29th September 2015 by emmadurnford

29th September 2015

Wow - we can see Lake Titicaca from our hotel room and it is pretty impressive. We have a long journey tomorrow crossing the lake to La Paz in Bolivia so we stayed close to our hotel today. I spent an enjoyable morning trying to photograph all the local birds in the marshy area which is a protected biosphere area. In the afternoon we walked a bit further and found a herd of grazing alpacas and also saw a woodpecker and bird of prey.

Despite all these nature images (none of which were that good I’ll have to admit!), I actually really like the lights of Puno reflected in the lake which I photographed this evening. It was very cold and I had the tripod balanced outside on the hotel fire escape. As I was not sure if I could get back in from outside, Colin volunteered to remain inside (in the warm) to let me back in - very self sacrificing!

It was at this point some 6,500 miles from home that I discovered that my remote control shutter release has stopped working! It was a rapid read of the manual to remind myself how to use the 2 and 10 second shutter delay which will have to do.

(Best viewed on black if you have time)
The reflections in this are stunning, another fav. So glad Colin was so heroic in helping you take this picture. :) Btw, I'm glad you are feeling better and I hope Colin's back is holding up.
September 30th, 2015  
@tristansmum Thank you - it was very chilly! Colin's back is holding up very well although the journey the next day (just about to post) did not help but he's fine - thank you
October 2nd, 2015  
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