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An oasis of peace and natural beauty in Portugal...

An oasis of peace and natural beauty in Portugal...
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People's Choice in Streams & Swimming Holes(small waterfalls allowed) Photo Challenge
Winner in Waterfalls Photo Challenge
People's Choice in Nature made by "God's Hand" Photo Challenge
Winner in Your Favorite Water Photos Photo Challenge
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Waterfall Chasing Photo ContestTop 20 rank week 1
Lost In The Forest Photo ContestTop 20 rank week 1
Charming Rivers Photo ContestTop 30 rank
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Capture Moving Water Photo ContestTop 20 rank
Capture Moving Water Photo ContestTop 20 rank week 1
Waterfalls Marketplace ProjectTop 30 rank
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Covers Photo Contest Vol 41Top 20 rank
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Amazing Nature Photo ContestTop 20 rank
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KristinaOers PRO+
 
KristinaOers August 13, 2017
Ferns, ivy, water and beautiful rocks...yes, nature provides us with inner peace and beauty, time and time again ... Lovely picture Eelco!
Bruz Platinum
 
Bruz August 21, 2017
Beautiful.
Hood PRO+
 
Hood August 27, 2017
Looks like a beautiful place...
mariannebesselsen
 
mariannebesselsen September 08, 2017
Heerlijke foto Eelco
Baumhaus
 
Baumhaus October 08, 2017
What a wonderful place! Great shot.
leslie57
 
leslie57 October 16, 2017
Lovely peaceful image !1
Hood PRO+
 
Hood December 01, 2019
Wow! Congratulations my friend....stunning capture!!
giselletopper
 
giselletopper December 01, 2019
Congratulations on People's Choice Eelco.
NatureCoast Ultimate
 
NatureCoast May 02, 2020
Thank you for entering my Fern challenge and good luck! Voting is open, please vote. Kathy
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Behind The Lens

Location

I took this photo in Portugal, near Arganil.

Time

It was about 4 pm on a very hot summers day, we were happy to find this cool oasis with ice cold water.

Lighting

Light in the forest is wonderfully filtered by the trees, it offers you a great opportunity to take lovely photos with the most fantstic light! Warm colors, great detail and no heavy shadows or burned out light spots...

Equipment

I didn't use any equipment other then my wonderful little Lumix DMC-TZ100.

Inspiration

I was walking a trail with a few other hobby photographers on a very hot summers day. We were quite happy to enter a forest on a mountain to find some shadow. After a while we saw a little stream and followed it uphill. At the end, or better the beginning of the stream we found this wonderful ice cold waterfall... The light was fantastic, the sunlight was filtered by the trees and the presence of water made this part of the forest shine with vibrant green colors.

Editing

This photo is mostly natural, I used Lightroom to edit very small details and cropped the photo.

In my camera bag

I don't have any equipment in my bag (yet) I am a beginning photographer and I am learning to use a camera, to look for the good light, composition and point of view. One day when I know how to use and set the camera well enough, I will start to think about a bag filled with technical things instead of the need to understand...

Feedback

To capture an image like this is very simple, just look around you and enjoy the beautiful world we are living in, see what is allready there to be seen. When I walk through a forest or anywhere else, I allways look around me very carefully to see the details of wich the world around me is build up. If you look at a subject to photograph, you have to try to realise what you want to achieve, Try to find the good light, the right point of view and the best composition... And most of all, take more shots with slightly different settings so you can choose the best one, once you got home and opened your laptop, the magic of today's world begins... I allways crop it later into the size and composition I like best. Crop the photo in different ways, so you can choose the best one the next day when you can have a fresh look at them!

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