Re-Edit Series

Re-Edit Series

Over the long winter months here in Montana, I decided it was time to go back into my hard drives, pull out some images and re-edit them. I wanted to see if I could look at these images differently and edit the series differently.

These images are from a 2012 backpacking trip to Peru. I had a Nikon D700 and 70-200mm 2.8 Lens with me. Hiking through the Mountains and towns.

Here are the re-edits:

Machu Picchu Panorama. Still one of the most amazing places that I have ever visted!

Where sand meets ocean

Where sand meets ocean

This past week I have explored a little bit of South Peru's coast line. I traveled by bus down to a town called Paracas. Paracas is considered the poor mans Galapagos Islands. 10% of the worlds fish comes from the ocean there. The islands are protected and you can see everything from Sealions, to penguins, cormorants, seals and all other types of sea migratory birds. The town of Paracas is really nice. It's tiny, but quiet and you can walk around or lay on the beach at all times of the day. I really enjoyed Paracas, but did adventure out to Pisco for some drinks with some locals on one of the evenings. Pisco is a tone around 15 min away. It was hit hard in 2007 by a massive earthquake in the area.

On my fist and second day in Paracas, I went on a boat tour of the islands and a tour of the Paracas National Reserve. The National Reserve is a huge desert area that meets up directly with the coast line. It's very impressive and we toured a couple of areas in the region.

Day 3 I decided to go Dunbuggying and Sand boarding and winery/pisco tasting. It was lots of fun and I got sand everywhere. I will post a video when I get back to panama on the weekend.

I leave Peru tomorrow, but have really enjoyed my stay here. The country is beautiful and the people are lovely. There is so much different environmental areas from amazon, to jungle, to mountian's, to desert and ocean costal regions.

All images have been edited via an iPad. its all I was traveling with at the time.

Final day in Cuzco

Well today is my last day in Cuzco. I am finally flying back to Lima tomorrow. I am very happy to get my body back to where it truly belongs....Sea Level!!! Haha I am planning on staying in Lima for 1 night and then heading down to Parasac, where there is a National Reserve for wild life. It's considered the "poor mans" Gilapigous islands. Here are a couple of shots to cap out my day here in Cuzco. I am sad to be leaving, but I am excited to get back to the warmth of Lima.

Puno & lake Titicaca

Puno & lake Titicaca

I just got back from Puno. It was around a 6 hr bus ride up to around 3800m. I went to see the famous lake Titicaca with the floating islands. I also did a home stay for a night on one of the local islands. Puno is a very interesting city that offers lots to see and do. The shots are a bit out of order, but they where all taken on the way too, or at Lake Titicaca.

Lares trek to Machu Picchu

35 km later I am tired, but so happy with what I have been able to see. The Lares trek was amazing. It was so incredibly hard at around 4700 meters,. I was gasping for air, huge headache and just felt horrible. Even with all that you defiantly get a sense of accomplishment for being able to push your body past it's comfort zone. All in all the trek was amazing and I managed to snap some nice pics!