La Palma

Shot for the Day (20 April 2017)

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Another shot from La Palma island.  This one was taken close to a place called El Pinar, at around 1500m in the dense pine forests that are often shrouded in cloud.  This long exposure shows the clouds rolling in, covering the forest and hill tops in the distance.

Apparently, there is a specific species of pine tree on the Canary islands, called Pinus canariensis.  These Canary Island Pine trees can grow up to 50 meters tall and have large cones (up to 30cm).

Shot for the Day (16 April 2017)

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Another dawn over the east coast of La Palma. This secluded beach at Cancajos was abandoned as the tides were pretty rough and the weather was a cool sixteen degrees Celsius.   This place is a Mecca for anyone who loves dawn at a civilised hour.  It is in the same time zone as the UK but is sufficiently west, so instead of sunrise at 6.30am it was at 8am.

I took the second image about 25 metres to the left of this image, just as the sun broke through the clouds.

Shot for the Day (14 April 2017)

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The waters around La Palma island are pretty rough.  Not a location for beach swimming.  Behind where I took this shot was a swimming pool hewn from the natural rocks and filled by the sea, called La Fajana.  I took this shot, looking out to sea, from a platform about 4m about the surf.  The occasional wave still managed to lap my feet the swell was that rough.

Shot for the Day (09 April 2017)

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This shot was taken on La Palma, one of the Canary Islands, off the coast of West Africa.  La Palma is often referred to as La Isla Bonita (beautiful island) and after spending a few days there, I can see why. This is from the beach closest to the hotel called Cancajos.  This is a long exposure (150 second) shot of sunrise over the black, volcanic sand. The sun was finally breaking through the permanent band of cloud on the horizon, illuminating the jagged rocks on the shoreline.