In August 2018, we traveled to Peru and Bolivia as members of an organized 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 2 identical Olympus cameras, the first set with a 24-80 mm lens and the second with an 80-300mm.
On the day I saw this golden desert layer in the foreground, a second darker layer with mountains, curves, lines, forms, and a beautiful sky. There was no water, construction, people, animals, or visual distractions. I had to seize this special moment.
I opened the window beside me and took out my camera. Our bus was rolling; I consequently increased the ISO to 400 to obtain a speed of 1/2500 sec.
Inspired by the rule of thirds, I composed and framed the image using 114 mm focal length. To ascertain a perfect exposure (ETTR), I intentionally overexposed by 1 stop.
During that amazing trip, I captured lovely desert scenes. Once again, I was very happy to have 2 cameras ready to shoot!
