Thursday, 22nd January 2009
Under the Moonlight
by Goncalo Lemos
The impressive eroded rocks at the Carvoeiro cape in Portugal under a perigee Moon.
Equipment: 20D, 17-40 L
Goncalo Lemos
Born in 68, in Portugal, started to shoot when I was 14 with my dad's camera. Recently I entered the digital era and started to shoot with one of my favorite techniques: long exposure! Hope you enjoy my work.
Website: www.goncalolemos.blogspot.com
Under the Moonlight by Goncalo Lemos was photo of the day on Thursday, 22nd January 2009. It is tagged Night, Sea. You can leave a comment below.
24 Comments
Katherine Lee Strassburg
Awe-inspiring rocks and surf–as if stacked by some primitive tribe to hold back the sea. Fascinating image with an other-world quality. Very nice work!
Kirk Jordan
I just looked at this, and the “Water Dreams” shot from two days ago… and despite the very different content, both images employ very simular lines and framing. Isn’t the fact that we have some sense of right (or wrong) composition a marvel in itself? Beyond that, I really like the beyond blue blue of the extended night sky.
Chamika
Wonderful capture. Good contrast in the rocks and the sky. A beautiful image.
James and Kelly Stone
WOW! Excellent capture. Such great detail and the color is fantastic. Nice job here!
Anurag
Excellent!!
If the star trails were not there, it could easily pass as a sun-lighted shot. Besides long exposure did you also paint with a hand held light or something like that? What is the source of lights on the rocks, Your car headlights?
@Kirk
I agree, after all there does seem to be some universal concept of beauty, rather than the eye of the beholder kind of stuff!!
Su
sureal shot Good stuff
Pauline Jones
Long exposure works very well here; the colors are just perfect.
Malta Photography
Very nice shot indeed. clear, neat without the need of any fancy stuff. I like the blue background. The differential lighting poses a little of a mystery but in a positive way.
SérgioLuÃsSilva
Excelent work Gonçalo!!!Great definiton and colors!!Wonderfull long exposure!!Portugal Rulez!
Luis Ferreira
Congrats My Friend
Alex
Rocks and water, again! Boring!
Nazrul Islam
Great capture
Matt
I’d hardly describe this as boring!
I like it.
However maybe some dancing monkey’s in clown suits would give it that extra appeal ?
planet lover
Wow. All those shades of blue and brown!! I love this picture and I will check the spot on GoogleEarth, where it surely won’t look as beautiful. I want to include it on my next trip to Portugal.
Leslie
I love good photos of interesting rocks-and this
one is excellent. When I shot photos in my teens of rocks and sidewalk cracks I sometimes
won awards. You have an excellent eye for
composition.
Marie Dunphy Harding
The pale blue make the rocks look like ice. Is this a man or earth made rock formation?
Either way, a work of art!
idralamia
just like an earthquake in action
Laurie
It looks like an ancient, crumbling, man-made structure, such as a fortress.
(Near the bottom righthand corner, notice the perfectly rectangular stone “bricks” with mortar in the cracks.)
I would love to know the history of this fascinating place.
Mandy Kilpatrick
A beautiful photo!! The colors, composition, and angles of the rocks make it an interesting photo to look at. It is so surreal and mysterious. I love the geological formations. Congratulations on a GREAT potd!!!
Geert VDB
Love the haze created by the long exposure of the breaking waves
Sue Gagnon
Love it, love it, love it….love the composition of the astral versus the ethereal, the jagged rocks in the night sky versus the vibrant ever-flowing water, it’s simply a perfect photograph. A perfect vision. Excellent!
mike
Interesting. I never seen a formation like that.
su
Nice textures.
renee
very different, but very nice shot!