Mountain pond, Santa Marta mountains
HP5 @ SA 250 in Pyro PMK
Galerie FB G3 Selenium toned
While photographing in the Santa Marta range, I asked a Kogi Indian if he could
show me some places to photograph birds. After a short walk we reached this
pond and he stopped for a short prayer and tossed a bunch of mambe (coca)
leaves into the pond. He asked me to do the same. We continued walking and
he told me that the Kogi believe that every time you receive something from nature
(like the images we take) and donīt offer a small sacrifice and show gratitude,
natureīs color fade a little and loose gloss. I try to remember that every time I go
out photographing.