In-between 3 countries, a photo from Misiones, North

Photographer's Note

This is an interesting geographic spot , "Hito Argentino de las Tres Fronteras", a vantage point at the most northern extremity of Misiones Province in Argentina. It's where the Paran� (at left) and Iguaz� (at right) rivers meet and it has views over Brazil (at right) and Paraguay (at left). The place is marked by an obelisk (WS) painted in the colours of the Argentine flag; similar markers across the rivers in the neighbouring countries are painted in their national colours, too.

The center of the tranquile town of Puerto Iguaz� is about 2km from this spot and the famous Iguaz� Falls are about 20km to the right of this image.

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From Rough Guide to Argentina:

"PUERTO IGUAZ�, just under 300km northeast of Posadas, is a strange place. Its tropical vegetation and quiet streets seem more in keeping with the region than the high-rise concrete of the Brazilian city of Foz, but while the town's tranquillity provides a restful contrast to the goings-on just over the border, it also really lacks anything that would make you want to stay here for longer than necessary. Consequently, few tourists seem to do anything more than move between hotel, restaurant and bus terminal, and the town wears a slightly resigned air, to say the least � be prepared for an alarming number of barefoot street kids trying to persuade you to spare them a peso or two. That said, it has a certain simple charm that can grow on you, and of the three border towns (the commercial settlement of Ciudad del Este in Paraguay, notoriously unsavoury and unsafe, is definitely best avoided) Puerto Iguaz� is the only one to have a really secure and accessible riverfront area from which you can take in the surrounding panorama."

Amaz, siamesa, Bluejeans, xuaxo, adores, JCG, jhm, Didi, Docarmo, josepmarin has marked this note useful

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John_F_Kennedy (43797) 2009-11-19 4:11

Hello Ricardo
Beautiful scenery nicely captured. Fantastic view with great composition and detail.
Best wishes,
Achim

gilou530 (34) 2009-11-19 4:47

salut ricardo
un voyage en argentine ou tu nous ram幯es de superbe photo de ces paysage s verdoyant, image bien compos� ou le bateau donne un peu de vie
amiti廥
gilbert

Amaz (11475) 2009-11-19 5:08

Que beleza de foto, amigo Ric!!
Excelente composi誽o e 鏒imas cores!!
Muito intressante anota sua, amigo!!!

Meus parab幯s,

Um abra蔞,

Urs (14082) 2009-11-19 5:40

Ola Ricardo

Ah I see that's the South American Golden Triangle, I hope it will not be the same business as in the real Golden Triangle Burma, Thailand and Laos, heroin and since lately human trafficking. Your spot looks also much more green and the river seems to be much deeper as the one in South East Asia. Your shot really is a symphony of green and blue hues with great sharpness. Well done

best regards
Urs

luciola (3030) 2009-11-19 5:54

Hello Ricardo,
Wonderful POV. Interesting place on earth.
Regards
Lucja

emka (158204) 2009-11-19 7:01

Hi Ric, Interesting point with the river and the view of the three countries. It reminds me th epoint in the Golden Triangle, where one can see Laos, Thailand and Myanmar separated by the river.

greetings from India

Malgorzata

siamesa (28231) 2009-11-19 7:40

Ol� Ricardo

Bela paisagem do rio com uma vis緌 ascendente , Adorei a casa na ponta da curva e as cores est緌 muito belas.Um lugar incr癉el .
Abra蔞s
maria

npecanhuk (79329) 2009-11-19 9:21

Ol� Ricardo!
Esse lugar � interessante em termos geogr塻icos, mas n緌 chega ser um primor de beleza! No entanto, sua foto muito bem tirada nos d� um lindo presente para os olhos em termos de cores e luminosidade!
Parab幯s, abra蔞s e at� logo!
Neyvan

saxo042 (38078) 2009-11-19 9:55

Hi Ricardo,
This view is very beautiful! The rivers are curving nicely and the red roof below makes a fine accent. The branch in the foreground gives a good depth also.
Kind regards
Gunnar

Bluejeans (64251) 2009-11-19 10:07

Oi amigo ,
Sem duvida um interessante ponto geogr塻ico no mundo , a natureza e deslumbrante , bonito ponto de vis緌 junto deste rio , boa profundidade de foto , parab幯s!!
Um abra蔞 Gon蓷lo

xuaxo (6854) 2009-11-19 10:51

Ol� Ricardo,
Bonita vista dessas "auto-estradas" fluviais. Bom panorama e bonitas plantas em primeiro plano.
Cumprimentos,
Francisco

xavshot (69835) 2009-11-19 12:13

Bonsoir Ricardo
tr鋊 jolie vue; J'aime bien la branche sur la gauche qui vient casser l嶲鋨ement le cadrage 50/50. Belle luminosit�.
Xavier

adores (46979) 2009-11-19 13:04

Ol� Ricardo!
Um local que merece bem uma foto! Como � que decidiste em que pa疄 a 燰s colocar:)? Gosto da foto, encontraste um pov 鏕timo e fizeste uma boa op誽o ao incluir a folha e o barco � esquerda.
J� t瘱 neve por a�???

chris04stop (6805) 2009-11-19 14:43

Bravo! So a wonderful and charming shot! Oh... I can write a story... between Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. Mmmmmmhhhhmmm! So a interesting story! I will let you know, okay?
Anna Paola

coco (30439) 2009-11-19 14:56

Hi Ricardo.

Splendid landscape and also very nice and beautiful work. THe colours, the light and everything looks right.

Well done.

jmdias (115280) 2009-11-19 15:51

ricardo

linda vista das 3 fronteiras, o portop meira aparece bem na foto. o rio 愎r aqui � t緌 estreito que algu幦 pode pensar que ele � at� pequeno e eu sei bem quantos rios imensos ele carrega j� neste ponto, profund疄simo. lindo enquadrasmento, vista diferente do usual, o porto meira � mais fotografado. belo trabalho. ao que parece a segunda ponte vai ser erguida no exato encaixe desta vista sua, acho que v緌 deixar a ponte da amizade apenas para tr塻ego urbano j� que foz e ciudad de leste s緌 uma s� metr鏕ole.

abra蔞s

jorge

bantonbuju (51815) 2009-11-21 13:53

i obviously envy you the trip but photographically-wise - this direction leads you to nowhere... but i think you know this, perfectly...:-))

best, j.

JCG (35153) 2009-11-22 4:16

Hello Ricardo,

A strategic and geographical point of view interesting as your note underlines it. A pretty panorama on this large river and his green environment, I like the good light and pleasant contrasts. The vegetation on the left of the image balances the composition. Well done Ricardo and thank you for the complementary photograph.

With all my friendships of Versailles where the wind rises� and very good Sunday,

Jean-Charles

jhm (211736) 2009-11-27 9:42

Hello Ricardo,

Nice panorama sight about these splendid area.
Fantastic view with great composition and detail.
Through your good angle get we a very well perspective.
Subject and colours are nice, also your composition.
The balance is good it's a pleasure too look at.
Very well done, TFS.

Have a nice weekend,
John.

Didi (61589) 2009-11-27 9:45

Ol� Ricardo
Very nice liquid perspective and interesting side backlights with a good exposure management.
Best regards

paura (25802) 2009-12-03 16:37

Ricardo,
Essa � daquelas de muito interesse apesar de n緌 ter uma paisagem fenomenal ou algo assim. Isso a� j� foi palco de grandes disputas, vc deve saber. Estive h� poucos dias atr嫳 em um pequeno cemit廨io de uns soldados que desembarcaram em Santos e foram a p� (!!!) at� a� perto, lutar na guerra do Paraguay e, ao voltarem sucumbiram por c鏊era nesse local ( 18� 51' 59"S 48� 55' 21"W) Alguns dados aqui:
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retirada_da_Laguna

Obrigado por partilhar.

Paulo

Docarmo (9767) 2009-12-29 19:59

Ol� Ricardo,
Fotografaste um lugar estrat嶲ico e hist鏎ico! Muita "墔ua" j� rolou por a� ;-)
Gostei imenso do POV que escolheste, a imagem ficou harmoniosa.
Parab幯s e Feliz Ano Novo!
Docarmo

josepmarin (59385) 2010-02-16 2:53

Ol� Ricardo,
adem嫳 de ser un lugar muy interesante como frontera de tres pa疄es, tambi幯 tiene un atractivo muy especial, que has captado perfectamente en esta foto.
La imagen tiene una gran profundidad y los r甐s nos ofrecen toda su belleza en medio de un paisaje con una vegetaci鏮 exuberante.
Me gusta el detalle de esas ramas en el primer plano, a un lado del encuadre. La luz y los colores, magn璗icos.
Bonito trabajo, amigo.
Um abra蔞,
Josep