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Layers of Light

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Wulaia Bay, Tierra del Fuego - it is in these parts that Captain Robert Fitzroy, on the Second Voyage of the Beagle (1832) put 3 Yamana aborigines back on shore after they had been previously taken to England. They learned some English during their time in England, but eventually were quite happy to return to their former, very primitive way of life. The Yamana People living around here wore essentially no clothes and kept themselves warm by lighting fires - hence the name Tierra del Fuego (Land of Fire).

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Christoph Hessel 1 year ago

This one was in the "random" area of frontpage today, saw it first, and loved it at once. A great work Colmar.
Christoph

Colmar Wocke Christoph,

Thanks so much for commenting. Yes - I myself have found quite a few pictures that I've liked in the Random part of the frontpage - some real treasures sometimes.

Very nice of you to drop the line.

Go well,

Colmar

Monica 2 years ago

So wonderful!
Liebe Grüsse aus dem Emmental :-)
Monica

Colmar Wocke Monica,

Freut mich zu lesen dass es dir gefällt.

Ebbefals gruesse aus Rüti - Zürcher Oberland.

Colmar

gerard sexton 2 years ago

Congratulations Colmar. Certainly very dramatic & thanks for the narrative!

Colmar Wocke Gerard,

Part of the trip I took my wife of 25-years on. She agreed to remain married to me for the next 25 years!

Thanks for leaving the comment and of course I'm please you find all agreeable here.

Go well.

Colmar

latoday 2 years ago

Wonderful mood. Amazing light...

Bravo Colmar!

Colmar Wocke latoday,

My thanks!

Colmar

Cupcake 2 years ago

What a pretty place!!
(Land of the Fire)nice name.

Colmar Wocke Cupcake,

Thanks for stopping to look and to write!

Colmar

asal 2 years ago

It is cold pic ! I love snow & I love winTER ;)

Colmar Wocke asal,

Thanks very much - your own country of course, generally a lot drier and hotter, although I know there are also very cold parts!

Colmar

Matjaz Cater 2 years ago

Great capture, well done!

Colmar Wocke Matjaz,

I appreciate the comment - especially when I can see what an accomplished photographer you are!

Thanks a lot.

Colmar

Oona Torgersen 2 years ago

Really nice light in this Colmar! And a interresting story too :-) Congrats!
Oona :-)

Colmar Wocke Oona,

Takk!

Glad to read that the story is agreeable to you - you can look this up on the Internet where you should get more info on this - but this is the bay!

Nice to read your note, as always.

Go well.

Colmar

piri 2 years ago

Beautiful Landscape and this light is amazing. Good work.

Colmar Wocke piri,

Thanks you for the comment - I see you're in Winterthur - I am in Rüti,ZH!

Go well.

Colmar

Andrew Thatcher 2 years ago

Nice tones to this. Love the light.

Colmar Wocke Andrew,

You yourself are a Master at capturing the light - so a lovely comment indeed for the picture which of course left a smile on my face!

Thanks a ton.

Go well.

Colmar

photographics 2 years ago

Really impressive!

Colmar Wocke photographics,

Thank you so much!

Go well.

Colmar

Codrin Lupei 2 years ago

A very beautiful image, Colmar, wonderful work, love it!

Colmar Wocke Codrin,

I am sitting here and you have just made my day/evening!

Thanks a ton for the thumbs up - very,very nice and decent of you.

All I can say - Go well!!!

Colmar

Brin 2 years ago

Wonderful photo and story!

Colmar Wocke Brin,

Not a Landscape-picture as your own are - rather a picture of mood and the difficult life these people lived under (as the attached story tells).

Thanks!

Go well and keep your own pictures coming, please!

Colmar

Monique 2 years ago

oh Colmar...what a view....i really regret that i will never see it on my own eyes :(
Wonderful....
and hey--congrats on another publications :))

Colmar Wocke Monique,

Never say never - look up the cruise on Cruceros Australis - you never know. I saved for a few years to go on this trip with my wife (all you have to do, is not to buy another lens or two!!!).

Nice of you to stop by and also to leave the comments and smiles - brought a smile here too (and your English is very, very good).

Go well.

Colmar

Sandy Powers 2 years ago

How beautiful! Thank you for the story. I always enjoy photography so much more when I know something behind the photo.

Colmar Wocke Sandy,

I am glad that you feel this way - I too, like to round out the picture with a story. I cannot alter the photographic quality with a story i.e. make a silk-purse out of a Sow's ear, but I do think that an appropriately added background/story does no harm.

Thanks a ton for stopping by - nice of yopu and go well!

Colmar

Stig Hammarsten 2 years ago

Congratulations! This one is really god! Much better then the one that you put up for critique.

Colmar Wocke Stig,

Yes - just shows one how useful Critique can actually be on this site.

A different frame this actually, but I needed the "courage" to add mood here - I am often a little "light-handed" with development - maybe I need to rethink this! I got the reassurance that it would be OK to add some "punch" to the picture from Critique.

Go well and thanks for the comment.

Colmar

JBA 2 years ago

Lovely shot. Nice story too. You are lucky to have visited that place.
I believe there is a tribe of people in that region that speak a language unbelievably close to Welsh. . .

Colmar Wocke JBA,

Correct about the Welsh, but slightly north of here (maybe 500-1000 km). I journeyed down there on a second honeymoon with my "young bride" of 25-years and would love to go back, only to take pictures. Luckily she agreed that I could take along the E-3 this time!

Glad you liked the story - being an illustrator and working with a storyline this would also help to round it out for you, like myself.

Go well.

Colmar

sinbad 2 years ago

very touching,great,great

Colmar Wocke sinbad,

Thanks a lot for leaving the comment after viewing!

Colmar

Balazs Pataki 2 years ago

A great fav in screening. The photo presents all what the title promises. A spectacular shot Colmar!

Colmar Wocke Balazs,

Glad to read you pressed the green button - it is up here thanks to that. Your critique on the former version helped me have the "courage" to up the mood and atmosphere to this Black and White picture, although it actually is a different frame.

Thanks!

Go well.

Colmar

Chris Dixon 2 years ago

congratulations....stunning shot

Cheers Chris

Colmar Wocke Chris,

Thank you - nice of you to comment.

Go well.

Colmar

Corinne Fudge 2 years ago

Lovely light captured, Colmar!

Colmar Wocke Corinne,

Thanks so much for the compliment given the picture - pleased, I am!

Go well.

Colmar

Niels Christian Wulff 2 years ago

Fantastic this one...!
/Wulff

Colmar Wocke Niels,

Thanks a ton - coming from a very accomplished photographer. Very glad you like it!

Go well.

Colmar

Morkel Erasmus 2 years ago

lovely treatment and composition Colmar...

Colmar Wocke Morkel,

Baie dankie - many thanks - a little bit different to the Great Karoo, where I hail from.

It's all about mood there - so quiet, so remote and this sense of how earlier people lived!

Go well.

Colmar

Thomas Holtkoetter 2 years ago

Nice that we can be again part of your trip to South America with this beautiful landscape picture !
All the best,
Thomas

Colmar Wocke Thomas,

I had the most lovely trip with Gretha, my wife, celebrating our 25th Wedding Anniversary (she has agreed to be with me for another 25, DV).

This place, at the tip of South America is so, so quiet and one really gets into touch with nature. I would wish to be able to spend a few days at this spot, for taking pictures.

Thanks for leaving the lovely comment and Go Well.

Colmar

KPK 2 years ago

Wonderful image, Colmar!

Colmar Wocke KP,

Thanks - nice of you to bookmark it too!

Go well.

Colmar

Lucian Olteanu 2 years ago

Well done,my friend!!!

Colmar Wocke Lucian,

Many thanks to you!

Go well my friend,

Colmar

Thaib Chaidar 2 years ago

Stunning!!

Colmar Wocke Thaib,

Lovely of you to put it so strongly - certainly appreciated by me.

Thank you.

Colmar

toothpilot 2 years ago

What a view.
Beautiful layers of light!
Hendrik

Colmar Wocke Hendrik,

Almost the view that one would get from inside a "chopper" - I was high up - climbed up a hill for about an hour-and-a-half to get here.

Thanks for the well-appreciated comment!

Colmar

toothpilot I would love to do this mountain trip with the R44. Save the legs!!

Robert 2 years ago

The color one i like more! Congrats anyway!

Robert

Colmar Wocke Meister,

maybe I will come back one day in the future with the colour one - I need to get some hours on PS(CS4) - I use very simple Postprocessing in Lightroom.

The coloiur version has a much more serene-look which I too,like!

Your comment most appreciated and glad that you told me that you like the colour-version.

Go well!

Colmar

jacques philippe 2 years ago

Colmar,
I remember the 1st version posted in critique.
Amazing what you finally come up with this. Congrats,

Colmar Wocke jacques,

Different frame actually - however I was a bit stronger in the postprocessing here.

Thanks for stopping by and the comment is most-appreciated!

Colmar

Luciano Caturegli 2 years ago

eccellente foto complimenti

Colmar Wocke Luciano,

Thank you very much - I can read this Italian!

Colmar

Phyllis Clarke 2 years ago

A beautiful display of shapes and light with that touch of heavenly light at the top..beautiful conversion. Bravo Colmar so happy to see it here..:))))) Phylis

Colmar Wocke Phyllis,

This piocture has your help written all over it - from Critique. The Black and White picture just has the "impact" that the colour version is lacking. Critique has been helpful to me - thanks a ton for that.

This is actually a different frame - not just a cropped-out ship!

What a lovely morning this was - I would have LOVED to have lingered longer but couldn't as I was part of a group and "had a boat to catch"! No picture can actually do this spot justice - dead quiet over there, with the awareness of how the earlier people there lived (I added this bit here too, for Historical well-roundedness).

Thanks for the comment and go well!

Your friend,

Colmar

sasson haviv 2 years ago

superb!!!

Colmar Wocke sasson,

Thanks you very much - when I can take pictures that have so much "natural feeling and togerthness and viewer-empathy" then I will feel quite chuffed with myself.

Thanks for the lovely comment!

Colmar

Andre du Plessis 2 years ago

What a beauty Colmer. Huge congratulations!

Colmar Wocke Andre,

Thanks for the lovely two SMS's - received them loud and clear.

You're a master of Black and White work, so I'm pleased that this has hit home with your senses!

Go well.

Colmar

Johan Nieuwerth 2 years ago

Great atmosphere in this picture, like it!

Colmar Wocke Johan,

When I compare this to your lovely one recently - the picture from Annapurna, taken in much more difficult circumstances - well, then I am honoured to receive such a thumbs up regarding the atmosphere.

Many thanks and go well.

Colmar

Johan Nieuwerth Wow, thanks for your kind words Colmar!

fproject 2 years ago

great!

Colmar Wocke fproject,

My thanks for your comment!

Go well.

Colmar

Ricky Siegers 2 years ago

Beautiful picture Colmar...and look amazing in black and white

Colmar Wocke Ricky,

Actually a different farame to the one with the ship (in Critique) - but yes, looks more striking like this!

Thanks.

Colmar