The Encounter by José Ramos

The Encounter by José Ramos

Follow me on Instagram/Facebook: @joseramosphotography | Photo description: Photographing touristic places stripped of natural elements is something I do infrequently. For me, the process is always as important as the final product, and it is in pure Nature that I feel a true return to a home that accepts me unconditionally. Despite this, there are undoubtedly creations of Humanity that are not only homages to the Natural world, but that symbolize it in their own structure. Organic, complex structures, filled with details, instinctively warming the heart of those who contemplate them, not needing the forced intellectualization that so often unappealing artistic objects depend on. Visiting these places always fills my soul, as long as they are not invaded by touristic chaos and noise that drowns their magnitude and impact. Fortunately, photographing them under the best light necessarily implies the pleasure of contemplating them outside the most touristy hours, when people are still sleeping or have already made their way home. It is in these moments that I make an exception, in which it makes perfect sense to record these places both my soul and in my camera. These are the moments when the two displays of beauty attune and meet: the power of Human creation immortalized by the dancing light of Nature. Sony a7R + Laowa 10-18mm f4.5-f5.6 | Exposure: 30 seconds | Aperture: f11 | ISO: 50 | 4 stops Medium Grad Nisi; 4 stops full ND Nisi 100mm | FLM Tripod

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