Photographer's Note
Returning in car from Santiago (Chile) to Buenos Aires (Argentina) by the Paso Internacional Cristo Redentor, a denominated passage is due to cross "The Snails of Portillo" that in only 16 km it rises 1000 meters and it counts on 32 curves of 180º.
Depending the time on the year, the vehicles of heavy transport, they can cross them in several hours.
Being the main commercial and turistico step between both paises, the Directions of Road of Argentina like of Chile, works allowing the users of the different countries, to have this expeditious step the greater possible part of the winter season. The necessity to maintain this runner opened to the commerce, is opposed with the difficult characteristics which the route presents/displays to be a layout in mountainous zone, with a Maxima altitude on the level of the sea of 3,200 meters, difficulties, to which the rigorous climatic conditions that appear during the winter, with abundant precipitations of snow, landslides by accumulation of, stone ice and fall must be added on the road, among other consequences.
(Translation of Babel Fish)
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pridel
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(233) 2004-07-16 9:47
waou !! votre photo me donne le vertige. C'est vraiment un paysage incroyable avec ce ruban de route qui serpente tout le long. votre note est très bien faite également. Merci
Piotr
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(0) 2004-07-16 10:05
Wow!, beautiful place and beautiful road, good composition, well done
Regards, piotr
chantal
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(940) 2004-07-16 10:35
J'ai beaucoup aimé le Chili et ses paysages incroyables. En voici encore un que je découvre, superbe ! Bonne réalisation, j'aime bien la note également.
jurgen
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(2074) 2004-07-16 10:47
Me acuerdo cuando yo también crucé por ese lugar, con bastante nieve en la cima de las montañas e incluso algunos esquiadores. El lugar donde se ubican los puestos fronterizos son bastante fríos.
Muy buena foto esta, yo hubiera querido también tener una así pero el bus en que viajé no paró en ningún momento.
touristdidi
(8583) 2004-07-16 10:48 [Comment]
sn00zie
(2384) 2004-07-16 10:50 [Comment]
Liora
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(1857) 2004-07-16 11:01
Fascinating road formations - talking about scenic roads.... An aerial view of this one should be something, if you happen to get one...
Japie
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(72) 2004-07-16 11:43
I suppose the speed limit on this road is much less than 100 mph. Very effective composition - It almast scares me driving my pc - Well taken - Japie
burdallet
(0) 2004-07-16 13:38 [Comment]
elena
(1054) 2004-07-16 13:42
uau!!! que buena foto! da vertigo solo verla... nunca habia visto una imagen del paso argentina chile, no sabia que era tan increible... valia la pena bajar del auto!! Pero por otro lado parece una ruta peligrosa para parar!
y yo que me quejo de las rutas con vueltas y vueltas y subidas y bajadas de aca... nunca fui buena para estar en ese tipo de rutas en un auto (y menos por la mañana) y ahora mi hija mayor (de 8 años) me esta mostrando que salio a la mama... AJJJ!!
cdewet
(0) 2004-07-16 14:35
This is a great view, Shumi, eat your heart out. They should have a Grand Prix here. I like the overall picture. Your f-stop is too wide to render this landscape sharp. you need a smaller f-stop of f16-f22.
jiherka
(4552) 2004-07-16 17:20
Superbe view of this road. It must be a great pleasure to drive on it...
Well done Ricardo.
jhonny_blue
(4956) 2004-07-17 4:31
Adorei esta foto, a estrada é como uma serpente que sobre serra cima, muito bem visto !
I adored this photo, the road is as a serpent that on mountain range top, very well seen!
jhm
(211738) 2004-07-17 11:53
Great picture Ricardo, beautiful place and beautiful road, good composition, well done! Thank for sharing.
kikvel
(4784) 2004-07-17 12:34
Heyy Ricardo! que buen paisaje! es increible, me hace recordar a Crookedest Street de San Francisco, pero en version extra large!
Buenisima TOMA! Sacaste alguna de abajo hacia arriba? Si la tenes, ponela en la web, que creo que tambien seria muy bueno verla desde otro PV.
Fantastica! la sigo mirando y da una sensacion de magnitud.
Excelente!
Kikvel
pamastro
(7296) 2004-07-17 23:56
This is an amazing road. The cars and trucks far down add a great sense of scale and how far this goes. I also like the way this looks from the landscape and your angle. It seems as though you are looking straight out and there is this zig zag road on impossible angles drawn over a landscape of hills. It just looks so amazing and unreal. I also like this apparently perfectly maintained road in this desolate environment. Very neat shot. Great job.
Olga
(927) 2004-07-18 2:54
Fan-tastic!! what a picture! here you didn't need to look hard for the subject :) great composition - and thanks for sharing
elihesamian
(26149) 2004-07-18 9:44
Great POV,Very nice view,Well done,Ricardo!
I like it,Excellent cropping you did,very interesting lines you captured & managed here for creat a great composition,
WOW!I can't see more:)))
Well seen & you did great with this graphical shot.
Thanks for sharing.
Vagabond
(5848) 2004-07-20 17:27
A very good picture with excellent composition, high definition and accurate DOF.
joseelias
(0) 2004-07-21 8:21
Simply a very impressive view and an impressive road! Wish that last big curve on the left wasn't cut though.
Didi
(61589) 2004-07-21 15:08
Une vraie descente aux enfers, le titre porte bien son nom.
La perspectice est tassée, compressée par l'utilisation d'une longue focale augmente la sensation de danger sur cette route.
Du bon travail Ricardo.
A true descent into Hell, the title bears its name well. The perspective is packed, compressed by the use of a long focal increases the feeling of danger on this road.
Well done Ricardo.
jrzufferey
(7305) 2004-07-22 7:23
Magnifique cette descente aux enfer,comme tu la nommes. Merci pourlanote du photographe elle est bien utile. La construction est superbe et cette impression d'écrasement lui donne un magnifique effet ,je me sens attiré par le fond de cette vallée. Ciao\jr
Letr
(0) 2004-07-23 6:57
i like the way you captured this way to hell, love the composition and few colors..great shot ricardo !!
bertolucci
(14052) 2004-07-23 17:58
Hi Ricardo. I come very late to this picture -I missed it - and I must say it's a marvellous picture. The very deep and indigo-inducing PoV, the strong graphic content (fine contrast between the smooth lines of the sinuous road and the rough ones of the mountains. Great job, added as favourite.
ChrisJ
(172378) 2004-07-24 3:30
A wonderful corkscrew road. Good title & the earth at the bottom is hellishly red!
gg01
(355) 2004-07-25 14:21
Extraordinaire cette route, je m'imagine en vélo depuis la vallée...
Bien vu
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Extraordinary this road, I imagine vith my bicycle since the valley... Well considering
Eagle78
(1933) 2004-07-26 10:41
Wow...what else to say here?? well..good to see that it´s a looooong way to hell ;)) Excelent image Ricardo :)
avigur_11
(22553) 2004-07-27 16:24
Wow, what a womderful road. A great capture of this slalom road. The sence of height is incredible, and the sharp curves are very dramatic. Great shot, Ricardo.
kajenn
(2462) 2004-07-30 19:47
Impressive image of an impressive road, Ricardo. It's like being put back some 40 years - although the road standard is higher today. Here too the heavy loaded trucks are working their way up to the pass. You've captured it in a nice angle - showing a lot of the harsh surrounding - a magnificent landscape. Maybe it could be a pinch sharper, but you've covered a great distance from the lovely flowers up front to the road disappearing at the bottom of the valley. I'd like to drive this one! Well done!
Hanssie
(11022) 2004-08-01 9:44
I found it, Ricardo !
And I'm glad, you brought me here, what a spectacular "way" to show this, fantastic view, indeed ! Why didn't I notice it ?
Thank you for showing !
ma-tibou
(4568) 2004-08-02 5:27
Paysage incroyable qui donne le vertige. Très belle réalisation. Bravo.
cmartos
(242) 2004-08-02 16:40
Let me add two points on this one Ricardo. What a nice composition you proposed here. I like the POV on that road, the slope is amazing. Wonderful way you present it here, with a useful and nice foreground in two layers: some green branches and the road itself! Very well seen and perfectly done, the many curves of the road work fine. Nice impact, fine work. Congratulations Ricardo.
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HARDCHRIS
(2041) 2004-08-16 21:51
What a sight 1000 feet high it must be georgeous to see it in reality, thanks for sharing and make us visit that part of Chili.Bravo Ricardo
dawekato
(2269) 2004-08-17 16:07
A dizzying view and interesting pattern. I would crop the rocks and weeds in the foreground to make it more abstract. The image could use a bit more sharpness.
jean-marie
(3088) 2004-08-18 17:04
Le cadrage est génial, l'exposition est impécable, la route ressort magnifiquement. bravo !
Framing is brilliant, the exposure is impécable, the road arises magnifiquement. cheer!
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Guenther
(10915) 2004-08-31 10:32
¡Impresionante, Ricardo! Vivo entre las montañas y he visto muchas carreteras de montaña pero nunca algo de así. Buena composición, ¡bien visto y bien hecho!
pione
(2031) 2004-10-26 10:25
Ok, ok! Mi vuoi stupire anche con i reportages?
Immagine stupenda, con molti spunti interessanti: Il fiume che finisce giù giù, insieme alla strada, quei minuscoli autocarri che fanno fatica, sia in discesa, sia in salita. Perfetta l'inquadratura con le rocce e la strada in primo piano, e quei fiori che invece di dare dolcezza all'immagine le danno ancor più drammaticita!
fabEarth
(283) 2004-11-10 18:17 [Comment]
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rajhema
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(1873) 2005-10-11 16:43
Terrific winds. YOu chose a good spot to take this picture. Good one ricardo. The depth is clearly visible and looks dangerous.
SampraS
(619) 2006-07-03 14:21
OMG!
That is an odd road :)
I wish you have taken pic from bottom, and name it 'road to heaven' ;)
great place you have visited
TFS
Adam
cdmonson
(5304) 2006-09-29 16:58
¡Hola Ricardo!
Yo viví in Santiago por un tiempo, y pasé por este camino algunas veces. Es algo que jamás había visto en my vida, y no pienso ver otro camino semejante. Espantoso el paso. Buena foto con buena perspectiva del camino, y aunque los colores no son especialmente vívidos, igual me encanta la composición. Sigue sacando buenas fotos como esta.
Nos vemos,
Clark
alejandroguzman
(4684) 2007-02-24 3:08
Hola Ricardo:
Vaya... que interesante compo, algo inusual ver este tipo de compos en TE.
La perspectiva de la toma ayudo en gran medida lograr este efecto, nos haces "vivir" de alguna manera el momento de la toma ! :-)
Tecnicamente, creo que le falta nitidez a la fotografia... pero bueno, la compo compensa muchisimo !
abrazos
Edgar
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(1053) - Genre: Plaatsen
- Medium: Kleur
- Date Taken: 2003-04-22
- Categories: Natuur
- Camera: Canon PowerShot S45
- Belichting: f/6.3, 1/1000 Seconden
- Fotoversie: Originele versie
- Reisverhaal: Viaje a Chile - Trip to Chile
- Thema's: Life is a Highway, Chile [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2004-07-16 9:38
- Favorieten: 4 [Zicht]
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