I hosted a small private walk around Ludo this morning and one of the highlights was a Little Egret trying to swallow an Eel that it had caught. Every time it swallowed it, the Eel would wriggle back out. After 5 minutes of watching it, it managed to swallow it down.
There was a change of plan this morning, I was awake (before the alarm) at 4:30am to head to a location I scouted a few days ago. However, after checking the weather I decided the location was too dangerous due to a large ocean swell as it is on a tiny pebble cove. Therefore, I decided to stay on top of the cliffs and head to the double natural arc near Praia da Marinha. I couldn’t form a perfect heart shape as I wanted to shoot the arches with the sun rising just off to the left of the shot to light the cliffs, so settle for this imperfect shape, once I captured the white water from the swell, the title of “Turmoil Inside An Imperfect Heart” just popped into my head.
Yet again, it was amazing to arrive in darkness and watch the world wake up. This image is available to purchase in print in the Web Shop
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It’s great to see these gentle giants back out of hibernation, happily feeding in the garden.
On Friday 25th February 2022 I will be displaying a selection of my prints at the Small Business Market in Silves, held at the Ponte Romana Restaurant.
Prints will be available to purchase at a reduced cost and I will also have some limited edition acrylic prints available too. Come and say hello!
The first sunrise shot of 2022 at Praia dos Arrifes. There is something magical about arriving on a beach in the dark and witnessing dawn turning to sunrise turning to daylight. This morning I experienced just that, I was on the beach in almost complete darkness whilst I set the camera up with the aid of a torch and waited for sunrise.
This photograph is available as a print in the Web Shop.
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Here is a photo I shot a few years back at Salgados of a Greater Flamingo standing amongst some warm rising fog. I came across it whilst clearing out some files, enjoy.
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