Silves, Algarve - Portugal

[Antonio Correia]

Last week end we drove to the south of Portugal to meet someone who would drive us in the wilderness of the mountains of Silves, Algarve.
We got up early in the morning because we were supposed to see animals like dears, wilde pigs, birds and others, inside a hunting reserve.
I was going to hunt animals but with my camera and lenses
Some landscapes were also expected to be found.

This week end is now - for me - a start point to crop my pictures differently.
Until now, I always cropped my pictures with a standard size, but - looking at the landscapes themselves - I quickly came to the conclusion that I could not keep a certain size - whichever it was - and make nice and beautiful framed pictures.

I post here the "original" picture. The one where I have not applied any "treatment" and the one I have cropped and "treat" or worked on.
I would like to read some opinions about this picture. I thank you for that.

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However, I want to give up to temptation and I post one which I see as one of the best.

Shot early in the morning with the 20D + 70-200 at 200mm. I was looking for that smash - or whatever you want to call it - tele-lens effect. 200*1,6 = 320 mm. I could do better with the multiplier but ...
The use of this lens - I was cradling the 5D and the 20D on my lap all the time - made me look under a different perspective at the landscape.
I am not going to bother you with more pictures I shot but I was very happy with the results.
Was I right ?

The scale in these pictures are the trees which can be seen far, far away. Lightroom work. I like this prog !

 

[Asher Kelman]

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However, I want to give up to temptation and I post one which I see as one of the best.

Shot early in the morning with the 20D + 70-200 at 200mm. I was looking for that smash - or whatever you want to call it - tele-lens effect. 200*1,6 = 320 mm. I could do better with the multiplier but ...
The use of this lens - I was cradling the 5D and the 20D on my lap all the time - made me look under a different perspective at the landscape.
I am not going to bother you with more pictures I shot but I was very happy with the results.
Was I right ?

The scale in these pictures are the trees which can be seen far, far away. Lightroom work. I like this prog !

These are fabulous, Antonio!

You are one of those rare guys who spans from really mundane snaps to uniquely breathtaking landscape and intelligent and masterful portraits and urban scenes. Here you're in a fabulous period! The panoramic view is best since it allows one to imagine the breadth and grandeur or the place with the mysterious layering of hills to infinity.

I wonder what magic you’d bring back from the Yangtze River with tree coming through the mist and river gorges in the distance. I really enjoy you work. The paradox is that you often don't have a clue to how good some of your pictures really are! A red filter might get you some more layering and detail in the sky.

Asher

 

[Antonio Correia]

These are fabulous, Antonio!
You are one of those rare guys who spans from really mundane snaps to uniquely breathtaking landscape and intelligent and masterful portraits and urban scenes. Here you're in a fabulous period! The panoramic view is best since it allows one to imagine the breadth and grandeur or the place with the mysterious layering of hills to infinity.
I wonder what magic you’d bring back from the Yangtze River with tree coming through the mist and river gorges in the distance. I really enjoy you work. The paradox is that you often don't have a clue to how good some of your pictures really are! A red filter might get you some more layering and detail in the sky. Asher

Asher, Asher !...You are a poet ! OK you do like my pictures. You always have, since I first came here.
I told you before that I shoot by instinct and I am not - oh no, I am not - aware of the quality of the pictures I make.
I am happy you like my pictures. I would like more people would appreciate them the way you do.
Well, never mind. It is just for fun and pleasure.

This plant is calld "esteva" in Portuguese and characteristic of the Algarve. It has a little of glue on the leaves and it smells very good.

My sons, when we drove to Algarve for holidays, used to say at certain point of the road:
"It smells the Algarve." the beach and the water was just a few kilometers away.

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