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Secret Caves
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Secret Caves

by Hélio Cristóvão

Category: Earth, Sea & SkyAdded December 7, 2009432 views

Shorelines & Beaches, Caves

Keywords: Cape, Roca, Cave, Wild, Sintra, Bay, cyan, Adraga

Cape Roca
Sintra Cascais NP. Portugal

During a low tide, and in a time of year when there was to much sand on some Cape Roca´s wild bays, I found and explored this coastal caves that totally surprised me and invaded me in such adrenaline on a photographic manner. Couldn´t believe it... a magnificent view, a scary and at the same time beautiful place. I walked trough dozens of meters height cliffs carefully, sometimes grabbing some ropes left by the fishermen to aid in the most difficult trail zones. Down there... an adventurer´s tail, I have no words... well, but there´s an image :smile:

Used D300, grip, bubble level, tripod, cable release.
no filters used

Blended 2 shots for dynamic range increasing:
1 Exposure in the interior of the cave at 12mm 6 sec. f/16 ISO200 flash, rear-curtain;

and for Highlights in the outside for 1 sec.
Image Format: Digital Capture - Greater than 9MPImage Crop: Full FrameDigital Enhancement: Digital Retouch