Miraflores Locks

Posted by Alfredo J. Martiz J. (Panama City, Panama) on 2 May 2008 in Transportation and Portfolio.

Miraflores is the name of one of the three locks that form part of the Panama Canal and the name of the small lake that separates these locks from the Pedro Miguel locks upstream. In the Miraflores locks, vessels are lifted (or lowered) in three stages totalling 8 m, allowing them to transit to or from the Pacific Ocean port of Balboa (near Panama City). Ships cross below the Puente de las Américas (Bridge of the Americas) which connects North and South America.
Reference: Wikipedia

Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal. May 1st, 2008

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Comments (10)

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

Spectacular.

3 May 2008 9:34am

@Ana Lúcia: Thank you Ana Lúcia!

bm from Budapest, Hungary

wicked B&W image, love the dramatic sky and the subject is just amazing, you're lucky to have had the chance to go there and shot this.

3 May 2008 11:34am

@bm: Thank you very much bm, it was a nice and interesting experience! =)

Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom

Really like the almost 'engraving'-like quality to this : it seems to suit the subject very well.

3 May 2008 8:13pm

@Ronnie 2¢: Thank you very much Ronnie 2¢!

e. from New York, NY, United States

Beautiful! I really love the tones you use in your photos.

4 May 2008 9:16pm

@e.: Thank you very much e.!

Observing from Chester, United Kingdom

Your processing has made this look like an old original photo. It's good.

4 May 2008 9:28pm

@Observing: Thank you very much Observing!

Mirco from Solothurn, Switzerland

Looks Good, great Post Processing

5 May 2008 5:12am

@Mirco: Thank you very much Mirco!

maria from Barcelona, Spain

Impresionante el tratamiento en B&W, como dice e. también me gustan los tonos de tus fotos.

5 May 2008 12:56pm

@maria: Muchas Gracias maria!

Ian Bramham from Manchester, United Kingdom

What an amazing photo with great detail and brilliant B&W processing!

14 May 2008 9:54pm

@Ian Bramham: Thank you very much Ian, this photo was processed as an HDR, converted to grayscale and then I applied a bit of toning, you can see a great tutorial for HDR here, give it a try when you have a chance!