Friday, August 31, 2007

Lisboa-Dakar 2007 #1


Lisboa-Dakar 2007 #1, originally uploaded by julioc. © 2007 All rights reserved by JulioC.

Aperture: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/500 sec.

Lisboa - Dakar Rally (2007 Edition)
Stage 1 - Saturday 6 January 2007 | Lisboa - Portimão

This was the winner, in Bikes: Ruben Faria (Portugal)

Thursday, August 30, 2007

orange delight


orange delight, originally uploaded by julioc. © 2007 All rights reserved by JulioC.

Aperture: f/4
Exposure: 1/125 sec.

Tagetes is a genus of about 60 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the daisy family (Asteraceae). They are native to the area stretching from the southwestern United States into Mexico and south throughout South America. They are known almost universally in North America as Marigold.

These are French marigolds, developed in France although the species is not native to that country.

- found in Wikipedia (Thanks to VillaRhapsody!)

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

all flowers are blue


all flowers are blue, originally uploaded by julioc. © 2007 All rights reserved by JulioC.

Aperture: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/6 sec.

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

strictly urban silhouette


strictly urban silhouette, originally uploaded by julioc. © 2007 All rights reserved by JulioC.

Aperture: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/60 sec.

Yet another view from my west side balcony (Faro - Portugal)

Monday, August 27, 2007

alert


alert, originally uploaded by julioc. © 2007 All rights reserved by JulioC.

Aperture: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/400 sec.

Sunday, August 26, 2007

Pathway on water


Pathway on water, originally uploaded by julioc. © 2007 All rights reserved by JulioC.

Aperture: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/50 sec.

Jardins Monte Palace (Ilha da Madeira - Portugal)

Monte Palace Gardens (Madeira Island - Portugal)

Saturday, August 25, 2007

Lantanas


originally uploaded by julioc. © 2007 All rights reserved by JulioC.

Aperture: f/4
Exposure: 1/250 sec.

Friday, August 24, 2007

dessert


dessert, originally uploaded by julioc. © 2007 All rights reserved by JulioC.

Aperture: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/20 sec.

Thursday, August 23, 2007

the chimneys' king


the chimneys' king, originally uploaded by julioc. © 2007 All rights reserved by JulioC.

Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/500 sec.

Seagull on a chimney in Armação de Pêra - Algarve- Portugal.
(Photoshop techniques: vignetting and a soft Orton Imagery processing.)

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Full moon at the bay


Full moon at the bay, originally uploaded by julioc. © 2007 All rights reserved by JulioC.

Aperture: f/6.5
Exposure: 8 sec.

Armação de Pêra Bay at night. (Algarve - Portugal)

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Carnaval 2007 #31


Carnaval 2007 #31, originally uploaded by julioc. © 2007 All rights reserved JulioC.

Aperture: f/8
Exposure: 1/200 sec.

2007 Carnival Parade in Loulé (Portugal)

"Batalha das Flores" de Loulé (Portugal)

Monday, August 20, 2007

stars on the wall


stars on the wall, originally uploaded by julioc. © 2007 All rights reserved by JulioC.


Aperture: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/5 sec.

... and suddenly, I looked and it was there. So many years and it never crossed my mind to take a shot of this lamp with the light on. Then I tried not to centralized the subject in order to make a good composition but nothing worked. Anyway, IMHO, if the main subject is strong there's no problem to center it.

Saturday, August 18, 2007

alive


Alive, originally uploaded by julioc. © 2005 All rights reserved by JulioC.

Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/800 sec.

Always-alive/Sempre-viva

Friday, August 17, 2007

the church and the sea


the church and the sea, originally uploaded by julioc. © 2007 All rights reserved by JulioC.

Aperture: f/5.2
Exposure: 1/500 sec.

Armação de Pêra - Algarve - Portugal

This is the place where I spend part of my summer holidays time. Right after this little church there is a wonderful white sand beach. You may see more photos from this location here.

And you may also see this church at night here

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Feeling blue


Feeling blue, originally uploaded by julioc. © 2006 All rights reserved by JulioC.

Aperture: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/80 sec.

Siamang (Hylobates syndactylus).

The Lagos Zoo (Algarve - Portugal) has some units of this specie proceeding from Sumatra. They have very sad faces but thats typical of the specie.

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Don't try this at home


Don't try this at home, originally uploaded by julioc. © 2006 All rights reserved by JulioC.

Aperture: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/400 sec.

Faro International Airport (Portugal)

Just checking ;-)

Sunday, August 12, 2007

Syrphid fly


Syrphid fly, originally uploaded by julioc. © 2006 All rights reserved by JulioC.

Aperture: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/80 sec.

Male Syrphid fly.