{"id":1981,"date":"2021-06-22T09:37:43","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T09:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/?p=1981"},"modified":"2021-12-16T09:48:58","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T09:48:58","slug":"down-by-the-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/?p=1981","title":{"rendered":"Down by the river"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As I wrote in my previous post, in early June I have spent a few vacation days in my house in southwest Alentejo coastal region. I took the opportunity to visit several places and make dedicated photo sessions. This essay is about a pre-dawn visit to Vila Nova de Milfontes, where I wanted to photograph along the river Mira southern bank during the low tide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After arriving, as I started walking along the beach, I noticed that the Moon was providing some light on the still dark landscape. I set up my tripod and started making some photos towards the East, where the pre-dawn light was slowly increasing. Because of the low tide, the wet sand was exposed, showing the small water rivulets and textures. I have also tried some longer exposures using a neutral density filter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Moonrise.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Pre – dawn tranquility.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Almost rising.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The tide.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Pier.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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River bank.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Looking West, towards the sea, there were also interesting subjects, such as the patterns in the sand and the boat pier. The sand was very wet and soft, so I had to push the tripod legs into it, and wait a little bit for the tripod to become stable before shooting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Crossing point.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Low tide.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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First light.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As the sun was cresting the hills in the East, I wanted to photograph the Furnas beach, so I walked briskly to reach the sea. The tidal small sand dunes were exposed and illuminated by the first rays of sunshine, providing an interesting foreground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Furnas beach.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sand waves.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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On the beach.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After the full sunrise, the light became less interesting, but a light haze covered the river. As I walked back to the car park, I made a few photos of this hazy atmosphere. It was quite nice to visit the river, enjoying its peacefulness. As for photo gear, most of the photos were made with the Fujifilm X-E4 camera and Fujinon 14mm f\/1.4 lens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As I wrote in my previous post, in early June I have spent a few vacation days in my house in southwest Alentejo coastal region. I took the opportunity to visit several places and make dedicated photo sessions. This essay is about a pre-dawn visit to Vila Nova de Milfontes, where I wanted to photograph … Continue reading Down by the river<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1981"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1981"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1984,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1981\/revisions\/1984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}