Monday 31 July 2017

Shot no.15






Shot no.15 (Fujifilm Finepix SP8200, Canon EOS M10, Huawei Mate 9)
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Photos taken at Sítio da Nazaré, Nazaré, Leiria District, Portugal in July 2017.
Summer time in Portugal, I went  to Nazaré for 4 days. First day went to visit Sítio, a little town located in the top of a promontory that ends over the Atlantic Ocean. This place has very strong religious traditions because the history of this town goes back nearly a thousand years and started with a miracle that saved  D. Fuas Roupinho from falling into the abyss and now a days there is a little chapel called Ermida da Memória (Chapel of Memory) to remind you about it. The town has a beautiful sanctuary dedicated to Our Lady of Nazaré, located in one of the sides of a square which is surrounded by restaurants and little craftwork shops.
Sítio is very famous for it's fortress called Forte de S. Miguel Arcanjo and was very important through Portuguese history as a strategical army point. In our days the fortress is still very important as a lighthouse but also for site seeing for the biggest surfed waves in the world caused by the Nazaré Canyon. On November 1st 2011, the 44 year old Hawaiian surfer Garrett McNamara surfed a 23,77 metre wave in Praia do Norte beach, just on the north side of the promontory. Three years later the French surfer Benjamin Sachis broke the record surfing a 33 metre wave. Now every year surfers from all over the world come over looking to surf the biggest wave ever and at the fortress there is a little museum dedicated to those surfing events and to Nazaré Canyon.
After a whole morning of hiking and taking photos, went for lunch in a very nice tapas restaurant made of portuguese food called Sitiados. If you go to visit Sítio in Nazaré, you must go for food in Sitiados!


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Fotos tiradas no Sítio da Nazaré, Nazaré, Distrito de Leiria, Portugal em Julho de 2017.
Verão em Portugal, fui para Nazaré por 4 dias. No primeiro dia fui visitar o Sítio, uma pequena localidade no topo de um promontório que termina no Oceano Atlântico. Este lugar tem tradições religiosas muito fortes pois a história deste local remonta à quase mil anos e começou com um milagre que salvou D. Fuas Roupinho de cair no abismo. Hoje em dia há uma pequena capela chamada Ermida da Memória (Capela de Memória) para que se recorde esse acontecimento. A cidade tem também um belo santuário dedicado a Nossa Senhora da Nazaré, localizado em um dos lados de uma praça que está rodeada por restaurantes e pequenas lojas de artesanato.
O Sítio é muito famoso pela sua fortaleza chamada Forte de S. Miguel Arcanjo e foi muito importante ao longo da história portuguesa como ponto estratégico militar. Nos dias de hoje, a fortaleza ainda é muito importante como farol, mas também para ver as maiores ondas de surf do mundo causadas pelo Canhão da Nazaré. Em 1 de novembro de 2011, o surfista havaiano de 44 anos, Garret McNamara, surfou uma onda de 23,77 metros na Praia do Norte, no lado norte do promontório. Três anos depois, o surfista francês Benjamin Sachis quebrou o recorde ao surfar uma onda de 33 metros. Agora, todos os anos, surfistas de todo o mundo vêm para navegar na maior onda de sempre e na fortaleza há um pequeno museu dedicado aos feitos do surf na Nazaréo e ao Canhão da Nazaré.
Depois de uma manhã cheia de caminhadas e a tirar fotos, fui almoçar a um restaurante de tapas muito agradável, feito de comida portuguesa chamada Sitiados. Se você for visitar o Sítio na Nazaré, você tem de ir provar as iguarias do Sitiado!

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Local: Estr. do Farol, 2450 Nazaré, Portugal

Saturday 29 July 2017

Shot. no.14









Shot no. 14 (Fujifilm Finepix SP8200)
Photos taken at Praia da Barra and Aveiro city, Aveiro District, Portugal in July 2017.
Oh Aveiro! Forever "my" city! Studied there for four years in the college and spent some of the best days of my life in that city! It's where I stepped up from a teenager to an adult, the academic life full of traditions and now I live with nostalgia.
I know Aveiro quite well but never watched it as a tourist, so the visit of two Irsih friends was the perfect excuse to watch my city with new eyes!
It was great to walk again in the little roads around places like Praça do Peixe, Alboi, Rossio, Teatro Aveirense, Fórum Shopping Centre... Crossed bridges over the canals from Ria de Aveiro and I imagined that I was back to my college times. Ria de Aveiro, the one that makes many people to call Aveiro the Portuguese Venice but in my opinion, Venice is the Italian Aveiro! It might be smaller in dimension but our people make it bigger and a warmer place! The experience of a little cruise of 45 minutes in the canal might open your appetite for a bigger cruise where you can taste some wine and Ovos Moles (tradional sweet made from egg) or try a bigger cruise of 2h where you can visit the salines where they produce salt and now there is a spa to relax and enjoy benefits of salty water. 
So many pictures taken at Parque Infante D. Pedro, probably there they understood that I'm not the best city guide once that I constantly stopped to take pictures but that park is just too beautiful! At least they could sit down by the lake side and enjoy the peace and view of that place.
Another very important point is the food! In the last few years, the gastronomic options in Aveiro have been increasing in numbers but also in quality! There is a huge range of good restaurants to try, most of them with good fish but all of them with meat options and most with vegetarian options also. I tried few of them but there is three that you must try: Porta 35, Porta 36, and À Portuguesa, their offers is all about portuguese gastronomy, a bit expensive but worth it! Also you must try the most famous Aveiro's hamburguer in Ramona.
If you want to have a break on your site seeing, you can go to the beach. The closest one is Praia da Barra, my favourite one for swimming and where you can watch ships getting into the Aveiro port. Another one is Praia da Costa Nova where you can see the colorful striped wooden houses. For both of them you can use a bus or a taxi of course.
Aveiro is a small city and offers a free public bicycle for people to travel in the city, they are called Buga.
It was great to have a chance to show "my" city to my friends, tell them stories that I lived in every single corner of Aveiro. They promised me to come back and they will bring more people with them. I'm waiting for that!

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Local: Tv. das Bargas 4, 3810-164 Aveiro, Portugal

Tuesday 25 July 2017

Shot no. 13


Shot no.13 (Fujifilm Finepix S8200)
Photo taken at Praia da Barra, Ílhavo, Aveiro District, Portugal in July 2017.

Same boat as the one in Shot. no.12. At this moment the sailboat had already entered the inlet that accesses Ria de Aveiro. It was maybe 5 minutes after the photo taken in Shot no.12, the boat wasn't moving fast so I had time to predict this photo. The only thing I had to do was turn to my right and have a quick finger. 
I was very lucky to be there at that time of the day when a sailboat was passing by!
The gentleman in the boat wasn't very happy with me being there taking photos, in a photo with zoom it's possible to see him looking at me with an unfriendly face but worth it!
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Local: Paredão da Praia da Barra, 3830 Gafanha da Nazaré, Portugal

Monday 24 July 2017

Shot no.12


Shot no. 12 (Fujifilm Finepix SP8200)

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Photo taken at Praia da Barra, Ílhavo, Aveiro District, Portugal in July 2017.
This photo is a bless! Actually this moment was captured in a moment of bliss that lasted about 10 minutes. 
So the aim of the day was to enjoy a day of the beach with 2 Irish friends. The weather was ok, sunny, slightly windy (not as a bad as the previous day when we had to fight against a sandstorm). Went to the water and it was icy! If an Irish person says that it is cold it's because it is really cold although I still managed to dive into the water!
After showed the Irish what is a delicious Bola de Berlim we went for a walk in the south pier. The north and south pier together make a safe corridor entry for the boats from the ocean to the Aveiro port. At the end of the south pier there is big articial rocks to protect the pier from the ocean. Took my camera from my back pack and decided to climb the rocks to have a clear vision of the ocean. It was evening, the sun started to set down but was still high enough which made the light just perfect. Also it was the time that some boats were returning to the port protection so all this little details gave me the chance to take beautiful shots.
In this picture we can see a sailboat and few metres behind a fishing boat probably loaded with fish because we can see the seagulls flying over.
That sailboat gave me great pictures, I could nearly do a whole blog just about that boat!

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Foto tirada na Praia da Barra, Ílhavo, distrito de Aveiro, em Julho de 2017.
Esta foto é uma benção! Na verdade, esta foto foi capturada em um momento de felicidade que durou cerca de 10 minutos.
O objectivo do dia foi aproveitar o dia de praia com 2 amigas irlandesas. O tempo estava bom, sol, um pouco ventoso (não tão ruim quanto o dia anterior, quando tivemos que lutar contra uma tempestade de areia). Fui para a água, estava gelada! Se uma pessoa irlandesa diz que está frio, é porque está realmente frio, embora eu ainda conseguisse mergulhar na água!
Depois de lhes mostrar o que é uma deliciosa Bola de Berlim, fomos caminhar na barra mais a sul. As barras marítimas norte e sul criam um corredor seguro para os barcos desde o mar até o porto de Aveiro. No final da barra ao sul há grandes rochas artificiais para proteger o cais do oceano. Pequei na câmera e decidi subir as rochas para ter uma visão clara do oceano. Era tarde, o sol começou a pôr-se, mas ainda era alto o suficiente, o que fazia a luz perfeita. Também foi a hora em que alguns barcos estavam voltando para a protecção do porto, então todos esses pequenos detalhes me deram a chance de tirar fotos bonitas.
Nesta imagem podemos ver um veleiro e poucos metros atrás um barco de pesca provavelmente carregado de peixe porque podemos ver as gaivotas voando à volta.
Esse veleiro me deu excelentes fotos, quase poderia fazer um blog inteiro sobre esse barco!

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Local: Paredão da Praia da Barra, 3830 Gafanha da Nazaré, Portugal

Tuesday 18 July 2017

Shot no.11


Shot no.11 (Samsung Note 3)
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Photo taken in Cais de Gaia, Gaia, Porto District, Portugal in June 2015.
This is the second photo that I used for the Huawei contest. Many people said that it looks prettier than the one from Shot no.10. It is definetely a great photo (ok, maybe not definetely but in my opinion!).
This picture was taken on a Saturday night in summer. Once again, I was with the same cousins of mine, we went out for dinner in Porto. Imagine, Saturday night, summer time everywhere was packed! Portuguese people know how to enjoy life! After walking around we decided to cross the "D. Luís" bridge to Gaia and look for somewhere in "Cais de Gaia". One of my cousins said about a Brasilian restaurant, "Mineirão" (spot on!), so we walked towards that way always with this landscape in front of us and instead of taking a picture of that,  no, we decided to take selfies! While doing that a very nice Thai tourist asked us if we wanted her to take our photo (she clearly thought we needed some help after watching us!). We said yes and after she did the job, she started taking pictues and I turned around and decided to do the same and I was blessed with this picture! That shining light on the top is from a lamp post. The photo is not perfect, the definition is not the best because it was taken from a smart phone camera however the colors are great!
This is the Douro river, on the right side is Porto and on  the left side is Gaia. That bridge further down the river is Arrábida bridge. There is 6 bridges between Gaia and Porto, one is closed and another one is exclusively for trains and a cablecar connecting both sides. Those little boats are called Rabelo. They were used to transport wine from the Douro valley, where it was  produced, to Porto and Gaia where they were kept in the cellars to be exported. You can still visit the cellars and go on a cruise in the Douro river in a Rabelo boat or in a modern boat.
Now you know why Port wine has such a tasteful flavour, the landscape helps! ;)

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Foto tirada em Cais de Gaia, Gaia, Distrito do Porto, Portugal em Junho de 2015.
Esta é a segunda foto que usei para o concurso da Huawei. Muitas pessoas disseram que parece mais bonita do que a do Shot no.10. É definitivamente uma óptima foto (ok, talvez não seja definitivamente, mas na minha opinião!).
Esta foto foi tirada numa noite de sábado no verão. Mais uma vez, eu estava com os meus primos, saímos para jantar no Porto. Imagine, sábado à noite, Verão, todos os restaurantes estavam lotados! Os portugueses sabem aproveitar a vida! Depois de tanto procurar, decidimos cruzar a ponte "D. Luís" para Gaia e procurar por algum lugar no Cais de Gaia. Um dos meus primos falou sobre um restaurante brasileiro, "Mineirão". Então, caminhámos em direcção ao restaurante sempre com essa paisagem à nossa frente e em vez de tirar uma foto da paisagem e do pôr do Sol, não, decidimos tirar selfies! Enquanto isso, um turista tailandesa muito simpática perguntou-nos se queríamos que ela tirasse-nos uma foto (ela claramente pensou que precisávamos de alguma ajuda depois de nos observar!). Nós dissemos que sim e depois da foto tirada, ela começou a fotografar virada para o local onde estávamos. Eu virei-me e decidi fazer o mesmo e fui abençoado com essa foto! Essa luz brilhante no topo é de uma poste de iluminação. A foto não é perfeita, a definição não é a melhor porque foi tirada com um telemóvel no entanto as cores são lindas!
Este é o rio Douro, no lado direito é o Porto e no lado esquerdo é Gaia. Essa ponte mais abaixo do rio é a ponte da Arrábida. Existem 6 pontes entre Gaia e Porto, uma está fechada e outra é exclusivamente para comboios e ainda existe um teleférico que liga ambos os lados. Aqueles pequenos barcos são chamados Rabelo. Eles erram usados ​​para transportar vinho do vale do Douro, onde é produzido, para o Porto e Gaia, onde são quardados nas adegas para serem exportados. É possível visitar as adegas e fazer um cruzeiro no rio Douro em um barco Rabelo ou em um barco moderno.
Agora você sabe por que o vinho do Porto é tão delicioso, a paisagem ajuda! ;)

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  • Visit Porto: http://www.visitporto.travel/visitar/paginas/descobrir/DetalhesCircuito.aspx?Circuito=64
  • Gaia Cable Car: http://www.gaiacablecar.com/Teleferico_UK.html
  • Mineirão Restaurant (only portuguese): http://restaurantemineirao.pt/
  • Douro Cruise: http://en.roteirododouro.com/
  • Port wine cellars: http://www.cavesvinhodoporto.com/eng_index.html
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Local: Av. de Ramos Pinto 550, 4400-161 Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal

Monday 17 July 2017

Shot no.10


Shot no. 10 (Huawei Mate 9)
Photo taken at Praia da Azurreira, Ovar, Aveiro District, Portugal in May 2017.

So I think this is the best photo I've ever taken! I even participated in a photography contest but didn't win however many people said that they liked this photo (I hope it's true). 
Quick story behind this picture: 1 week before this picture was taken I had bought this new phone which has a great dual camera from Leica. The pictures are great and that was the main reason why I bought that phone. I was in Portugal for 2 weeks and I was hoping to get good weather and to go to the beach...Total frustration! Didn't happen at all! So one Sunday I went to have breakfast with my cousins and after that I decided to go for a walk on my childhood's beach because it was a sunny morning and I was hoping to get good pictures (I live in hope!). The weather was good, light was perfect, walked up and down in the beach taking pictures but didn't get anything exciting, nothing that could catch someones attention! So went home resigned but then I thought about this hidden place where I always thought would be a great place for picture but never happened either because of the weather or didn't have any camera with me. That day was different, even if at that stage some clouds started to appear, I decided I would go there for THE PICTURE. That little beach it's located in the Ria de Aveiro, a kind of laguna with 41km length, and that area is not busy at all but has very nice facilities with a picnic area and 2 decks for boats. Took few pictures, even of that boat in the picture but again, there was nothing really exciting so I just decided to sit down on the deck and appreciate the scenery before the rain started. When I looked again from a lower level of that boat, I see a completely different landscape... I think its the grass with little white flowers combined with different tones of blue and the isolated boat that gives something special to the photo. Finally, this photo made me think of the ridiculous amount of money that I gave for that phone it was worth it!
It's a beautiful pic, isn't it? There is no filters or color grading!

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  • Ria de Aveiro (english):
    • http://www.riadeaveiro.pt/
    • http://www.centerofportugal.com/aveiro/
    • http://www.bioria.com/riaaveiro
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Local: R. Daniel Constant 813, 3880 Ovar, Portugal

Friday 14 July 2017

Shot no.9






Shot no.9 (Fujifilm FinePix SP8200)
Photo taken in Kilkenny Town, Co. Kilkenny (IRL), September 2016.
One day I went to visit Kilkenny and that day wasn't enough! It was a long enough drive from Dublin, can't remember exactly how much time spent but was more than 1h driving! Such a nice town and with that beautiful day, Kilkenny looked even more beautiful!
The whole morning was spent in Kilkenny Castle, a magnificent building over 800 years old and a splendorous garden by the River Nore's bank. 2h won't be enough if you are interested in history and want to take loads of photos.
Then for lunch, and this was acutally the main reason to visit Kilkenny, we went to Algarve Grill, the only Portuguese restaurant in the whole of the Republic of Ireland! After 4 years in Ireland finally managed to visit them and I tell you, that visit was worth every litre of diesel, every cent spent! The food was just delicious and I felt like I was back home!
In the afternoon, we just walked through Kilkenny's streets. It's not a big town but still full of life and friendly people (like most of the Irish folks!). After a few hours walking we found this very beautiful cathedral, St. Canice's Cathedral, with a big round tower where it was possible to climb the stairs to the top of the tower but unfortunately when we arrived it was already too late, the cathedral and the tower was already closed! The good point was, there was no one there to destroy my photo! I must go back!

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Thursday 13 July 2017

Shot no.8



Shot no.8 (Olympus SP820)

Photo taken at Chichén Itzá, Tinum, Yucatán State, México in July 2015.
In this photo we can see one of the new 7 wonders of the world, the pyramid "El Castillo", the main building in Chichén Itzá archeological site.
I wish I could have more pictures to show you about the archeological site but they are just not good enough! They are the kind of pictures that a normal tourist takes, just pointing the camera anywhere and taking shot after shot with no discrimination. Just happened that I got these 2 shots from the main pyramid and I think, for what I was at that time, they are not that bad. The first picture I think is quite interesting because the way that the pyramid looks surrounded by light. That day was just a very normal tropical day, very hot and extremely humid. In the morning we visited another smaller pyramid and a cenote and we left the main attraction for the end of the day, Chichén Itzá. It happened that, all of a sudden, the weather turned and heavy clouds appeared in the sky (and actually when we were on the bus heavy rain and a thunderstorm started). When I took this photo, I was already on my way to the little trail that would bring me back to the bus but I decided to stop and look again to the pyramid and happened that, for just a few little seconds, there was no one between me and the pyramid that could destroy my photos so I took my opportunity and I got my shots.
The pictures are not the best, the angle is not great and the framework is terrible but I still think they have something special. In the second picture, near the top of the pyramid, you can see a bat with open wings.
If you are in Yucatán, you must visit this amazing archeological site!

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Tuesday 11 July 2017

Shot. no.7








Shot no.7 (Canon EOS M10 + Fujifilm FinePix S8200)

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 So my Shot no.1 was a picture of Powerscourt Gardens with the Sugarloaf in the background so, I felt that I needed to give more space in this blog about Powerscourt Garden. 
Powerscourt Gardens is located about 35 minutes southbound on the M50 from Dublin City Centre. It has placed 3rd on Top 10 Gardens from National Geographic and, just for that, it deserves a few hours for a visit!
I started my visit early in the morning so I had my breakfast at the Avoca Terrace Café which has an astonoshing view of the gardens and the food is just indescribably delicious. Then I went for my tour in the garden. They said it that takes 1h to 1.30h to complete the tour by the audio guide but I was more interested in capturing the place with my camera and took me more than 2h! I just got so fascinated with the Italian and Japanese gardens and with the Tower Valley. The weather wasn't great and the light was even worse so the pictures are not the best but I would imagine that place is heaven for a photographer! I hope you can see the beauty of that place through my photos.
Besides the gardens itself, the House has a few shops and the Estate has a 5 stars hotel with a restaurant, golf club and, a few minutes walking from the estate, we can visit Ireland's highest waterfall (Shot no.24).  
If you are visiting Dublin, there is several tourism information points in the City Center that organize visits to Powersourt.

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O meu Shot no.1 foi só uma foto de Powerscourt Gardens com o Sugarloaf no fundo, não era suficiente então senti que precisava de dar mais espaço neste blog a Powerscourt Gardens.
Powerscourt Gardens está localizado a cerca de 35 minutos do centro da cidade de Dublin, em direcção ao Sul na M50. Está colocado em terceiro lugar no Top 10 dos Jardins da National Geographic e, só por isso, merece algumas horas para uma visita!
Comecei a minha visita no início da manhã, tomei o pequeno-almoço no Avoca Terrace Café, que tem uma vista impressionante sobre os jardins e a comida é indescritivelmente deliciosa. Depois seguiu-se o passeio no jardim. Em média é preciso entre 1h a 1.30h para completar o passeio pelo aúdio guia mas, eu estava mais interessado em capturar a beleza do lugar com a minha câmera e levou mais de 2h! Fiquei fascinado com os jardins italianos, jardins japoneses e com o Tower Valley. O clima não estava óptimo e a luz era ainda pior, por isso as fotos não são as melhores, mas tenho a certeza que estee lugar é o paraíso para qualquer fotógrafo! Espero que você veja a beleza desse lugar através das minhas fotos.
Além dos jardins em si, a Casa tem algumas lojas e dentro da propriedade tem um hotel de 5 estrelas com um restaurante, um clube de golfe e, a poucos minutos a pé da propriedade, podemos visitar a maior queda de água da Irlanda (Shot no.24).

Se estiver de visita por Dublin, há vários pontos de informações turísticos no centro da cidade que organizam visitas a Powersourt.

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Shot no.6


Shot no.6 (Olympus SP820)

Photo taken at Dame Street, Dublin, Co. Dublin (IRL) in September 2013.
Let me have the pleasure of introducing you to the one of my favourite Dublin streets... Dame Street, tcharaam! Ok, the traffic is mad, extremely busy day and night but so what? Each way leads you to two of Dublin's most beautiful buildings, Trinity College and Christ Church Cathedral (is not located on Dame Street but is very close), on both sides you can see beautiful buildings from the 19th century, you can enjoy a gig in the Olympia Theatre and then go for drinks and live music at the Mercantile or in Temple Bar where you have a huge range of pubs to entertain you. If you are up for a more quiet plan you can visit (besides Trinity College and Christ Church Cathedral) the Dublin Castle or the Irish Whiskey Museum (located in the junction with Grafton Street) and then have a meal in the best brazilian restaurant, the "Taste of Brazil". After all this, if you have some spare time (and money!), you can walk south of Trinity College, towards Grafton Street and go for some shopping!
Well, I could keep going and tell you more things to do on Dame Street but...maybe another day! This post was just meant to explain why Dame Street is my favourite Dublin street, I hope I did the job!

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Friday 7 July 2017

Shot no.5



Shot no.5 (Fujifilm FinePix S8200)

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Photos taken in Portmarnock, Co. Dublin, Ireland in May 2016.
This photo could be taken anywhere else in the world no? NO! I'm in Portugal at the moment, it's July and should be hot, very hot but instead it's "fresh" and it's raining! That reminds me why Ireland is so special. Only in Ireland, a hand full of buttercups, the sea and the Lambay Island could make one photo so perfect in a rainy day! 
I knew this day wasn't the best one to go out to take shots with my camera but, on that day, my camera had a mission: to record a message for my best friend's wedding. Video done and once I was in Portmarnock (even if it was cold and raining!!!), I decided to go for a walk by the sea side. Portmarnock is officially my favourite beach in Ireland just because it was the very first place where I swam in the Irish sea (2013!!!) and one of few that actually has sand and not stones and rocks! So that landscape was not new to me at all but when we keep admiring the nature at every single blink, our natural lens can take perfect shots.
I thought this would be the only good pic of the day but, just a few metres ahead, facing south I got my second gift of the day! More buttercups in the main frame but this time with Portmarnock's beach, Howth and Ireland's Eye Island in the background!
It was too cold to "taste" the Irish Sea again but I was amazed with what that rainy day offered to me!



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Fotos tiradas em Portmarnock, Co. Dublin, Irlanda em Maio de 2016. Esta foto poderia ter sido tirada em qualquer outro lugar do mundo não? NÃO! Neste momento, estou em Portugal, é Julho e deveria estar quente, muito quente, mas em vez disso está "fresco" e está a chover! Isso lembra-me porque a Irlanda é tão especial. Somente na Irlanda, uma mão cheia de "buttercups", o mar e a Ilha de Lambay podiam fazer uma foto tão perfeita num dia chuvoso! Eu sabia que este dia não era o melhor para sair para tirar fotos com a minha câmara, mas naquele dia, a minha câmara tinha uma missão: gravar uma mensagem para o casamento do meu melhor amigo. Vídeo feito e uma vez que estava em Portmarnock (mesmo que estivesse frio e chovendo !!!), eu decidi fazer uma caminhada pela beira mar. Portmarnock é oficialmente a minha praia favorita na Irlanda porque foi o primeiro lugar onde eu mergulhei no mar irlandês (2013 !!!) e um dos poucos que realmente tem areia e não pedras! Então, essa paisagem não era novidade para mim, mas quando ficamos admirando a natureza, em cada piscar de olhos, nossas lentes naturais podem tirar fotos perfeitas. Eu pensei que esta seria a única boa foto do dia, mas, poucos metros mais à frente, virado para o sul, recebi meu segundo presente do dia! Mais "buttercups" no enquadramento, mas desta vez com a praia de Portmarnock, Howth e a ilhad de Ireland's Eye no fundo! Estava muito frio para "provar" o Mar da Irlanda novamente, mas fiquei espantado com o que esse dia chuvoso me ofereceu!


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Local: Windward, Coast Rd, Robswalls, Portmarnock, Co. Dublin, Irlanda
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