April morning on Santa Maria island

 

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A story behind: A nice sunrise during our short holiday on the Santa Maria island with a São Lourenco lighthouse.

 

Location:  São Lourenço, Santa Maria island, Portugal.

 

Gear: Nikon D 610, Nikkor 16-35mm 4G ED AF-S, tripod,

 

Date: April 15th, 2015. 07.20 a.m.

Maciek.

The first autumn storm 2014

 

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A story behind: The end of the rainy afternoon at the Gaia beach, a couple of kilometres south of Porto. A 2 seconds long exposure.
 

Location:  Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.

 

Gear: Nikon D 610, Nikkor 16-35mm 4G ED AF-S, tripod,

 

Focal Length: 16 mm

Aperture: 22

Exposure: 2 sec.

Date: Outober 14th, 2014. 17.44 p.m.

Algarvian summer.

Sunrise at the Algarvian coast, Portugal. For a full size photo please click on the image.

A story behind: 30 minutes before the sunrise.  


Location:  Luseta, Portugal.

 

Gear: Nikon D 610, Nikkor 16-35mm 4G ED AF-S, rubber boots, tripod.

Aperture: f/20, 20 sec.

Exposure bias: -0,3 EV

ISO: 50

Focal Length: 16 mm

Date: 28th of July, 2014. 6.10 a.m.

The evening of Saint Peter at Afurada.

 

Fireworks over the Douro river, Afurada, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.

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A story behind: Just one week after the street feast of St John we have another fireworks over the river of Douro, just on the other side of the Arrábida bridge.

I positioned the camera just above the water level to get the fireworks and their reflection in the river simultaneously. The water was calm allowing a nice colourful mirror image.


Location:  Porto, Portugal.

 

Gear: Nikon D 700, Nikkor 16-35mm 4G ED AF-S.

Aperture: f/8, 3 sec.

Exposure bias: +0,3 EV

ISO: 320 EV

Focal Length: 16 mm

Date: 29th of June, 2014.

A few days in Douro Valley, Portugal

A late afternoon  in the vineyards of the Douro River region.

A story behind: We stayed the at beautiful rural hotel Quinta da Pacheca.  Located at the bank of the Douro River with a serene surroundings the hotel is a place to stay when you are visiting the region.

An evening at the gardens of the hotel with a glass of Reserva Tinto wine, a dinner at the excellent Gato Preto restaurant and the sunset over the vineyards.

Location:  Regua, Portugal.

 

Gear: Nikon D 610, Nikkor 70-300 mm.

Aperture: f/5,6

Exposure bias: -0,3 EV

Focal Length: 270mm

Date: 1st of May, 2014.

Quinta da Pacheca hotel at night. 

Cherry blossom time!

 

Resende, a small city located on the bank of the Douro river, is a center of the cherry growing industry.

As we were driving along the curvy roads near Resende, we were passing thousands of white cherry blossom trees.
 

Maciek

Date: 21st of March, 2014.