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, the guide took us on a flight tour over the Nazca region to contemplate the desert lines.
Most of the Nazca Lines were constructed more than 2,000 years ago by the people of the Nazca culture (c. 200 BCE–600 CE). These geoglyphs were created by clearing away the dark red topsoil and stones, leaving the underlying soil exposed. Since the plain where the lines are carved receives little rain or wind, the lines are still visible today.
At this location, up in the air, I was amazed by the drawing in the middle of the scene: the weird creature on the right side with big feet and the long sword on the upper left side. Through the plane window, I composed and framed the image using an 80mm focal length. The ISO was already set to 400 to ensure a fast shutter speed and avoid motion blur caused by our flying aircraft.
By pure luck, when I triggered the shutter, there was a coloured van on the road. In fact, the van was very small compared to the drawings!
During that amazing trip, I captured lovely landscape scenes.
