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The 3 Amigos
This photo was taken on a trip to Peru back in 2004. I was inspired to post it after seeing someone I follows pictures from the Colca Canyon and it reminded me of the good times I had in Peru.
This shot was taken on a Canon EOS 3 Film Camera on Fujichrome 400 Slide Film and then the slide has been scanned and turned into BnW. This would have originally been done on photoshop elements but I thought I would see if Affinity could improve it by reducing the noise. All my old travel shots done on film and scanned are very noisy ... but affinity has done a great job of cleaning up the image.
The reason why I chose to post this is these are the three porters that accompanied us on our walk along the Inca Trail. Unfortunately on the second day I became very unwell, a mix of the altitude and food poisoning. I was travelling with a friend and we where using this fantastic tour group. It was clear I could not go on for the next 3 days of walking and the decision was made by the group lead to send me back to Cuzco. I could not have my friend missing the trail so I insisted he stay on the trail. The group leader instructed Chico the porter to the right in the pic to walkme back to the first place we could get a taxi and got me back to Cuzco. He then helped me through the next three days staying in his home. He took me to a tourist medical surgery in Cuzco where $200 dollars got you an appointment with an English speaking Dr. I was prescribed a horse pill. And after 2 days sleeping and drinking water I felt a lot better. Still not 100% but well enough to take my chance and go with Chico on the train to Macchu Pichu to meet the group as they arrived off the Inca trail. It was so nice to see the place as to be fair at 23 and essentially on my own staying in a strangers house and feeling unwell it had been an odd experience... but to be fair to Chico, his family and the tour group that was first class service. They essentially could have taken me to a hotel in Cuzco and left me to sort myself out!
This photo was taken the day before we originally left for the trail in Cuzco when we had had to check in with the tour group!
The 3 Amigos
This photo was taken on a trip to Peru back in 2004. I was inspired to post it after seeing someone I follows pictures from the Colca Canyon and it reminded me of the good times I had in Peru.
This shot was taken on a Canon EOS 3 Film Camera on Fujichrome 400 Slide Film and then the slide has been scanned and turned into BnW. This would have originally been done on photoshop elements but I thought I would see if Affinity could improve it by reducing the noise. All my old travel shots done on film and scanned are very noisy ... but affinity has done a great job of cleaning up the image.
The reason why I chose to post this is these are the three porters that accompanied us on our walk along the Inca Trail. Unfortunately on the second day I became very unwell, a mix of the altitude and food poisoning. I was travelling with a friend and we where using this fantastic tour group. It was clear I could not go on for the next 3 days of walking and the decision was made by the group lead to send me back to Cuzco. I could not have my friend missing the trail so I insisted he stay on the trail. The group leader instructed Chico the porter to the right in the pic to walkme back to the first place we could get a taxi and got me back to Cuzco. He then helped me through the next three days staying in his home. He took me to a tourist medical surgery in Cuzco where $200 dollars got you an appointment with an English speaking Dr. I was prescribed a horse pill. And after 2 days sleeping and drinking water I felt a lot better. Still not 100% but well enough to take my chance and go with Chico on the train to Macchu Pichu to meet the group as they arrived off the Inca trail. It was so nice to see the place as to be fair at 23 and essentially on my own staying in a strangers house and feeling unwell it had been an odd experience... but to be fair to Chico, his family and the tour group that was first class service. They essentially could have taken me to a hotel in Cuzco and left me to sort myself out!
This photo was taken the day before we originally left for the trail in Cuzco when we had had to check in with the tour group!