In August 2018, we travelled to Peru and Bolivia as members of an organised trip.
Peru features a 1,555-mile (2,500 km) long, narrow desert strip along its Pacific coast, making up about 10% of the country and acting as one of the driest places on Earth.
For that trip, I carried two identical Olympus cameras, the first set with a 24–80mm lens and the second with an 80–300mm lens.
On that day, suddenly the bus slowed down. The guide said, “Look at the landscape on the right side.” I was amazed to see the railroad passing between the colins and heading to the huge mountain—a beautiful scene covered by a textured sky.
Through the bus window, I composed and framed the scene using a 150mm focal length. To ascertain perfect exposure (ETTR), I intentionally overexposed the scene by 1 stop. The ISO was previously set to 400 to have a fast shutter speed (1/2000sec) to avoid motion blur caused by the rolling bus.
Once again, I was very happy to have two cameras ready to shoot!
For such a trip, I always carry my GPS, which records the travelling coordinates. I took this shot at an altitude of 3,936 m.
