The prestigious magazine National Geographic, publishes again one of the wonderful photographs of the photographer from Lanzarote, Juan Méndez Quesada. After its recent publication and recognition in the magazine of the snapshot 'Jameito. The blind crab of the Volcanoes' last June, a night image in which you can see the iron figure of the crab located in Los Jameos del Agua, accompanied by the sparkle of the stars as a background to increase its beauty.
On this occasion, the photograph 'Climbing the Moon', which the magazine published this Thursday, has once again been recognized for its originality and for the splendor with which the artist has captured the moon. A photo taken from the Mirador de Guinate, located in the north of the island, which becomes the seventh snapshot published by the magazine about the charms of Lanzarote.
According to Méndez to National Geographic "it was not an easy task" to capture the moment: "I spent several months touring different places on the island of Lanzarote looking for the ideal place for the shot. We could not find flat stones with the right height and measurements proportional to the size of the climber. In addition, we had to coordinate that, during its transit, the Moon would be perfectly framed behind it."
In his Instagram account he adds that it was possible to capture the moment thanks to a friend who posed for the photo: "I am grateful for the patience of my friend Jesús, who posed at that moment to help me capture the idea I had in mind."