On the fourth day of the Peru Photo Tour, we got up and headed to the train station. Everyone was really excited to make our way towards the most anticipated stop of the trip, Machu Picchu!
When we got on the train, we were thrilled to see that we would have awesome views from all angles, even with windows above us. As we traveled from the mountain region into the cloud forest, we could see the vast changes in the weather and surrounding foliage. The 2 hour train ride did not seem like transportation at all, it seemed like a theme park ride with never ending sites.
As soon as we got to the station, we gave our luggage to hotel workers who met us by the train, and we headed straight for the "Lost City of the Incas". We took a bus ride up to the highest drop-off point, and then walked the remaining way up the mountain. At the top, we were rewarded with the site we all came to see! We did not have perfect blue skies, but we did have a clear view of the ruins, and interesting clouds in the background. I was using my
Canon R5 camera with both the
RF 15-35mm lens and the
RF 24-105 f/4 lens.
They limit the number of people who can visit Machu Picchu, which made it easier to get nice photos like this without a ton of tourists in the shot.
We all walked around the upper portion of Machu Picchu, taking photos and just taking it all in.
You can tell that I was happy to be there!
It was also nice to have my girlfriend, Laura, there with me to experience this moment.
We started walking down into the ruins, but before we all dispersed, I got everyone together for a group photo.
As we walked through the ancient city, I gave people ideas of different places to shoot from to get some unique perspectives.
The mixed cloud cover and sunlight created some interesting scenes for us to photograph. It was fun to watch the ever changing light on the mountains around us.
Machu Picchu is located in the cloud forest of Peru, and we had mostly cloud cover on our visit. Because of that, we did not have blue skies to photograph, but we had nice even light on the ruins.
We even had Llama sitings on the rock walls.
All of the guests had a great time. Here is Denise getting some photos for her collection.
The next morning we made a second trip up to Machu Picchu. This time we walked up to a higher location to see if we could get more photos of the site. This time we had some blue skies in the distance but a lot more low clouds rolling through the ruins. We had no clear views on the second day, but we enjoyed watching the different patterns of the clouds.
This last shot was taken as we descended back down to where the bus would take us down the mountain. I stopped and took this photo because I liked the patterns of the clouds and thought it created a dramatic background to this scene. It was also my farewell shot of this iconic location until my next visit.
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