Portugal, August 17: Atlantic Horizon Looking West

September 15, 2019
by Michael Scandling
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Photo Log / Photography / Portugal / Seascapes

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August 17, 2019; Caplela de Nossa Senhora de Peninha, Parque Natural de Sintra-Cascais. How could I be near a coastline and not do a horizon shot? The sea called and I answered.

The unusual thing for me was looking west over the Atlantic. But not that unusual, because the sea, sun, clouds, and fog bank worked the same here as they do on the northern Sonoma County coast in California, which shares the same latitude.

The calm is the same too. Of course it is.

(Nikon D850, Tamron SP 24–70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD G2. RAW processing in DxO PhotoLab 2.3; Editing in Adobe Photoshop.)

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  3. Steve Schwartzman says

    According to the Wikipedia article about this place: “Given its altitude of 448 metres and difficulty of access, visiting the sanctuary became a form of penance, as well as a popular pilgrimage site for sailors’ families, who would both pray for the safe return of the sailors and try to see returning ships from the summit, which gives visibility out to sea of up to 50 kilometres.” We hope you didn’t find your visit to be a penance.

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  5. oneowner says

    As a photographer, you have an obligation to do the horizon shot at the coastline. It’s like the basket of kittens or the monkey with a typewriter. And wouldn’t you feel bad if you had the opportunity to take a shot as good as this and didn’t take it?

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