Landscapes of Algarve, Portugal

Matt Everglade

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Hallo,

today I'd like to show some of my pictures I have taken during my last holiday in Portugal (Algarve).

We stayed in Albufeira and nearby we found a nice coastal beach called Praia de Falesia. We spent several sunsets there...
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This is one of my favourite shots... Simple, but interesting...
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Another spot in Albufeaira itself gave us a nice opportunity to shoot some nice macro shots at sunrise:
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We found a third spot a bit out of Albufeira:
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Igreja de Santa Maria do Castelo in Tavira on our way to Mertola.
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Mertola is a quite nice city, but it was raining a bit too much.
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The small villages in Portugal gave us a special feeling.
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At our last night I tried my first star trails photo(s).
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We also visited the west coast, but had some heavy rainfalls.
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The four gulls von Matt Everglade auf Flickr

We also made some shorter and a longer hike. We found some very interesting photo opportunities in the Monchique area:
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And finally a hike at a place called "Seven sources":
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We also hunted some ants there:
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You can find more pictures in my Portugal Flickr album: Algarve, Portugal

I'd like to say a big thank you to the SC user lcsolla who provided us with good information about the Algarve in advance.

Kind regards,
Matt
 
I love Portugal, I've had the pleasure of doing a couple of roadtrips there. I must admit though that I do like the more mountainous areas of the north and Porto is one of my all time favourite cities. Lovely photos, I really like the sunsets (y)

Quick shot of somewhere in northern Portugal on the way to Porto:

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and in Porto itself

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Thanks a lot for all your nice feedback!

I love the sense of isolation you're created with the lone figure walking on the beach, and the rock formation and bird silhouetted against the sunset.
Yes, I love that, too. Actually I hadn't realised that while shooting and was quite impressed after looking at those shots in Lightroom. Wasn't aware that this works out so good. The lone person on the beach is actually my favourite shot although it is one of the more simple shots. ;)

Very impressed with the closeups and macros, especially the ant and the tiny plant nearby.
That was luck. We were hunting them together as they were very very fast moving. I had like 15 shots afterwards and only one of it was really sharp. Luckily it was one of the more interesting shots and it had a little plant on it... sometimes it's just luck. ;)

I love Portugal, I've had the pleasure of doing a couple of roadtrips there. I must admit though that I do like the more mountainous areas of the north and Porto is one of my all time favourite cities.
Actually we had only nine days and the rest of Portugal was not really close enough to drive there by car for a day. But your lovely images show, that there is something different to see and that I have to consider this for another journey.

Matt
 
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