Cabo da Roca, a photo from Lisboa, South

Photographer's Note

The Portuguese coast is very inspiring because, despite the large number of tourists, it still has plenty of astonishing secret spots, although most of them are fairly inaccessible.

This particular photo was made at Cabo da Roca, which is a cape that forms the westernmost point of mainland Portugal, and hence the westernmost point of the European mainland. It was known to the Romans as 'Promontorium Magnum'. The famous portuguese poet Luís de Camőes defined Cabo da Roca as the place "where the land ends and the sea begins".

Apart from basic and unavoidable editing in Photoshop (slight contrast, saturation and unsharp mask), the shot is unmanipulated as much of the work is done on location using a ND grad filter to balance the light and a polariser to enhance colour and contrast.

I hope you enjoy!

PS: I appologise for the 500px larger side and watermark in the frame, but some unauthorized use has happened before in other websites (including mine)

efigesta, giannispap, Golden_Eagle, Elaine_Blath, Albrecht, ALIRIZA oznaczył to zdjęcie jeko użyteczne

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efigesta (12188) 2006-03-31 3:53

Ola Joel
linda foto parecendo mais um postal, cores excelentes uma boa luminosidade e bom pov
abraço
manuel

giannispap (263) 2006-03-31 3:54

JOel,
Excellent shot! i agree it looks like a postcard, excellent colours!
well done!
giannis

muratd (5073) 2006-03-31 3:55

Hello foe. This is very lovly pic. Compo and colour is wonderfull. Thank you for sharing it.

Golden_Eagle (545) 2006-03-31 3:56

Very nice work Joel! I like the spot you chose for this shot... nice colors and effects. Sometimes even the real world looks unreal :)

THAR (3877) 2006-03-31 4:04

Trčs bel effet pour cette photo aux couleurs irréelles...

Elaine_Blath (8471) 2006-03-31 4:15

Hi Joel,
amazing! No words needed, excellent, excellent...
Regards, Ivana

Albrecht (11283) 2006-03-31 4:31

Hi Joel
Indeed inspiring that coast;beautiful colours only a bit small on TE, but you did a great job again.
* greetings and good luck, Albrecht *

ALIRIZA (16423) 2006-03-31 4:41

Hi Joel,
Very nice composition, colorful. Point of view, depth of field and framing are very well. Thanks for sharing. Congratulations...
Ali Rıza

Isaperez (355) 2006-03-31 5:03

Linda....aliás como toda a série!
Parabéns,isto é arte!!!

jinju (14265) 2006-03-31 8:42

Stuning. I mean really, just great. Rich, deep, powerful colors, a composition that looks like its out of a fantasy movie. Just spledid work. Your portfolio is 1st class.

jwmunro (286) 2006-03-31 9:10

Good morning Joel -

WOW! Well Done! Excellent DOF with detail and clarity throughout the image. Great use of a slow shutter to blur the wave action. I really like the color and glow of the sky around the sea stack. Well Done!

Thanks for sharing

Modacolor51 (1309) 2006-03-31 10:05

Erstaunliches Licht, Kontraste und Farben, schöner Schuß! Respekt,
vıele grüsse.
yılmaz..

Cbill (4) 2006-03-31 18:44 [Comment]