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![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1631 W: 133 N: 1078]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (4124) | In the Azores living with the ocean is the way of life. Going to the beach is not an event, but instead a way of daily life specially in the summer. Here in the USA many people jog as a form of daily exercise, in the Azores swiming is the daily exercise.
This photo was taken at the end of the day in Praia do Populo on the same day as overexposed sunset, and Golfinho Azul. You can also see an aerial view by looking at Fernando's, Galmeida . In Sky Overview - S.Miguel Island - Azores , the beach is on the far most right corner of the photo. As a child I swam on this beach almost daily in the summer.
I know the photo is a bit soft, but it was a challenge to deal wit it, first of all the crop was a sacrifice, I wanted to keep the art work by Nizuma (this photo was taken by my cousin and shows the detail of the scultpture) but to do that I would have to keep the sky which was terribly over exposed. I also wanted to keep the couple on the far left as they are important (I feel they are) to the photo.
The photo was cropped, contrast adjusted and shadow/hightlight, neat image 2x, and saved for web.
I used this same photo to do a project the end resuct can be seen here, in TrekLens. |
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