Portugal

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Pont du 25 avril et Cristo Rei, Lisbonne, Portugal

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A pink morning at Praia de Marinha waiting for the Sunrise. I hope you are all staying safe and healthy.

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Portugal, Sintra. (Nähe Lissabon). Alter Brunnen. Das alte Herrenhaus Quinta da Regaleira mit seinem märchenhaften Garten zählt zum Weltkulturerbe der UNESCO. 2019.10 Portugal-309

Ponte 25 de Abril e Cristo Rei

April 25th Bridge and Christ the King monument

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Posto Florestal Fanal is an amazing place to photograph magnificent Laurel trees. You can find solitary or semi-solitary old trees of various shapes and sizes.

Photo Tips: Absolutely try to get there in a foggy weather, as it really makes the place mystical and helps you to create more interesting compositions. That said, it's definitely possible to make great photographs in a warm morning or evening sun.

You'll use either wide angle lens if you try to fill the frame with nicely twisted tree branches or normal lens to capture individual trees or small groups.

Getting there: There are several smaller parking spots next to the road around this place.

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.

That was the last photo of a day at the Ponta de São Lourenço. Theoretically I should have had enough time to find a good spot for the evening light, but I did not and we were already on our way back to the carpark as the colors in the sky and on the rocks where suddenly exploding. So I made a quick decision about a motive without thinking much about composition. I did a panorama of the whole scene wich was not too easy with the strong wind shaking the tripod, the spray from the waves on the lens and fast moving clouds. In spite all that I was happy to catch some of the awesome atmosphere of that evening on a unique spot like this.

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This bridge fascinates me and I was there at different times to take photos. So I have played around a bit with the images and then decided to post something completely different from my usual work. The Vasco Da Gama bridge in Lisbon is Europe's longest bridge at almost 12.5 kms. It was inaugurated in 1998 conmemorating the Portugese explorer's discovery of the naval passage to India.

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Ponte D. Luís - Luis I Bridge

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The pretty coastal village of Azenhas do Mar in blue dressing.

Der Bahnhof Estação do Oriente, ist ein Fern- und Regionalbahnhof im Nordosten Lissabons am Gelände der früheren Expo 1998, heute Parque das Nações. Dazu gehören Bahnhof, Busbahnhof u. Einkaufszentrum 2019.10 Portugal-414-BA

This is one of the many si called Miradouros in Lisbon. A great viewpoint, looking out over the Alfama, the old Moorish district.

Cabo do Sao Vicente is the far South West corner of Portugal, marked by this lighthouse. This was taken just after Sunset.

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Another gnarled, mossy tree from Fanal forest.

The impressive stone bridge leading to the Ponta do Sol pier is a beautiful sight itself, but if you add crushing waves below and some nice light, it's an amazing sight.

Photo tips: To nicely frame the whole thing, you'll need really ultra-wide lens. I could go down to 10mm (15mm full-frame) and wished I had even wider lens with me. Sunset brings nice side-light, but I can imagine great Sunrise compositions as well.

Getting there: You can easily park nearby right next to the beach (well, it can be pretty crowded in the top season). It's just ~100 meters walk then.

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Palafitic Piers

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Another version of the magnificent Vasco da Gama bridge, this time with starry lights.

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I still have a couple more from portugal.. Here's one from Cabo Raso, which is a great place to do photography. The rough coast there gives many possibilities to find your spot and the sea at this place is quite rough which gives you the opportunity to capture good water movement too. We had a great sunset with nicely lit clouds but after sunset the light became real magic..The purple hue of the clouds in this shot is no processing result, it's just how it looked.

Details: hoya HD Pol + Lee 0.6 hard grad Processing: Main work lightroom 3 and then d&b contrast + selective saturation adjustments to finish it off.

Hope you like it, was quite a windy evening where I had to constantly whipe my filters.

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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.

The bizarr mountain scapes of Madeira are famous. The popular hiking tour between the two highest peaks Pico Ruivi to Pico do Areeiro is pretty exhausting. Not because of the 6 km distance but because of the extreme difference in altitude due to the several valleys that you need to pass. Rewarded with views like this, it's worth every drop of sweat. Rising fog increases the mysterious mood, but sometimes obscures the entire view. I would love to do this hike again in spring, when all the flowers are blooming.