85932) 2016-02-18 5:17

Hello Paul,

This is like a split shot; we have the dining balcony, which could also be called the viewing balcony (which I'm sure you used) and the city below. They also provide contrasts of colour as well as activities.
You have incorporated good guides, a fine sense of perspective and some attractive, local details.
The weather looked perfect for photography, clear skies and long shadows!

You sound to have had the most enjoyable and interesting exploration of this huge country!

My warm regards,
Bev :-)

adramad (73040) 2016-02-18 7:43

Hello Paul.
Great composition, showing us both, the pretty gallery where is located the restaurant and the beautiful view of the square with the magnificent church, very good view and details. Very nice also the images of WS.
Very effective colorful, highlighting the details of the image.
Good management of both the brightness and sharpness.
Very well done. I like it.
Enjoy a nice day.
My best wishes for you.
Luis.

ikeharel (113519) 2016-02-18 8:39

Good evening Paul,
We do not see many photo on TE from rural and remote town in Chile, went to Google-maps to find this place. Looks as a charming place, easy going daily-life seems through your picture - and in contrast a beautiful set of tables in green on the balcony.
All 3 pic.s' are interesting learning about this town.
My cong.'s'.
Ike

macjake (98518) 2016-02-18 9:57

Hi Paul
thanks for that info, we did a much different trip in Chile!
your plans seem very smart, using night buses and such....wish I had done that :)

excellent photo with the depth tunnel on the left and the city architecture on the right. fine lighting and colours everywhere. well done
cheers
Craig

Graal (103040) 2016-02-18 11:22

Hello Paul,
nice presentation this city from Chile. Interesting place for tourists also on resting. Fine composition here and in WS with shopping street. Well done photos.
Have a nice evening.
Aleksander

mkamionka (74669) 2016-02-22 13:11

Hi Paul,
Beautiful presentation of this attractive town. I like your perspective through the arcades with restaurant in the foreground. The tables have incredibly bright colors selected for the table cloths but it does makes the scene even more eye catching.
You have nicely combined those two worlds here.
Interesting note as well. I cannot afford to go to Chile right now but your notes may be valuable as soon as I win the lottery ☺
Excellent work,
M

npecanhuk (79329) 2016-02-22 15:18

Hello Paul!
Other lovely and charming details!
Another very beautiful and attractive picture!
It makes me want to visit that part of Chile so badly!
Sharpness, exposure, colors, horizontal format, chosen pov and composition are all excellent!
TFS - congrats,
Cheers,
Neyvan

Gigidusud (21679) 2016-02-23 14:36

Bonsoir Paul,
Un cadrage bien pens� qui nous permet de voir � la fois le restaurant et la place avec son 間lise. En effet la ville porte un joli nom. Une belle lumi鑢e et de tr鑣 jolies couleurs. Bien les autres vues dans le WS aussi.
Amicalement,
Gigi

pierrefonds (114628) 2016-03-05 17:48

Bonsoir Paul,

La rang閑 de tables donne d ela profondeur � la composition. La prise de vue permet de voir les d閠ails de l'間lise. La qualit� de la lumi鑢e embellit les couleurs de l'image. Bonne soir閑.

Pierre

ourania (51103) 2016-03-19 9:57

Hello Paul,
I like all of your pictures from La Serena very much, you have composed them in superb ways, they look elegant and have been adjusted to the layout of the different sceneries as well. There's an intriguing layout of perspectives in your main post, amazing definition near and far, very compelling colours. The sunshine makes each setting look so vivid. Congratulations and thank you!
All the best, have a great evening,
Ourania