Gone to See Patagonia 2010/2011. Photography Workshop with Thom Hogan. Day 13: Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
This was a travel day. We departed Mirador del Payne Hosteria (Estancia Lazo) and drove to the Lago Grey Hosteria in Torres del Paine National Park. During the drive we stopped many times and I got pictures of a variety of birds. Southern Lapwing, Lesser Rhea (South American version of an Ostrich), Andean Condor, Upland Goose, Coscoroba, and Chilean Flamingo.
Southern Lapwing while leaving Estancia Lazo. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/9, 1/320 sec). (David J Mathre)
Lesser Rhea in Torres del Paine National Park. Images taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens. (David J Mathre)
Andean Condor on the ground in Torres del Paine National Park. Images taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens. (David J Mathre)
Andean Condor taking off and flying in Torres del Paine National Park. Images taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens. (David J Mathre)
Andean Condor soaring in Torres del Paine National Park. Images taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens. (David J Mathre)
Upland Goose family feeding and swimming in Torres del Paine National Park. Images taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens. (David J Mathre)
Coscoroba Swan in the water while traveling from Estancia Lazo to Hosteria Lago Grey. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/10, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)Chilean Flamingo in the water while traveling from Estancia Lazo to Hosteria Lago Grey. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/14, 1/800 sec). (David J Mathre)Lesser rhea along the road while traveling from Estancia Lazo to Hosteria Lago Grey. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/9, 1/320 sec). (David J Mathre)Lesser rhea along the road while traveling from Estancia Lazo to Hosteria Lago Grey. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/9, 1/320 sec). (David J Mathre)Lesser rhea along the road while traveling from Estancia Lazo to Hosteria Lago Grey. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 240 mm, f/13, 1/640 sec). (David J Mathre)Lesser rhea along the road while traveling from Estancia Lazo to Hosteria Lago Grey. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/11, 1/500 sec). (David J Mathre)Lesser rhea along the road while traveling from Estancia Lazo to Hosteria Lago Grey. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/10, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)Andean Condor along the road while traveling from Estancia Lazo to Hosteria Lago Grey. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/8, 1/320 sec). (David J Mathre)Andean Condor soaring while traveling from Estancia Lazo to Hosteria Lago Grey. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/8, 1/320 sec). (David J Mathre)Travel from Lazo Estancia to Hosteria Lago Grey, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile (David J Mathre)Andean Condor in flight while traveling from Estancia Lazo to Hosteria Lago Grey. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/320 sec). (David J Mathre)Andean Condor along the road while traveling from Estancia Lazo to Hosteria Lago Grey. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/9, 1/320 sec). (David J Mathre)Andean Condor in flight while traveling from Estancia Lazo to Hosteria Lago Grey. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/8, 1/320 sec). (David J Mathre)Andean Condor in flight while traveling from Estancia Lazo to Hosteria Lago Grey. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/10, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)Andean Condor in flight while traveling from Estancia Lazo to Hosteria Lago Grey. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/8, 1/320 sec). (David J Mathre)Andean Condor soaring while traveling from Estancia Lazo to Hosteria Lago Grey. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/10, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)Andean Condor soaring while traveling from Estancia Lazo to Hosteria Lago Grey. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/7.1, 1/320 sec). (David J Mathre)Andean Condor along the road while traveling from Estancia Lazo to Hosteria Lago Grey. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/7.1, 1/320 sec). (David J Mathre)Andean Condor in flight while traveling from Estancia Lazo to Hosteria Lago Grey. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/6.3, 1/320 sec). (David J Mathre)Andean Condor soaring while traveling from Estancia Lazo to Hosteria Lago Grey. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/13, 1/640 sec). (David J Mathre)Andean Condor soaring while traveling from Estancia Lazo to Hosteria Lago Grey. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/11, 1/500 sec). (David J Mathre)Andean Condor soaring while traveling from Estancia Lazo to Hosteria Lago Grey. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/10, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)Andean Condor soaring while traveling from Estancia Lazo to Hosteria Lago Grey. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/9, 1/320 sec). (David J Mathre)Andean Condor soaring while traveling from Estancia Lazo to Hosteria Lago Grey. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/10, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)Andean Condor soaring while traveling from Estancia Lazo to Hosteria Lago Grey. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/11, 1/500 sec). (David J Mathre)Andean Condor soaring while traveling from Estancia Lazo to Hosteria Lago Grey. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/9, 1/320 sec). (David J Mathre)Andean Condor soaring while traveling from Estancia Lazo to Hosteria Lago Grey. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/14, 1/800 sec). (David J Mathre)Andean Condor soaring while traveling from Estancia Lazo to Hosteria Lago Grey. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/18, 1/1250 sec). (David J Mathre)Andean Condor soaring while traveling from Estancia Lazo to Hosteria Lago Grey. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/13, 1/640 sec). (David J Mathre)Upland Goose family while traveling from Estancia Lazo to Hosteria Lago Grey. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/9, 1/320 sec). (David J Mathre)Upland Goose family while traveling from Estancia Lazo to Hosteria Lago Grey. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/8, 1/320 sec). (David J Mathre)Upland Goose family while traveling from Estancia Lazo to Hosteria Lago Grey. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/11, 1/500 sec). (David J Mathre)Upland Goose family in the water while traveling from Estancia Lazo to Hosteria Lago Grey. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/10, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)Upland Goose family in the water while traveling from Estancia Lazo to Hosteria Lago Grey. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/14, 1/800 sec). (David J Mathre)Upland Goose family in the water while traveling from Estancia Lazo to Hosteria Lago Grey. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/11, 1/500 sec). (David J Mathre)
Gone to See Patagonia 2010/2011. Photography Workshop with Thom Hogan. Day 13: Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
Sometimes you are lucky. A few days earlier Thom was teaching us how to photograph a rider on a moving horse. On this day, while waiting to be allowed to enter Torres del Paine National Park we were doing some landscape shots. All of a sudden two Guanacos started chasing and spitting at each other. I caught this one just as it ran right through our group.
Guanaco Running at the Entrance to Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/16, 1/100 sec). (David J Mathre)
Gone to See Patagonia 2015 Photography Tour with Thom Hogan. Day 13: Hotel Lago Grey to Hotel Las Torres. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
It was a long day. I got up early to check out dawn and sunrise before we departed Hotel Lago Grey. We got on the bus and started the drive to Hotel Las Torres. There were many stops to get panorama images — of the mountains, the lakes, the rainbows, the clouds. We stopped for a long time at Mirador Salto Grande (lookout for the grand waterfall). This has to be one of the windiest places on earth. We then hiked to Mirador Cuernos. During the hike we passed a forest of dead trees. The story behind the forest fire that killed the trees was a hiker that was trying to burn his toilet paper. As we got closer to the Cuernos del Pain (granite horns) we can across a group of Guanaco. After that we got back on the bus. We stopped for a bit at the old bridge, where our guide Rob did some wire-walking. We finally ended the day at Hotel Las Torres.
Individual images from the slide-shows can be viewed here.
Gone to See Patagonia 2010/2011. Photography Workshop with Thom Hogan. Day 14: Torres del Paine National Park, Hosteria Lago Grey, Chile.
Orange colors at dawn in Patagonia. Hosteria Lago Grey near Torres del Paine National Park. Image taken with a Nikon D3x camera and 28-120 mm f/4 lens (ISO 100, 75 mm, f/5/6. 1/10 sec).
Early Morning Colors in Patagonia. Hosteria Lago Grey, Torres del Paine National Park in Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3x camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 100, 75 mm, f/5.6, 1/10 sec). (David J Mathre)
Gone to See Patagonia 2010/2011. Photography Workshop with Thom Hogan. Day 13: Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
Guanaco Running at the Entrance to Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia. We were working on taking landscape images when two Guanaco’s started chasing each other. At one point they ran right through our group, and I managed to take this picture. Two days earlier we had been practicing taking pictures of horses in motion, which helped me take this one. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/16, 1/100 sec). Later on there was a Guanaco framed on a ridge with the mountains behind.
Guanaco Running at the Entrance to Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/16, 1/100 sec). (David J Mathre)
Individual images in the slide show can be viewed here.
