Sarande, a photo from Sarande, South

Photographer's Note

Even for my tastes, Sarande Beach was a little too built up & overdeveloped, and I spent all of 10 minutes in the water here. But it makes a good base for Butrint and the Blue Eye. There are local buses to less crowded and less developed beaches to the south. Demre north of Jale / Himare is idyllic, but public transport to get there is limited. Those who hire motor bikes to get to Demre and then down the hill to the beaches have a better chance of nailing the perfect deserted beach.

ikeharel, adramad, COSTANTINO, macjake, lucasgalodoido, papagolf21, holmertz, snunney, Royaldevon, jhm, mcmtanyel has marked this note useful

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lousat (138655) 2019-01-15 9:42

Hi Chris,i have a lot of albanian customers in my bar,and always they talk of Sarande like a paradise...heheh..but in effect this isn't the place for me,a lot of people and a terrific concrete invasion of the coast. The pic talks about what i think,truly well done and colorful,but i like places without this confusion. Have a nice evening and thanks,Luciano

mesutilgim (0) 2019-01-15 10:20

Hello Chris
Very nice capture of this beatiful beach scenery in Sarande, taken with good pov and layout.
Very good sharpness and nice brigth colors. A scene which evokes desire for the next summer in those cold wintery days.
TFS and best regards
MESUT ILGIM

cargus (13856) 2019-01-15 10:35

As usual,colour, light and contrast excellent, good together in a successful picture.
Regards
Adrian

adramad (72564) 2019-01-15 11:31

Hello Chris.
This beach looks more famous and is much more crowded than the previous photo, the umbrellas add a lot of color, I like the charm of the previous place.
Very good lighting management and sharpness.
Well done. I like it.
Have a nice day. Very best regards.
Luis.

COSTANTINO (115583) 2019-01-15 12:24

Hello dear Chris and have a nice time
I red carefully your ueful notes
and thanks for your useful notes
Sarande beach looks nice and this
photo brings memories from
summer holidays
welldone
regards
Costantino

mkamionka (73440) 2019-01-15 13:39

Hi Chris,
some people hate it but it is a great reportage anyway!
I usually prefer desolated wild beaches with no people present, but the reality is that sometimes there are crowds in nice destinations and it is a part of life.
I like seeing these places as well.
And so it is a great reportage with people adding life and umbrella adding some colors here.
Excellent work!
M

macjake (98262) 2019-01-15 13:53

Hi Chris
I've always enjoyed these wrap around type of shots, they always look good to the eye. it fills out the frame so smartly and creates excellent depth. good to have the bright colors in the fg too. nice one to look at while its cold outside :)
cheers
Craig

lucasgalodoido (27698) 2019-01-15 13:59

Olá Chris,
interessante vista dessa colorida praia, embora a faixa de areia ou pedra seja um pouco estreia. A cor da água parece agradável para um mergulho também.
Parabéns e Abraço,
Lucas

ifege (47013) 2019-01-15 20:36

Hi Chris
Could be anywhere around the Mediterranean (because of the hire seats and lake of surf!) but a well taken photo.
cheers
Ian

papagolf21 (152605) 2019-01-15 22:47

Bonjour, cher Chris,
Cette vue directe sur la plage est plus parlante pour apprécier les bonheurs des baignades, bronzage, repos, détente, lecture, et environnement.
Les couleurs claquent joliment.
Amitiés.
Philippe

Tue (91612) 2019-01-15 23:20

Hello Chris,
A pretty crowded beach, but with your higher viewpoint we still get a good view of the sea and the city as well as the many parasols and the many people in the water. Great work and composition.
Lars

emka (157280) 2019-01-16 0:20

Hello Chris, Wow, what a crowd in the Saranda beach! I was also in Sarande in 2017 but in the part near the Greek border, there were no people or maybe it was just the low season. Nice view of the umbrellas but not the place for me.

Kind regards MAlgo

holmertz (102042) 2019-01-16 0:44

Hello Chris,
I only came to Saranda for the passage to Corfu and for a short excursion to Butrint. I stayed in the centre of town and only saw the beach from a distance, and that was obviously enough for me. The curving shore and the many colourful umbrellas make this a very nice shot, but it's not the kind of beach where I would like to spend any time.
Regards,
Gert

Nicou (193806) 2019-01-16 1:09

Hello

Fantastique vue et image quelle plage et vue quel parasols de couleur et tout ce monde superbe ils se bronzent au soleil et la pureté de l'eau superbe avec ces édifices dan la courbe merveilleux.
Bravo et amitié
Nicou

Silvio1953 (220665) 2019-01-16 1:57

Ciao Chris, lovely simmetria remembrance with a lot of umbrellas on fantastic beach, wonderful bright colors, excellent clarity and splendid light, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

snunney (130967) 2019-01-16 3:45

Hello Chris,
Indeed, rather crowded but a pleasant scene to contemplate on a cold January day. Well composed making good use of the curving shoreline and the myriad of parasols to create depth and perspective. Excellent colour contrasts and very good sharpness.

Royaldevon (85638) 2019-01-16 5:08

Hello Chris,

Just the fact that you have given us such a detailed photograph gives us the chance of deciding whether it is to our taste or not! After close inspection, like you and some others, I think this beach is too busy and too built up!
However, besides a detailed photograph, you have created a fine composition, guiding around the scene from f/g to b/g.

Kind regards,
Bev :-)

jhm (211734) 2019-01-16 5:27

Hello Chris,

A summery image of Albania with a very busy beach people
Lovely beach scene with all the umbrellas.
Nice daily life picture with all the tourists.
Lovely presentation and excellent composition too.
Very well done, TFS.

Best regards,
John.

rychem (72187) 2019-01-16 7:44

A colorful, summer postcard, excellent composition, you are right to many people for mee too. a beautiful photo
regards Ryszard

gervaso (28177) 2019-01-23 1:54

Hello, Chris!

There are really a lot of people and umbrellas on this beach, but it looks beautiful anyway, with very nice colors of the water. It makes me want to be on the beach right now, something I haven't done in almost a year... Beautiful composition! Well done!

mcmtanyel (67709) 2019-02-02 19:50

Hello Chris,
I agree, this would be too crowded for my taste, too. But it made for a colorful, pleasant photo. I wonder what Demre might mean, there is a Demre in Turkey, too.
Regards,
MT