cactus, a photo from Potosi, South

Photographer's Note

This cactus has 12,3 meters and dates from 1203 years ago, and it grows 1 milimeter each year. It磗 located in the Salar de Uyuni, the bigger salt lake in the world.

just SUPERB !!!!

hugs,
alejandro

PD. You can see more pics from Salar de Uyuni at:
Salar 1
Salar 2

enjoy it !!!

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bibiweb (8) 2005-09-01 14:46

Hola Alejandro,
Excellent use of the vertical format to show this huge cactus. Light and colors are excellent, sharpness too. Just the horizon is a bit tilted... but the cactus is straight!
Have a nice day, Brigitte

joni (896) 2005-09-01 15:41

Hola Alejandro,

Las formas faciles - esto es que lo me gusta mas! La composition muy interesante.

Abrazos
Marcin

anesugur (18789) 2005-09-01 17:08

Fantastic picture.
Nice colors and contrast.
Well done

feather (51130) 2005-09-01 17:29

What a size! I like the way you have composed the shot so that the main cactus is not in the centre. It also contrasts well with the blue sky. Well done.
What is the white? Is it sand?
Kath

fayeulle (27827) 2005-09-02 8:07

Hi Alejandro
I shot exactly the same cactus ! (because i's the higher oner). But don't remember that the salar is a dryed sea so its level is horizontal.
Regards
JP

pitai (3985) 2005-09-02 11:45

Hola Ale, un paisaje lindo de morrir + un artista con su camara siempre da un buen resultado. El salar realmente es un sitio paradisiaco. Me imagino un atardecer como sera....
Un abrazo!!!

nofer (3205) 2005-09-02 17:27

Uma composi玢o excelente!!! Muito diferente...!!! C閡 muito bom - cores, nitidez.
Muito boa foto!
TFS
Reynaldo

Pjulin (400) 2005-09-03 3:41

Hola, me gusta la foto, el salar parece un poco como el mar congelado de mi pa韘... ;-) Ojal� algun d韆 pueda visitar en este lugar magnifico.
Gracias

Peter

danby1 (3697) 2005-09-04 16:22

great shot, i think the horizon needs straigheting, but the cactus is straight so i done know what is going on there... well done though its very nice and composition is great well done! very nice job!

sayzey (2358) 2005-09-05 8:05

Nice shot Alejandro, Like the placing of this HUGE cactus! The salt in the background looks like snow! Its crazy! Only one slight criticism and thats your horizon line, liiks skewed butif we are on a giant slightly sloping hill then thats ok :P

Well taken!

capthaddock (28790) 2005-09-10 1:26

The strong light and white salt are difficult co9nditions but this came out really nice. The horizon is tilting a bit though.

andrebonavita (0) 2005-09-24 8:14

Wow thats, what I talk about in the other photo! More sand!

The horizon is leaning a bit to the left, but it's easyly to correc in photoshop.

Thanks for post!

Andre

ckradolfer (0) 2005-10-15 18:27

me gusta muchisimo esta foto lastima qeu tu horizonte esta medio chueco pero sera motivo para que vuelvas de nuevo a tomar mas fotos,
muy buen gusto buena vista.

lotis (132) 2006-03-06 17:29

I didn't picture cactus to be like this...I always had in mind the typical western movies cactus with 2 branches! And all the white is a lake? It is amazing.
Thanks for sharing
Cheers
Louis

Eridan (427) 2006-11-28 7:14