Scenic Fuerteventura (Canary Islands)

annnna8888

In early May I spent a week on Fuerteventura, one of the Canary Islands off west African coast. It proved to be a great landscape photographer's destination! :clap It's very dry and arid, but stone, rock and sand can be very picturesque.

The climate is mild and the wind blows all the time (and I mean all the time!), making it also an ideal vacation spot for windsurfers. The Atlantic was a bit on the cool side so we didn't spend too much time swimming in it, but its turquoise waters were a joy to photograph.

Here is a selection of photos I managed to take in one week. There are more photos with descriptions on my website for those who might be interested.


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Yep, I was a happy camper.

Ana

Arvan

and a good job you did. Very nice photos and a good look into the "real" parts of the island not just the tourist hotels.

thapamd

Excellent shots, Ana! I love the desert scenes, especially that last one. Glad to see you so excited!

Dee

And here I somehow thought the Canary Islands would be green.

schmoo

Fantastic, Ana! What a beautiful place, indeed, and I particularly like the wrinkled hills.

I also really love the last shot. Talk about great timing!

astockwell

Wow, never thought the Canaries would be so mountainous, great shots. #7, #10, #13 and 15 stand out in my mind. Beaches there look pristine, and the dunes are cool also. Looks like a great place to shoot due to the varying terrain and the fact every type of good landscape subject is all on one little island. What is going on in #1 (as in what is the foreground)?

-Andy

dseidman

I really enjoyed this series! My favorites were 3, 7, 10, and 20.
You certainly do look happy in that last one!

Eia

This is a great and interesting series. 2, 6, 7, 10 are my favorotes. did you use the same lense with all the pictures?

Awais Yaqub

Stunning photography of such a beautiful location !

annnna8888

Dee wrote:

And here I somehow thought the Canary Islands would be green.

Some of them are. Not Fuerteventura though.

Ana

annnna8888

astockwell wrote:

Wow, never thought the Canaries would be so mountainous, great shots. #7, #10, #13 and 15 stand out in my mind. Beaches there look pristine, and the dunes are cool also. Looks like a great place to shoot due to the varying terrain and the fact every type of good landscape subject is all on one little island. What is going on in #1 (as in what is the foreground)?

-Andy

Thanks, Andy! Yes, the compactness of the island and its diversity are a great advantage for a photographer.
#1 shows salt evaporation ponds at Las Salinas del Carmen.

Ana

annnna8888

Eia wrote:

This is a great and interesting series. 2, 6, 7, 10 are my favorotes. did you use the same lense with all the pictures?

Thanks!
I used three of my lenses: Tamron 18-200, Sigma 10-20 and Peleng 8 mm fisheye.

Ana

annnna8888

Thanks, everybody!
I had a blast. Fuerteventura is definitely a place I wouldn't mind returning to.

Ana

skippy77

i live over here if u ever come back u could meet up for a photo session around the island

Andy

How on earth did I ever miss this post years ago? Wonderful