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 24–80 mm lens and the second with an 80–300 mm lens.
On the day the guide brought us to this vantage point, in the foreground we see Lake Lagunillas, which is at an altitude of 4,250 m (13,900 ft). I was amazed by the depth of field created by layers of hills with big mountains in the background—an amazing scene covered by textured clouds. There was no vegetation, construction, people, animals, billboards, or visual distractions.
To find a balance between the sky and the lake, I had to use a long focal length. I composed and framed the image using a 180 mm focal length. To obtain a perfect exposure (ETTR), I intentionally overexposed by 1.3 stops. Imagine the results if I had used a wide-angle lens! Once again, I was glad to have two cameras ready to shoot!
During that amazing trip, I captured lovely landscape scenes.
