Ilha
As promised, another version of my favorite dead tree in Madeira. Here the fog was rising up a little higher, wich I was waiting for to isolate the branches of the tree a little more. This was the maximum, afterwords it quickly dropped down.
A beautiful waterfall set in Madeira greenery.
Photo Tips: Really wide lens get handy here, this particular shot is a panorama of several 10mm APS-C shots, so the result is probably at about 12mm full-frame.
Preferred timing is after a rain as it looks much better with more water.
Getting there: It's located half way through the Levada do Caldeirão Verde, leading to a much taller waterfall.
This picture was inspired by the great photographer Nigel Danson who's awesome YouTube channel inspired me a lot since I discovered it. His version of this dead tree was just mind-blowing and for sure one more reason for me to travel to Madeira. Neither was I hoping to find that certain tree so easily, nor shooting it in such perfect conditions as Nigel did. After hiking the spectacular trail between Pico Ruivo and Pico do Areeiro that day, we spent the whole evening at the tree until complete darkness to get the best out of this striking motive. Doing that, we missed an extremely beautiful sunset over the clouds, wich we could have seen just a few hundred meters away on the way down to the car park. You just can't have everything on one day.
....a little later.
Thanks to all Phoide contributors to Ilha!
Most notably Walter Maurer and Jiri Hajek.