After some heavy showers this afternoon, I wasn’t expecting a sunset. However, a small break in the clouds gave a very angry-looking sunset with some bright colours. I only had time to quickly grab my standby camera (My Nikon D810 with 80-400mm lens) and take this shot handheld.
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Another Beautiful Sunset, Briefly
Blink and you would have missed this stunning view this evening. As the sun started to set a few clouds rolled in and just for about 5 minutes the colours were amazing before the sun dropped below the clouds and the colours dimmed.
The first photo, I was out trying to photograph some of the Robins that have re-appeared for the winter and therefore had the wrong lens fitted, but a quick dash inside to change the lens and grab a tripod, I got the 2nd photo just before the scene faded out.
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Hurricane Leslie was kind to the Algarve deciding to stay out to sea off the West Coast on its passage towards Lisbon where it will reach ground. Up here in the hills of the Algarve, we can just about make out the weather front in the distance and it provided some colour in the sky.
For everyone in the path of the Hurricane, please keep safe and of course, keep your animals safe too!
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It was yet another amazing sunset here in the Algarve Hills. The sky bright orange as the sun slipped behind the ridges.
Can you spot the 2 Red-Rumped Swallows?
{Click image(s) to view on Flickr - opens in new tab}Full Moon Rise Over Silves Windmill
Tonight was a spectacle, the Full Moon Rise coincided with the Sunset at 7:30pm.
I headed to a ridge behind the famous Windmill at Silves and using PhotoPills on my phone I was able to determine exactly where the Moon would rise.
{Click image(s) to view on Flickr - opens in new tab}Young Cork Oak at Sunset
It’s been another hot day here in the Northern Hills with the temperature reaching 35 degree, the clear skies looked promising for a typical Algarve sunset. I headed to a nearby ridge to find a Cork Oak to photograph against the setting sun. I found this young Cork Oak that is yet to have its first harvest of Cork. The tree needs to be at least 30 years old before the first harvest is carried out.
I liked the way its canopy framed the setting sun so set up the camera and waited until the sun was just disappearing behind the Benafátima ridge. The distant peak you can see to the left of the tree trunk is Fóia, the Algarve’s highest point.
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