Mucoposada El Trigal, a photo from Merida, West

Photographer's Note

Mucoposada El Trigal

During my new year痴 holidays, we went to a 5 days cross-Andean walking route, (that is South America痴 first outside of Patagonia), that was opened in western Venezuela, Estado M駻ida, in an excursion arranged by the program 鄭ndes Tropicales�.

Andes Tropicales has the support of the European Union to promote the development of the community-based tourism, that is a new and sound alternative for the families living in these regions.
Upon gaining appreciation of the protected areas and natural spaces in a sustained manner through an income-producing economic activity, the local inhabitants strengthen their economic relationship with their surroundings and cooperate in their care an un keep.

In the picture you can see the 溺ucoposada El Trigal�, the first stop on the route, located at 3.400 meters over sea level, that is a typical house of the high mountains, better known as 兎l paramo�. This houses have an inner open space, as you can see here, so its plenty of light, and cold!
My room was just behind the yellow wall with stones.

Picture taken with image stabilizer (IS), handheld, crop, curves, sharpen and resized.

Located in western Venezuela, one of the countries with the greatest biodiversity in the world, the M駻ida Coordillera is part of the Cordillera de los Andes, extends from the Colombian border in T當hira State to the Lara Depression and has an area of 11,866 miles2. High plains, valleys, p疵amos (high, bare and cold regions) and mountains predominate in its geography. This complex topography, with interweaves different ecosystems, makes it one of the most valuable reservoirs of biodiversity in Venezuela and in the world. In this particular tropical zone, there is a wide variety of natural ecosystems modified by man.

Source:
www.andestropicales.org

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delic (6735) 2007-06-26 15:19

Hello Jose Miguel,
Looks like a cozy spot to camp after a hard walk. Warm light makes it particularly attractive. Composition is nice, esp. including the hills in the back.
Best wishes,
Hakan

carmia (5482) 2007-06-26 15:20

Hola Jose Miguel! muy buena nitidez y colores, buen contraste de la pared entre el sol y la sombra. Un saludo. Carme.

dip (21408) 2007-06-26 15:25

Hi Jose,
Amazing colors,good clarity and sharpness.
Well done!
Greetings.
Dimitris.

edytungkal (4551) 2007-06-26 21:35

Hello Jose
A superb colour from your simple subject, it makes this picture interesting and very eyes catching. Well done and tfs.

regards
daniel

clnaef (6289) 2007-06-27 2:01

Bonjour,
Joli m駘ange de couleurs.
Bonne journ馥
clnaef

pablominto (53746) 2007-06-27 5:17

Hello Jose Miguel,
Interesting use of light to make geometrical patterns!
Eye-catching colours of great richness, where the red bag is a natural eye-catcher...
Well framed, good details!
Greetings,
Pablo -

kiwi_explorer (12209) 2007-06-27 5:32

Hi Jose,
This is a very good composition. Nice strong contrast and sharp details. The background hills gives the composition a good depth. Well captured and composed ... wel done! tfs
Cheers,
Renier

MLINES (12516) 2007-06-27 7:31

Hi Jose Miguel, Good perspective of this country house. I like to see that type of ceramic tile and the blue sky is the perfect backdrop. Murray.

luiscar (3286) 2007-06-27 12:59

Hola Jose Miguel, muy buena composici de motivos con grandes tonos de color.
me gusta especialmente el arranque de la fotografia con ese primer plano del patio bien decorado y la profundidad del segundo con esa bella sierra.
gran trabajo
un saludo

Zelanda (5692) 2007-06-27 15:34

Hola Jose Miguel,
Preciosos y vivos colores los de esta foto y una excelente composici, me gusta ver el monte por encima del tejado.
Buen trabajo
Saludos
Ros

Charo (51290) 2007-06-27 17:50

Hola Jose Miguel,
Esta foto ya llama la atenci en miniatura por su color,
Preciosa composici con muy bonitos colores y excelente definici.
Cordialmente
Charo

siolaw (38294) 2007-06-27 23:07

Hi Jose Miguel,
A nice view of this typical Venezuelan Andes house with colors reminding even the country's flag(with the red bag!)Great light and sharpness, nice diagonal dark shadow
Well composed
Laurent

Scharan (14144) 2007-06-27 23:44

Ol� Jose

Uma imagem que me encanta pela composi鈬o, cores , luminisidade,textura e imos detalhes.

Parab駭s e grande abra輟.
Vera.

Shoot_Score (650) 2007-06-28 0:37

Delicious colours thru the light and dark in this shot!
Very good to read abt the trail! Thanx for those Notes and sharing! JAy

brevbrev14 (140) 2007-06-28 3:59

Hi Jose, i like a lot to see the different architecture of the world..
this one is a good example and the image is well composed and taken!
bravo!
ciao!
Valeria

hay_kes (31439) 2007-06-28 15:54

Hi Jose,
What a great shot.Architectural details are perfect.Good colours and sharp.TFS.
Regards.

hAyAti

Cricri (176) 2007-06-28 17:35

Ola Jose,
c'est tr駸 joli, le contraste des couleurs, les d騁ails sur une partie dans l'ombre et les autres sur une tr駸 belle lumi駻e, a voir ainsi cette maison des montagnes est un charme dans le paysage
tr駸 belle image
friendship
cricri

JPlumb (3159) 2007-06-28 21:10

Hi Jose Miguel, I like the lighting and colour on this one, with those strong shadows. It looks like a great spot to rest up for your further climb. Your composition is good, the way you have captured the house, yet also show us the hills behind with that deep blue sky.

Thanks, John

Ann75 (0) 2007-06-28 23:07

Hi Josh Miguel,

What a wonderful shot! I just came across your gallery and wow...you have some stunning shots. This one shows such great details, beautiful lighting and wonderful colours. Great composition and great POV! Excellent work, Josh Miguel!

Greetings,
Ann

grattounet (0) 2007-06-29 6:45

Bonjour,
Belle photo couleurs p騁ante ... bonne id馥, encore bravo ...

Amiti� Alain ...

Bluejeans (64251) 2007-06-29 14:49

Ola Jose belo patio bem colorido muito bonitas a telhas de barro vermelho , gostei das sombras , parabens!!!!
Um abra輟 Gon軋lo

leo61 (0) 2007-06-30 9:47

Hi Jose Miguel!
Fantastic colormix!
Good composition with the view out of this patio at the nearly vegetaionless mountans and this wonderful deep blue sky.
Regards,Leo

stego (24132) 2007-07-01 15:58

Hola Jose Miguel,
Es una bella compo, simult疣eamente algo abstracta , por el arreglo gr畴ico y colores, y muy interesante como documental, por mostrar el paisaje y la casa. Me encanta poder ver una imagen de esas montas pr當ticamente desconocidas tanta gente; personalmente sabia que los Andes "llegan" a Venezuela pero creo nunca haber visto fotos de ellos.
TFS, Saludos, Jos�.

AiresSantos (56155) 2007-07-02 10:11

Hi Miguel,
Very nice compositio with good sharpness and colours. I like your POV and the shadow effect.
Well framed and done
Have a nice week
Aires

alfreherrero (1000) 2007-07-03 2:07

Hola amigo.
Foto con mucho colorido y buen punto de vista, aunque por ponerle un pero...
La mochjila roja desentona un poco.
un saludo

dougie (2523) 2007-07-03 5:06

Hi,
You have made the strong light work to your advantage here, becomng part of the composition. An interesting shot indeed and a good note to read as well! Thanks.
Dougie.

jmcl (14535) 2007-07-03 22:51

Hi Jose.

The angle of the light cutting across the building is really effective and interesting with the vibrant colors .. I might cut it down to the rooftop .. the rest of the image distracts me from this central grabbing feature .. wonderful scene .. well done.

take care,

John

josepmarin (59385) 2007-07-04 6:53

Hola Jos� Miguel,
tu trabajo con la exposici ha dado un gran resultado de luz y sombras, con unos colores vivos, fuertes y muy bien saturados, con un gran efecto visual y crom疸ico.
El encuadre utilizado es muy bueno tambi駭, y los elementos de la casa, el paisaje del fondo y el cielo aportan un buen grafismo a la composici.
Bella foto.
Un saludo,
Josep

syd1946 (1167) 2007-07-05 13:59

Hello Jose,
Nicely composed with the excellent play with light and shadows giving a nice touch to this image.The colours and the details increasing the interesting together with your note.You have joyful gallery,I'll be back to enjoy more...my congrats!

Thomas

gildasjan (43826) 2007-07-06 0:55

Hello Jose
A very beautiful agreement of colors on this image. The image is quite clear and the parameters of exposure are well adjusted. Very beautiful work.
Good day.
Cordially
Gildas

Manamo (3710) 2007-07-06 10:18

Jose Miguel,
composition wise, this one is very good. I like the red bag, the flashy colors, the shadow zone. I would like to see a man or woman sitting there with only the head in the light.
Unfortunately, there is some quality missing to it. By quality, I mean focus, balance of color, some noise...I know you're a good photographer because I saw your TN gallery, so those are things you already know.
You've received a lot of praise for this picture, and you deserve it. But I would feel bad to give a full rating on this one, because you're able of so much more.
like everytime I do a critique to one of your pic, I'll ask for more...we're begging to see more;)
Take care,
Marc

ptibelo (3380) 2007-07-06 14:55

Tr鑚 belle composition par ses couleurs et les diff駻ents plans..et parties d'ombre et soleil..serait ce le sac du photographe accroch�???? un peu trop moderne pour le clich�.

amiti駸 de Corse
JMarie

Very beautiful composition by its colors and different plan.. started from shade and soleil.. this is the bag of the photographer???? a little too modern for the picture.

pierrefonds (115645) 2007-07-06 15:46

Hi Jose,

A good POV of the interior courtyard and of the mountains, the photo has a good composition, DOF and nice colors. Thanks for sharing.

Pierre

UlfE (14641) 2007-07-07 0:55

Hi Jose Miguel,

A wonderful and very colourful shot. I really like that you sort of look over the roof and at the mountains behind. TFS and have a nice week-end!

Cheers,

Ulf

maltese (22909) 2007-07-07 3:00

Hello Jose Miguel
Des couleurs et des textures vraiment superbes, un tr鑚 bel 駲uilibre entre les parties au soleil et les parties � l'ombre.
tr鑚 belle r饌lisation
Beau travail, amicalement
herv�

ls7902 (7380) 2007-07-13 17:46

Nice capture of a rustic & colorful old house. Nice composition with the mountain in the back. Regards. Latiff.

oochappan (4880) 2007-07-14 18:11

The clarity repires the clean cool air while the sun was warming up your room, I hope it was not too cold at night here, a fine sunny colorful view of the inner court of these typical houses here Jose
greetings
Henk

mumek (20226) 2007-07-16 3:39

Hi Jose Miguel!
Great scenery fith fantastic colours, lovely light and sharp details of the roof and the wall. Thanks for interesting note
regards
ziggy

bertolucci (14052) 2007-07-17 12:17

Hola Jose Miguel, It must have been a very exciting trip and how nice to rest in a rustic place like this! I love the colours and the way the building is connected to the hills. Nice work.
Have a nice evening,
Bert

Cretense (68709) 2007-07-18 6:02

Hola Jose Miguel!

Me gusta esta toma de arquitectura, especialmente por su composicion y encuadre cerrado. Muy bellos colores y gran "juego" de luz y sombra. Felicidades!

Un saludo,
Hercules

somkiat (1104) 2007-07-20 9:22

hallo jose,
the roofing caught my attention to here.it's original tile.country style in it is so attractive.the vase at the left was in the direction of sunshine.that leads my eyes.good composition of art.the color is brilliant.
very nicely done
somkiat

logios (1903) 2007-07-21 5:06

Hi Jose
This is an excellent and clear capture, good lighting and framing.It is very interesting to visit places in Andes in this altitude. I wish to visit your country very much.
Best regards
Yannis

nadine432 (1128) 2007-07-22 8:01

superbes couleurs
une tr鑚 belle pr駸entation
Nad

yso (4146) 2007-07-25 10:59

Hi Jose,
Perfect composition with just a little band of sky and the diagonal of shadow, colors of this "el paramo" are so beautiful !
Regards,
Yves

erdna (5713) 2007-07-26 8:51

I like this photo due to the way you composed the lighted and bright colored area within your frame. The diagonal line of light cutting across the center catches the viewer's eyes.

Thank you for your coments on my photo, "Temple of Horus". I appreciate it. I was late in responding to your comments as I was out of town for the past week.

Andre'

cuneyt-sb (6576) 2007-07-29 4:01

Hi Jose
Great colors and good POV,
Lights and clarity is perfect.
TFS/kind regards

andante (7092) 2007-08-06 6:57

Jose Miguel, me gusta mucho la composicion y combinacion de cooores que nos presentas aqui. Al mismo tiempo me llena de dolor ver como esta esa monta en el fondo sin arboles... Existe en Venezuela una organizacion para la reforestacion? Recuerdo que en la Republica Dominicana varias montas llegaron a ese punto y hoy por hoy, despues de una campa de reforestacion, estan reforestadas.
Un saludo,
Enrique

TheMystic (916) 2007-08-11 12:49

Nicely saturated colors and good play of light and shadow contrasts, well composed picture.
Cheers
Otto

cfreire (11741) 2007-08-15 6:08

Hi, Miguel.
Good composition and POV. The colors contrasct are beautiful. Very nice.
Consuelo

leonorkuhn (16237) 2007-08-18 15:00

Hola Jose Miguel,

Muy bonita toma. Me gusta el patio de la casa con sus ornamientos tan sencillos y la visi arriba del tejado, con las hermosas montas. Excelentes colores y luminosidad.

Saludos
Leonor

Philippe (11836) 2007-08-22 0:51

Hi, Jose Miguel. An interesting example of typical Andean architecture which stands well out against the hilly background. Good colour contrast.

Marbillo (16) 2007-09-05 8:20

Hola Jose!It's amazing!Very nice composition.However in my opinion the bag to the wall does not go!

Pascale (10456) 2007-09-18 14:03

Bonsoir Jose Miguel

Une photo qui attire tant par ses couleurs pleines de soleil que par la composition.Ces simples objets et surtout le sac rouge contrastent bien sur ce mur jaune .Belle vue en arri鑽e plan sur ces montagnes.
Amiti駸

Photo65Net (43144) 2007-09-23 1:31

Jose Miguel,
Nice colors, beautiful exposure.
A nice one, very pleasant,
Regards,
JB.

clio (27961) 2007-11-18 1:32

Ol� Jose
ﾁngulo magn凬ico de vista para descubrir esta arquitectura tradicional de los Andes. Verdaderamente tengo ganas de ver la otra parte (alrededor de los 疵boles cuya cima se percibe).
Los colores y los contrastes son maravillosos y la nota muy interesante.
Bravo
Diane

giorgimer (35017) 2007-11-23 5:51

Hola Jose,

I like a lot the light angle and the beautiful wall color.

TFS

Gio

Mistral (15416) 2007-12-26 6:30

Ol� Jos� Miguel,
bienvenido en TE!
I love your composition here as well the palette of lively colours. Your note is really interesting too!
A smile from Italy!
Luca