Twilight zone, a photo from Potosi, South

Photographer's Note

Le Salar d'Uyuni est surrйaliste: la fine couche d'eau de pluie sur la surface salйe, blanche et plane fait de cet endroit un immense miroir ou se reflиte le ciel...

La version originale йtait celle tirйe directement de ma camйra, sans intervention. Candide!

Dans la version finale, j'ai corrigй avec Photoshop:
- Niveaux auto.
- Contrastes auto.
- Luminosotй/Contraste
- Corrections selectives (diminuй les bleus et les rouges)
- Nettetй
- Cadrage blanc.

isabela_sor, saylan-cb, Bradley, teutza, jean11-3, flory, alejandroguzman, fayeulle, MiffyO has marked this note useful

Critiques | Translate

clnaef (6289) 2007-03-02 8:52

Bonjour,
Beau paysage qui incite а la rкverie.
Bonne journйe.
clnaef

saylan-cb (12738) 2007-03-02 8:54

Hi Yves
Wonderful image!
Well very good Sky and good POV.
Well done
TFS/Kind Regards

Bradley (270) 2007-03-02 8:58

Hi Yves,
amazing foto :) I realy like it! Beautiful sky and... "water" ;) Great horizont...

Best regards, Pawel

Aeroby (232) 2007-03-02 9:00

Yves, ton clichй est vraiment йtonnant! Effectivement, on se demande dans quelle dimension tu te trouves... le sol n'existe que grвce au personnage ! cela doit кtre extraordianire а voir. trиs bonne photo! J'adore !
Robin

qpochet (1412) 2007-03-02 10:04

Bonjour Yves,

On dirait que cet homme est suspendu dans le vide. C'est, comme tu le dis, surrйaliste, on se croirait sur une autre planиte. L'effet de rйflection est superbe. Trиs jolie composition et couleurs йgalement.
Bien vu!
Quentin.

Malko40000 (1328) 2007-03-02 10:08

Beautiful surrealistic image tha tonal tange and comp are great
Regards,Morris

coco (30439) 2007-03-02 11:04

Hi Yves.

Really a wonderful capture. This place is amazing and great for make photo.

Exposure and reflections are superb.

Well done.

anducina (8407) 2007-03-02 11:15

Amazing scene, beautiful compo, colors and light, excellent framing.

TFS,

Andreea

teutza (10590) 2007-03-02 11:33

wow..this image is just perfect..i like those places...:)
good work
teo

jean11-3 (2799) 2007-03-02 13:09

As you say this is surreal.
The reflections are amazing, and I lik that the man has a reflection and a shadow.
I can't believe that this is how you saw it,well done.
Regards Jean.

BrianGraney (1740) 2007-03-02 14:23

Incredible scene, and very-well captured: without the figure the photograph doesn't work - it's like he's standing on a vast piece of glass!
Love it.
Thanks
Brian

TravelerNL (3011) 2007-03-02 14:48

Hi Yves,
First I'll put this straight in the favs ...

Now the critique ... Just love the reflections, so sharp and the dubble of the guy plus the shadow is beautiful.
Excellent photo !
Harko

ceky (2592) 2007-03-02 15:38

Bonjour Yves
Effectivement extaordinaire, ce salar recouvert d'un peu d'eau... En coupant un peu les hexagones au premier plan, on aurait encore plus de mal а imaginer la rйalitй...
Georges

flory (4848) 2007-03-03 0:56

ciao Yves,
looks unreal this shot!!including that man in the immensity gives life ..thinking that we are alone on this earth..very good this one!!!!
nice day,
flory

shirgold (2485) 2007-03-03 6:35

Hi Yves,
I have been to the Salar myself twice. I have never seen it with water. After seeing this image I think I must go back there again!
Amazing composition - standing in between the clouds!
Excellent work!
TFS - Shir

richwm (1215) 2007-03-03 7:46

Bonjour Yves,

Great photo. Good composition. The reflections and shadow on the figure are nice.

Well done!

Rich

isabela_sor (47748) 2007-03-04 3:25

Your original pic is one of my first favorites in my list!!Thank you again,Yves!for the original and for this version too
Have a nice weekend
Isabela

pat0500 (21561) 2007-03-04 4:43

Bonsoir Yves,
Version finale ou pas cette photo est effectivement йtonnante, la reflection est magnifique et la qualitй d'image est parfaite..!
Que dire puisque je reste bouge fermй comme on dit..!
Bravo alors Yves..!!
Bien а toi et bon weekend.
Patrick.

partha (14023) 2007-03-04 10:30

Hi Yves,
Its just a dreamlike shot.The land and sky almost mingle together to give a dramatic shot.
Regards.
Partha

alejandroguzman (4684) 2007-03-05 22:57

Hello Yves !
It's always nice to find some photographs of my country !!! but at the same time I miss it !! :-(

This is a great shot !
very well composed and I liked it as weel as the original.

TFS
hugs
EA

fayeulle (27827) 2007-03-06 8:25

Bonjour Yves
N'aurais tu pas dйja publiй cette photo ? En tout cas le salar mouillй doir etre quelque chose de magique.
Bravo
JP

arturo (31) 2007-03-06 8:43

Hi Yves,

this image sets a very high quality mark on any further attemp to post a shot from the Uyuni desert...absolutely awesome scene...thank you for sharing...cheers, arturo

jdwyer264 (1084) 2007-03-09 5:13

Incredibly heavenly shot.
Amazing landscape, I still don't get it!
Mad.
Well captured, the human element, or focal point was essential as the landscape alone may just look like a composite.
Well captured once more.
See what you think of my shot 'Two skies, no beaches'
TFS

derek3755 (2341) 2007-03-11 4:42

Hi Yves

Fantastic Photo, Great composition, creative and surrealistic. Well Done!

Derek

Kristo (543) 2007-03-14 13:32

What a Fantastic Place !!!
Amazing Photo, almost minimalist :-)
The composition with a man in the left side result in a powerfull image.

giorgimer (35017) 2007-03-23 8:29

Oui Yves,

c'est absolutement surrealiste!
meravilleous!

Giorgio

Viera (948) 2007-05-12 2:17

Hi Yves,
interesting image,reflections and exposure are superb.
Regards
Viera

Tibo (1906) 2007-05-27 4:27

C'est fabuleux! Quelle chance d'avoir pu assister а un tel spectacle!Tibo

jcprovencher22 (150) 2007-09-08 8:37

Salut Yves,

Difficile d'ajouter un mot а la suite des autres, mais j'adore le cфtй surrйaliste de cette photo en plus de sa qualitй technique. Bravo !

Amicalement, Jean

stevep (556) 2007-10-16 21:29

outstanding location for an outstanding photo, what really makes it is that we can see ground under the water -- its adds an interesting forground

i9l2y1m8a8t3 (4814) 2007-12-02 18:29

WOW, what the hell is this????!!! AMAZING!!!!, so speechless, the place is very cool, seems to be in heaven!!!! great shot!

matt_moi (318) 2008-01-23 5:38

Salut Yves !
Grandiose ! C'est le seul mot qui me vient, enfin non, le premier... Il faut trop que j'y aille а la saison humide !
L'effet magique de ce lieu est extrкmement bien rendu dans cette photo : la composition est excellente et le personnage ajoute beaucoup au rendu final.
Trиs beau travail !

Matthieu

Wind (43) 2008-01-24 6:49

Fantastic

Andreas

Hednaskald (149) 2008-02-18 8:26

Totalement fou cette photo. L'homme qui se tient а gauche ajoute beaucoup а la signification et facilite l'interprйtation de l'image par l'oeil. Bravo!

Karsten71 (359) 2008-11-10 12:31

Surrealiste!
I love the reflection of the clouds near the horizon. The placement of the guy in the picture puts it all in perspective, nicely done.ґ
I only wonder whether I would crop the bottom a bit.
Congratulations!
- Karsten

Pilote26 (154) 2011-11-22 11:44

Bonsoir Yves,

C'est vraiment un endroit magnifique et plein
de magie, le reflet est parfait !

Bravo

Guillaume ;)