20090319 Puerto Montt to Punta Arenas

The three turbines at Puerto Natales, post storm.

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 55.0 mm; 1/250 sec, f/4.0, ISO 100

Hills, with rockslide, on our bus ride to Patagonia.

A lake, near Patagonia. I'm guessing this is Lago Sarmiento de Gamboa, looking south.

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 85.0 mm; 1/640 sec, f/4.0, ISO 100

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 50.0 mm; 1/640 sec, f/4.0, ISO 100

Llama, or cousin, jumping a fence to get away from the tourists with expensive digital cameras.

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 50.0 mm; 1/640 sec, f/4.0, ISO 100

Llama, or cousin, jumping a fence to get away from the tourists with expensive digital cameras.

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 50.0 mm; 1/640 sec, f/4.0, ISO 100

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 58.0 mm; 1/640 sec, f/4.0, ISO 100

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 96.0 mm; 1/640 sec, f/4.0, ISO 100

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 96.0 mm; 1/640 sec, f/4.0, ISO 100

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 96.0 mm; 1/640 sec, f/4.0, ISO 100

Llama, or cousin, jumping a fence to get away from the tourists with expensive digital cameras.

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 96.0 mm; 1/640 sec, f/4.0, ISO 100

Llama, or cousin, jumping a fence to get away from the tourists with expensive digital cameras.

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 105.0 mm; 1/640 sec, f/4.0, ISO 100

Llama, or cousin, jumping a fence to get away from the tourists with expensive digital cameras.

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 105.0 mm; 1/640 sec, f/4.0, ISO 100

Llama, or cousin, jumping a fence to get away from the tourists with expensive digital cameras.

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 82.0 mm; 1/640 sec, f/4.0, ISO 100

Llama, or cousin, jumping a fence to get away from the tourists with expensive digital cameras.

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 82.0 mm; 1/640 sec, f/4.0, ISO 100

Llama, or cousin, jumping a fence to get away from the tourists with expensive digital cameras.

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 24.0 mm; 1/160 sec, f/4.0, ISO 100

Another mystery lake near Patagonia.

The gentle, peaceful side of Patagonia.

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 45.0 mm; 1/400 sec, f/4.0, ISO 100

The real Patagonia. Not gentle or peaceful.

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 24.0 mm; 1/100 sec, f/4.0, ISO 100

Canon EOS 40D with Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 at 10.0 mm; 1/200 sec, f/4.0, ISO 100

The real Patagonia. Not gentle or peaceful.

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 24.0 mm; 1/100 sec, f/4.0, ISO 400

A big story here; the bus (from Puerto Natales to the Grey Lodge) dropped us off to see a HUGE waterfall, Satto Grande. It was a twenty minute walk, along a road/trail that was under construction and filled with mud and puddles of water. Oh, and there was about a 50 mile-per-hour wind coming straight at us...and it was somewhat rainy. After all that...we got a not-so-pretty violent torrent of water falling over a ledge.

An attempt at a panoramic (three photos) of a violent waterfall, Satto Grande. Massive winds and rain made this difficult. Somehow, it nearly worked.

Canon EOS 40D with Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 at 11.0 mm; 1/200 sec, f/4.6, ISO 400

Satto Grande.

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 67.0 mm; 1/125 sec, f/4.0, ISO 400

After the torture of a windy/rainy hike to Satto Grande, the wind AND rain both die off. Moss with tilt-shift.

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 67.0 mm; 1/125 sec, f/4.0, ISO 400

Moss near Satto Grande.

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 67.0 mm; 1/20 sec, f/8.0, ISO 400

Nice. Tilt-shift moss near Satto Grande. The blue blur in the upper third is either Mama or Papa.

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 84.0 mm; 1/80 sec, f/5.7, ISO 400

Mama and Papa hiking back from Satto Grande.

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 35.0 mm; 1/60 sec, f/5.7, ISO 100

Mama and Papa hiking back from Satto Grande. Slightly darker than reality, but it captures the angry sky.

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 28.0 mm; 2 sec, f/22.6, ISO 100

Finally arrived at the Lake Grey hotel. Just after sunset. There was a 'trail' from the front of my cabin to the lake, which I exploited, and suffered through MORE winds to get the first look at Glacier Grey. Little did I know that there is an official boardwalk from the common room to here. Oh well. Interpretation: The blue stuff near the middle of the picture is the Grey Glacier. The mountain to the right is Paine Grande.