Beaches, sand between your toes, extinct volcanoes, arid landscape, surfers' community, pure. Reminiscences of a few weeks in winter.
The very same palm I made a Pep Ventosa of, a bit further down this page, this time with a turning movement. Exposure 0.3 sec, F/5.6 @ 300 mm.
--- 14 Jan 2022, Lajarea (E) ---
--- 13 Jan 2022, Lajares (E)) 👁 more icm ---
--- 12 Jan 2022, Lajares (E)) ---
--- 11 Jan 2022, Lajares (E) ---
--- 11 Jan 2021, El Cotillo (E)) ---
--- 11 Jan 2021, La Oliva (E) ---
--- 10 Jan 2022, El Cotillo (E) ---
Two groups of skaters, one Italian and the other Spanish, having a lot of fun at Reyes. Exposure main image 1/8 sec at F/32 @ 90 mm. See link below for more images.
--- 6 Jan 2021, La Oliva (E) 👁 more skaters ---
'I don't think I am going to like this'.
--- 30 Dec 2021, Corralejo (E) ---
'I have always been into sports, you know.'
--- 30 Dec 2021, Corralejo ---
This is a light ornament in the shape of an igloo for Xmas on the village square, I used a zoom burst and turned the camera at the same time. So thankfully no firecrackers and bazooka bangs, all very silent 😉.
--- 1 Jan 2022, La Lajita (E) ---
Celebrated my birthday in a quaint village that used to be the former capital to Fuerteventura, having the Iglesia Catedral de Santa Maria de Betancuria as its centre. Exposure of the ICM: 1/6 sec at F22 @ 35 mm.
--- 28 Dec 2021, Betancuria (E) ---
In the strait between Lanzarote and Fuerteventura it's a joy to see so many experienced surfers at work conquering the big waves.
--- 26 Dec 2021, Corralejo (E) ---
--- 26 Dec 2021, Lajares (E) ---
--- 25 Dec 2021, Lajares (E) 👁 more icm ---
Immensely large, just dunes and sand, tough job to hike with a backpack full of equipment, but ... beautiful. Shutter speed 1.5 sec, F/38, 207 mm, ISO200, waiving movement.
--- 22 Dec 2021, Corralejo (E) ---
You wouldn't expect stumbling on such modern architecture on an island that has so many derelict building projects. This afternoon I came across this photogenic building. Exposure 0.3 sec at F/45 @ 300 mm.
--- 21 Dec 2021, La Oliva (E) ---
--- 21 Dec 2021, La Oliva (E) ---
At the end of the afternoon, there was some interesting light developing. Just checking if this seascape will be a keeper. Exposure 1,5 sec, F/27 at 70 mm for the ICM one, 1/125 at F/16 for the straight one.
--- 20 Dec 2021, El Cotillo (E) ---
Lovely tiny harbour. Owing to a lovely Spanish couple (send me a mail if you want your picture), the port master let me in and I could do some shooting.
--- 19 Dec 2021, El Cotillo (E) ---
'Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee'. It does look like a butterfly, this Strelitzia, but it doesn't fly. Intriguing flower. Exposure 1/6 sec at F4.5 @ 140 mm.
--- 18 Dec 2021, Lajares (E) ---
For Xmas and New Year the main square of this quaint fishing village has a light sculpture that I played around with, and turned it into a Euro sign. Hoping that restaurants such as Rámon will be supported by the government in these hard times, because they deserve it.
--- 17 Dec 2021, La Lajita (E) ---
The village of La Lajita has a pebble beach. Difficult to walk on, impossible to sit down on. But the rocks and pebbles and the rolling waves make a great show. Exposure 1 sec at F/13 @105 mm.
--- 17 Dec 2021, La Lajita (E)) ---
One never ending row of surfers going to Playa del Viejo Rey at the end of the day.
--- 16 Dec 2021, La Pared (E) ---
Came across this black beauty called Tao and its very kind owners, tried to capture the dynamics of the dog running into the ocean. Exposure 1/15 sec at F/38 @ 128 mm.
--- 16 Dec 2021, Mal Nombre (E)) ---
I don't like zoos and I don't like animals in cages, but this one is different. It takes a day if you want to see everything. Stichting AAP has lodged neglected animals here. The savannah with kudu, springbok and zebra is my favourite.
--- 15 Dec 2021, La Lajita (E) ---
This small town at the east coast of Fuerteventura is investing in culture. This is the facade of the newly built Culture Centre.
--- 14 Dec 2021, Gran Tarajal (NL) 👁 more icm ---
This was the feeling I got when I'd made this shot of the boulevard. Made the camera move three times within the 0.7 sec I used as an exposure. F/19 @ 229 mm.
--- 14 Dec 2021, Gran Tarajal (NL) ---
--- 13 Dec 2021, La Lajita (E) ---
As if glued to the closest waves, these pulvars were racing to and fro and picking up the tiniest edible things. Exposure of most of them 1/20 sec at F/8 @ 300 mm, 1/10 sec at F/19 @ 300 mm.
--- 13 Dec 2021, Mal Nombre (E) 👁 more icm ---
A sunset, shot between the sand dunes. Exposure 3 sec, F/27 @ 140 mm.
--- 12 Dec 2021, El Salmo (E) 👁 more icm ---
Using heavy backlighting, I tried to get an abstracted view of the ocean nearby. I think there is a croc in the top one. Exposure 0,5 sec at F/45 @ 300 mm.
--- 12 Dec 2021, La Lajita (E) ---
First thing I saw having got out of bed.
--- 9 Dec 2021, La Lajita (E) ---
Walked across a bridge over a dried up river and saw some really huge bougainvillaes hanging over a fence. The lens I had with me was a bit too short, so I had to make a swift movement upwards and crop this in PS to get rid of the uninteresting parts. Who cares. Exposure 1/30 at F/22 @ 105 mm.
--- 9 Dec 2021, Pájara (E) 👁 more abstracts ---
Yes, from time to time I try to make sharp pictures too. This one as the colour struck me at once. No, the window of this century old house is not completely straight. Nothing is.
--- 9 Dec 2021, Las Playitas (E) ---
--- 5 Dec 2021, Lajares (E) ---