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Silver Eye
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Silver Eye

by Hélio Cristóvão

Category: Earth, Sea & SkyAdded April 28, 20101,996 views

Shorelines & Beaches, Caves

Keywords: cape, Vincent, Costa Vicentina, Portugal, Gold, Sunset, wild, rock, cave, green, moss, cliff, sunburst, idyllic, rocks

Sw. Alentejo and St. Vincent Natural Park, Portugal
(Parque Natural Sw. Alentejano e Costa Vicentina)

Photography obtained with diffuse and warm light of very cloudy sky, allowing to photograph details of Nature in intimate perspectives avoiding shadows and great contrasts.

"During this afternoon I went on foot through passages along the cliff tops between Barriga Beach and Murração, occasionally going down to some wild beaches; in this shot, the Mareadouro da Escada that implicates a descent of 100mt of height, only possible grabbing some ropes that the fishermen fixed in the cliffs, with great unevennesses and inclinations under a floor of rough schists. Down there, I photographed the cliff that delimits the beach to South, having in the foreground covered rocks of mosses, which greens sometimes were becoming quite fluorescent, as the result of very soft light. The colors were alive!"


Exposure details:
17:43h GMT
12mm (APS) f/22 1/2s ISO100 with Cir. PL Filter
14-bit RAW 12,2MP


Em Português:
Fotografia obtida com luz difusa e cálida de céu muito nublado, ao fotografar detalhes de Natureza e perspectivas mais "fechadas" evitando sombras e grandes contrastes.


"Durante essa tarde percorri a pé trechos ao longo dos topos das arribas entre a Praia da Barriga e Murração, ocasionalmente descendo a algumas praias, entre elas o Mareadouro da Escada que implica uma descida de 100mt de altura, apenas possível com o auxílio de cordas que os pescadores lá fixaram, vencendo grandes desníveis e inclinações sob um piso de xistos erodidos. Lá em baixo, fotografei a falésia que delimita a praia a Sul, tendo em primeiro plano rochas cobertas de musgos, cujos verdes por vezes tornavam-se quase fluorescentes, dada a suavidade da luz! As cores estavam vivas."
Image Format: Digital Capture - Greater than 9MPImage Crop: Full FrameDigital Enhancement: Digital Retouch