Tenho que...

..arranjar uma máquina fotografica pequena que o tlm n é grande coisa para tirar fotos:

Tirada em arruda durante um passeio de btt ;)

Localização: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/28861932

I feel so small!

Portugal,Carregado, 2008

Today,me and my friend Mateus  decided to go out on a bike ride till  Ponte das Lezírias to take some photos.

It amazes me how small it makes me feel, when I'm under these giant structures build by man. Mateus didn't shared my point of view..well I'm sure feeling small is something that is very common to him(1,68m tall) :p ( nevertheless is a big friend ;) )

Speaking of him, here he is on the next photo:

The lightening sucks in this photo..I have to get a flash :\

All photos were manipulated with:

• -Curves adjustment
• -Partial desaturation/darken with channel mixer

Ireland - Giant Causeway

Finally I found a picture from giants causeway that I don't dislike, nevertheless I had to do some heavy darkroom work

Enjoy it ;)

Under the bridge

Vala do Carregado 2008,Portugal

...

Under the bridge downtown
Is where I drew some blood
Under the bridge downtown
I could not get enough
Under the bridge downtown
Forgot about my love
Under the bridge downtown
I gave my life away

...

-RHCP

Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Ireland - PS:I'm not Indiana jones!

Indiana Jones did it  in Temple of Doom! So did I in ireland at carrick-a-rede rope bridge..but it was worse!!There were girls jumping in the bridge!!:D

Yeah..I'm afraid of heights..sue me!! :D

Ireland - B&W

Mankind and their infinite barriers to true freedom..

Ireland - Connemara Park & Cliffs of Moher

Well, before any comments, let me say that I spent very little time on this places because we wanted to see all Ireland in 4 days. As result the photos didn't came out as I planed.
I had to choose between photography or enjoying the place..and this time the last choice prevailed!

Nevertheless, let me share these amazing spots with you.

Taken @ Connemara Park

 

Taken @ Cliffs of Moher

I have to come back to these places  plus Giants Causeway with, time , a tripod and my camera to get better pics!!

Ireland - Lights From Heaven

Can't remember where was this church...But it was like a small abbey or something. The most amazing thing about it was its amazing inside light created by the fractals.

Hope you can fell through the photo what I felt in that moment ;)

I'll put more details when I find more information about it!

Ireland - Cliffs of Moher

 

We went to the cliffs of moher on the 3rd day of out trip. The journey through the miles of road till there were worth of it, because the cliffs simply take your breath away.

I'll have to check all other photos, but I chose this one because its different from the gazilions of pictures you'll find on the Internet.

I didn't stayed for the sunset, but I'll advice you to wait for it, because I was there till the beginning of the sunset , and it seems that the place becomes even more special at sunset.

Just don't forget some coats because the place is damn windy!

Oh by the way, in the end of the clifs there's a sign saying :

if you don't care you will be rewarded with strong winds and MAYBE you'll fall of the cliff...But that is only for the ones that "não cheiram a leitinho" :p

well...kids don't try this at home...or cliffs of moher :p

The Cliffs of Moher are one of Ireland's top Visitor attractions. The Cliffs are 214m high at the highest point and range for 8 kilometres over the Atlantic Ocean on the western seaboard of County Clare. O'Brien's Tower stands proudly on a headland of the majestic Cliffs. From the Cliffs one can see the Aran Islands, Galway Bay, as well as The Twelve Pins, the Maum Turk Mountains in Connemara and Loop Head to the South.- [LINK]

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Sit & Stand Up

Santa Cruz 2008 @ Sunset

I was walking home and I saw this..never noticed how peculiar those benches were so I decided to shot them.

I would look better IMHO with some people on it, unfortunately there were no people in the street.

Enjoy

o pescador de sonhos

Fishing @ sunset, Santa Cruz 2008

Once again I ran to the beach hopping to catch the sunset.

Unfortunately I only caught the "lusco-fusco". Next time I'll skip dinner and I'll go till that giant rock with my tripod to take some long exposures of the water. Do you know where to find cheap ND filters?:p

Enjoy it !

Saudade

Saudade é sentir tristeza de memórias felizes

Translation: Saudade(Portuguese word that cannot be translated) means "feel sad about happy memories" . This is the best translation of this word i heard till now.

I took this photo in Prague, near Charles bridge. If anyone knows what is that  wood thing please let me know!

Take care!

Big Trip - Food

No, this didn't consisted only in drinking alcohol and eating cereal snacks and Cerelac!!

We did enjoy a lot of local traditional food.

In the photo above you can see the first place where I did eat something.I choose a strange thing that looked like a Portuguese "merenda" but it had cheese and red fruits jam :|

Next traditional food:  Wiener schnitzel in Vienna.Is almost  the same thing as "panado de frango" in portugal or "pollo rebozado" in Spanish :D.

In Vienna I also had Hot Love :p..an Ice cream with hot Raspberry .

 

In Czech republic I had  Vepřo-knedlo-zelo:

ok..so its not my great achievement in photography..I was so hungry that photography was the last thing on my mind :D

As always, beer was the elected drink!Here I drunk Gambrinos, probably the best bear in the whole world.

Notice, in the back, where they put the napkins, forks and knifes! It's quite different from Portugal. This way they don't really need towels.

The cabbage thing was delicious. I'm gonna try to do it sometime!

It was a pity that in Krakow I didn't tasted the traditional food!

Na zdravie!

Big Trip -Martini Baby?

"Martini baby?" - Lucy imitating martini commercial

Martini Bianco! The girls drink! Who's not drinking?I just have to say:

"Tece te mliko po brade" -Czech version of "cheiras a leitinho"

By the way, if you ever go to Czech Republic don't forget to drink a becherovka!!:D

"E vai acima e vai abaixo, vai ao centro e .....ouve

...olha

...cheira

...prova

....comenta

...bota abaixo

...confirma" -Luís toast with becherovkas

Děkuji (Thank you) to you all,  for all that moments!

PS: I put a star rating system in each post, even if you don't comment, please give rating to the photo /post

Big Trip - Running Late

"Don't worry! We've enough time!"-in a while we're running for some kind of transportation!

This is in station of Prague, when Filipe decided to use his backpack in trolley mode instead of carrying it in his back.So we had to wait for him to go around, like 3 minutes.

After that we're heading to Prague with no destination.We asked for some help to some friends and they head us to a Disco called Bombay!Not what we were needing in that time!

Nevertheless we didn't miss any train neither plane..but we ran a lot :D

Advice to all people around there: If you're are in a hurry to catch a plane never pull out your bag from inside de X-Ray machine!!(happened to me)!It slows you down a LOT!!!

Big Trip - Keeping Guard

"Can I take a photo?"-Me

He didn't moved!

Do you think it's an easy profession?I don't!

The foundation of the Czechoslovak Republic on October 28, 1918 was the initial impulse for the establishment of a unit to guard the seat of the President at Prague Castle.-[Link]

Thanks Lucy,Luis and Lena for showing me the beautiful castle of Prague!

PS:Sometimes its better to keep your guard down

Big Trip - Euro 2008 (EC)

 

"Gooooaaaaaaal."-all Portuguese people in Czech Republic game against Portugal

Before this trip Filipe said to me that Vienna would be even better with the Euro, but I wasn't sure of that.Now I've changed my mind.

The city felt so alive with all those people screaming like crazy for their countries!People from other countries betting ( someone lost money :p) and cheering for Portugal was great.

Unknown individuals were so friendly to us just because our team has won..

"Let's go Narrich."-Coca cola campaign poster in Austria.

PS:Portugal lost today to German 3-2

Big Trip - Eat cookies

1st of random series from ma' big trip:

"Do one of those blurry picture with the cookie on focus."-Luís

"You smell like popcorns..."-Me

"WOOOT ..you are eating?!How can that be happening!You used to take a deep breath as lunch!."-Me

This is Luís, the  main reason that this trip was made. It was suppose to be a trip of one week in Prague with him and Lena and Lucy (I'll tell you about her later on),but It turned to be Vienna (Austria)-> Prague (Rep.Czech) -> Krakow(Poland).

By the way:

"Here in the foreign countries your  not useful knowledge  reveals very  interesting...."-Me

Thank you for reading the lonely planet guide for us!You're the greatest (and cheapest ) guide I ever had!:p

-Praga,June 2008

Passeio das 100 curvas

Hoje foi dia de passeio!

Foram 10€ de gasóleo muito bem gastos!Lá sai eu da castanheira sem rumo à procura de boas estradas e isso meus amigos foi o que encontrei!

Todas as estradas por onde andei possuiam excelente piso, pouco transito, lindas paisagens e muitas curvas (bom para mim :p)

A primeira paragem  foi perto do sobral monte agraço onde armado em indiana jones me meti dentro do campo!(btw quero ir ver o filme quando estrear!)

Digo-ve que apanhei um susto dos diabos com as lebres a fugirem por entre as ervas (pelo menos quero pensar que eram lebres) :p

 

Continuando o percurso, parei mais à frente na adega cooperativa do Sobral de Monte Agraço onde tirei esta foto:

Pois é...mais uma vez arrisquei a minha própria vida para vos trazer estas imagens :p..estava para lá um cão sem trela a ladrar pra mim que se fosse um osso com vida...

Já agora...aquilo branco não sao mamas gigantes a crescerem do chão ( I checked twice..mas também não sei bem o que são..se algum esclarecido me fizer o favor de explicar agradeço!

Bem depois disto ingresso por torres vedras e aí me deparo com o dilema entre ir para santa cruz ou voltar pelo (divertido) caminho das "100 curvas" . Como vi muito trânsito no sentido santa cruz, optei por este último e fui parar ao montejunto:

Lá parei à borda da estrada e tive que vestir o meu blusão de reserva, que aquilo no montejunto é inverno todo o santo dia!

As minhas fotos não fazes justiça à beleza que se pode observar neste sítio, por isso aconcelho a irem lá visitar pessoalmente!

E aqui fica uma foto do boguinhas que acompanhou em ritmo acelerado nesta viagem:

Mapa com os sitios onde foram tirados estas fotografias(se nao virem cliquem em "View Larger Map":

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Espero que tenham gostado ;)

Cumps.

Fotos do passeio à chuva

Hoje foi dia de passeio!

Lá se meteu a cambada toda dentro do Astra e lá fomos pro meio do campo tirar fotos.

Já há muito que tinha vontade de um passeio deste género, mas infelizmente o tempo pregou-nos uma partida e estas foram as poucas fotos que se conseguiu antes de começar a chover.

MannWell on the field!!:


Vista Geral 1:

Vista Geral 2:
Aqui fica a localizacao do referido spot:

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Enjoy it;)