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The Art of Photography => Landscape Showcase => Topic started by: Paulo Bizarro on April 21, 2023, 10:16:35 am

Title: Serra da Estrela Natural Park, Portugal - part 1
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on April 21, 2023, 10:16:35 am

My latest trip was a visit to the Serra da Estrela Natural Park, in the center of Portugal. I spend 4 days there with my wife, doing some trails and visiting historical villages. A wonderful region. Here is part 1 of the trip, in the city of Guarda:

https://blog.paulobizarro.com/?p=3221

Regards.

Title: Re: Serra da Estrela Natural Park, Portugal - part 1
Post by: francois on April 21, 2023, 10:22:00 am

Once again, you did it. A great story along with superb images. That was four good days, well spent.
Bravo and thanks for sharing. It's always a pleasure to read you blog stories.

Title: Re: Serra da Estrela Natural Park, Portugal - part 1
Post by: David Eckels on April 21, 2023, 11:49:55 am

What a beautiful place you enjoy. Well done!

Title: Re: Serra da Estrela Natural Park, Portugal - part 1
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on April 22, 2023, 03:06:49 am

Thank you Francois and David.

Title: Re: Serra da Estrela Natural Park, Portugal - part 1
Post by: Bob_B on April 22, 2023, 06:44:59 am

Lovely photos of a marvelous town and country.

Title: Re: Serra da Estrela Natural Park, Portugal - part 1
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on April 22, 2023, 07:53:01 am

Quote from: Paulo Bizarro on April 21, 2023, 10:16:35 am

My latest trip was a visit to the Serra da Estrela Natural Park, in the center of Portugal. I spend 4 days there with my wife, doing some trails and visiting historical villages. A wonderful region. Here is part 1 of the trip, in the city of Guarda:

https://blog.paulobizarro.com/?p=3221

Regards.

Paulo,

This is among your best posts, both for the imagery and the textual content. Good that you had overcast skies with nice clouds in many of the photos.

Why did you constrain the tower of the cathedral? A little breathing room would have been nice.

Title: Re: Serra da Estrela Natural Park, Portugal - part 1
Post by: Leszek Piotrowski on April 22, 2023, 06:17:03 pm

Thank you Paulo,

The Main Square,... so happy to see almost no signs related to tourism.

Indeed, seems almost as if it was, so many years ago.

Title: Re: Serra da Estrela Natural Park, Portugal - part 1
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on April 23, 2023, 05:33:59 am

Quote from: Bob_B on April 22, 2023, 06:44:59 am

Lovely photos of a marvelous town and country.

Thanks Bob.

Title: Re: Serra da Estrela Natural Park, Portugal - part 1
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on April 23, 2023, 05:36:27 am

Quote from: Rajan Parrikar on April 22, 2023, 07:53:01 am

Paulo,

This is among your best posts, both for the imagery and the textual content. Good that you had overcast skies with nice clouds in many of the photos.

Why did you constrain the tower of the cathedral? A little breathing room would have been nice.

Thanks Rajan. About the tower, that was a limitation of only having a 16mm lens on APSC. My back was against the wall of a house, I could not fit more room around the cathedral. There is only a lot of room in front of the cathedral, in the main square; on the other 3 sides, one needs a wider lens.

Title: Re: Serra da Estrela Natural Park, Portugal - part 1
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on April 23, 2023, 05:37:49 am

Quote from: Leszek Piotrowski on April 22, 2023, 06:17:03 pm

Thank you Paulo,

The Main Square,... so happy to see almost no signs related to tourism.

Indeed, seems almost as if it was, so many years ago.

Thanks. As far as tourism goes, normally the interior of the country only sees crowds during the summer months, when the emigrants come back during their vacations.

Title: Re: Serra da Estrela Natural Park, Portugal - part 1
Post by: Arlen on April 29, 2023, 04:03:05 pm

Really excellent and interesting, Paulo. I have a couple of friends visiting Portugal right now, and they are sending me pictures of the places they visit. Makes me want to go there myself someday.

Title: Re: Serra da Estrela Natural Park, Portugal - part 1
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on May 02, 2023, 03:36:39 am

Quote from: Arlen on April 29, 2023, 04:03:05 pm

Really excellent and interesting, Paulo. I have a couple of friends visiting Portugal right now, and they are sending me pictures of the places they visit. Makes me want to go there myself someday.

Thanks. You should visit.