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At the beginning of 2013, comet C/2012 F6 "Lemmon" graced us with a visit to the inner Solar System, reaching the perihelion (closest distance to the Sun) of his 11000 year orbit at the end of March. Due to the geometry of its orbit, at that time it was favorably located for southern hemisphere observers. So I took my camera and set off to spend a couple of hours in the cold night of Bariloche,

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Because in a cat-dominated Internet there are never enough pictures of cute little dogs :) (esta entrada en español) restartPost_20131125macuca_eng1(); insertHelp('20131125macuca_eng1','en'); function restartPost_20131125macuca_eng1() { populatePost('https://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/base/user/104519043920706301652/albumid/5986585152787796513?authkey=Gv1sRgCPaOj9ibsrzOkwE',['

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At the end of 2012 there was a solar total eclipse, visible from Bariloche during its partial phase. I took this series of pictures from the Bariloche Atomic Center, from the beginning of the eclipse until the Sun set behind the mountains around 20 minutes later. All the pictures were taken at a focal length of 300mm, 1/8000s exposure time, aperture f/40, ISO 50, with a polarizer to reduce a

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This was the view from my office window on Friday morning. Not bad... Update: This was the view 4 days latter... (esta entrada en español) restartPost_20130614hdr_vista_eng1(); insertHelp('20130614hdr_vista_eng1','en'); function restartPost_20130614hdr_vista_eng1() { populatePost('https://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/base/user/104519043920706301652/albumid/5890189102030848513?

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She is Macuca. She is beautiful. She delivers happiness all around the house. She is a cotton pompom. She let me make her a photo session after her first bath... "Formemos cuadro, Mendieta!" Inodoro Pereyra, Roberto Fontanarrosa (esta entrada en español) restartPost_20130302macuca_eng1(); insertHelp('20130302macuca_eng1','en'); function restartPost_20130302macuca_eng1() {

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At last! After a bit more than a year, this is the fourth and last delivery from the night photography course a did at Comunidad Cíclope. The location in this case was the beach at Bahía Serena. The basic ideas involved are the same we'd used before at the Moreno Lake, the Cathedral, and the Casa de Piedra: long time exposures, movement, and light painting. Plus a final trick: circles of fire!

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Second field trip of the nature photography course at the Club Andino, this time having the flora as the main subject. The day didn't help us (a typical Autumn day, drizzle included), but we could take some pictures protected by the woods at the shore of the Gutiérrez Lake. The goal: to go from the big picture to the detail... Unfortunately due to schedule problems I couldn't go to the other

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Third installment of the night photography course at Comunidad Cíclope, this time from the bridge of the Casa de Piedra river. Adding the movement of the water to the long duration night exposures gives another dimension to the pictures... The observant reader will notice that the course ended at the end of last year, and that there are more than six months between this post and the two

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Having not uploaded the last pictures of the previous photography course, last week I started another one about Nature Photography at the Club Andino Bariloche. Very interesting first class on Friday (landscape photography, its history and relationship with painting) and immediately the first field trip on Saturday. Taking advantage of a nice day we went to the Ñirihuau bridge, just leaving

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One of the reasons why a couple of months ago I bought a "prime" lens for the camera (50mm f/1.4) was to do some astrophotography, and this weekend I could finally do a first test. Taking into account that it is a fixed camera, without sky tracking and from my backyard, it came out more than acceptable... The picture is from the region between the constellations Crux (the Southern Cross) and

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Continuing with the night photography course, the second field lesson was around the city's Cathedral. The idea was to play with the white balance under artificial and natural lighting, and to get some long exposures of moving cars. "Roads? Where we're going, we don't need... roads." Dr. Emmett Brown, Back to the Future From the same course: 1 - Let there be light 2 - Light stripes and

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Last week I started a night photography course at a school in Melipal (Comunidad Cíclope). The first lesson on the field was in the beach of Lago Moreno, at sunset. Between the ash in the air, the lights of the city and some light painting, these pictures came out... "And God said, -Let there be light-, and there was light." The Bible, Genesis 1:3 From the same course: 1 - Let there be

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Well, that took longer than expected. In any case, after long months of self-censorship on anything not related to writing/related work, I've sent yesterday my PhD thesis to the jury. It's been a very rewarding and unequalled experience, but one that I hope I'll never have to repeat... ;-) Regarding this blog, I'm going to use the next months to do some aesthetic redesign. Obviously, I'll start

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When somebody tells you about an island that looks like a heart, you can believe it and imagine a piece of land with a vaguely familiar figure. In the middle of the Mascardi Lake, close to Bariloche, that island really exists: green, alive, surrounded by the turquoises waters of the lake, it exceeds any attempt to imagine it. These pictures are from a couple of hours hiking to the viewpoint

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A sunny afternoon in the backyard, flowers and something more... The last picture is my first try (rather poor) at HDR photography. "You'll remember me when the west wind moves Upon the fields of barley You'll forget the sun in his jealous sky As we walk in fields of gold " Fields of Gold, Sting (esta entrada en español) restartPost_20100308sunshine_en1(); insertHelp('20100308sunshine_en1

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I've already posted some pictures here of a very nice place in the mountains near Bariloche called Laguna Negra. A couple of months later, at the beginning of 2009, I went again with some friends and we continued up to the 2000 meters summit of a near peak. The Cerro Negro, just to the south of the small lake, offers an unrivalled view of the National Park. This time, however, I won't focus on

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"-Last night I dreamed-, said LVX-1, calmly. Susan Calvin said nothing" Robot Dreams, Isaac Asimov (esta entrada en español) restartPost_20100115dreaming_awake1(); insertHelp('20100115dreaming_awake1','en'); function restartPost_20100115dreaming_awake1() { populatePost('http://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/base/user/guille2306/albumid/5427132662931703985?authkey=

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The López mountain is a typical excursion of Bariloche. The access is easy (urban bus line), it's short (2:30hs to the shelter) and it offers incomparable views. But if you really want to be in the top of the world you must continue to the mountain's ridge, until the so-called tourist peak. From there the free view in all directions is spectacular. "Que den las campanadas a deshora, que

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The sound of the engine comes from far away, behind a gentle hill in the road. Grave and deep, it announces its arrival much before you see it. Slowly, from the roof to the huge wheels, it appears from behind the hill. Motorbikes and cars have passed by all the morning, but this is different. Your blood freezes and you feel small when the 8 tons, 3 meters high thing passes you at full speed, just

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How many times have we heard that the best moment to take pictures is the sunset? Well, it's true: the soft shades of the Sun in the hours that precede the night give a unique aura to everything they touch. And it's not necessary to go too far away to take advantage of it, it's enough to go out to your house's garden... But the hummingbird isn't an animal of sunsets. To "hunt" this flying

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It's not common to find a big spider in your home's floor, ready to pose for the camera in all detail. Those who can, enjoy it... :P Photographic tip: spiders don't react to the flash nor to a finger resting 10cm from them (at least this one didn't, I'm not responsible if somebody repeats the test...) "The girl distractedly dropped a hand and fitted an inexpressive golden mask to her face.

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Deep and dark, locked between mountains, Laguna Negra it's a place of peace and tranquillity. When the last patches of snow stand out over the black rock and are reflected in the cold waters at the end of the winter, nothing can be wrong with the world. And in such calmness there are animals that aren't afraid of the camera, as long as they can get some bread's crumbs... "The Doors of

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Winter retreats, spring is among us. But high in the mountains the snow still covers the slopes. It's a good moment to start the summer season. In this case, the 2008 at Frey-Catedral. Photography in this case is a little bit tricky but gives good opportunities, with big contrasts between the snow, the sky and the ground. I still expect the opportunity in which a condor will get much closer

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Half-way through the year a group of friends took part of a swimming competition at a local club. It was an hour with relays every one hundred meters; and under the name of 'Misery Quartet' they managed to arrive in a very respectable third place in their category, less than 100 meters from the second. This is my tribute to such a venture: Incidentally, this was also my first incursion at

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The Paris Motorshow takes place every two years in the exhibitions hall at the Porte de Versailles; and there I went for the second time after my first experience in 2006. It's not a motor show in which you would expect impressive novelties from the motor world, but rather more one to find nice cars and some historic jewels. Here are the pictures for you to enjoy, road and race cars, from now and

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