Morning trip in Mallorca

Stan

I am going through some shots I took on holiday in Mallorca. Here are some from a morning trip I took with the children.

We got up early to beat the tour buses in the moutains. You certainly do not want to meet any on this road.

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The road starts at 2375 feet and drops to the sea in 7 miles of hairpin bends. the children thought it was like a Scalextric track except I didn't fall off.

At the bottom is a ferry quay and two beaches along with tourist shops and restaurants.

It was deserted when we arrived

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The second beach is shingle, with a torrent that flows in the rainy season.

To get to it we had to walk through two tunnels

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The second beach is in a torrent, with a shingle beach

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entering the sea through massive cliffs on either side

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It was a stunning place to be and even more so to have it to ourselves before the ferry came in and to get back up before the tour buses came down.

I hope you enjoy
C&C welcome 'cos I am not happy with the sky

Cheers
Stan

illuminati919

The water in the 4th photo looks so clear, I really like all the photos especially the 4th and 5th. Where exactly is Sa Calobra located, I am guessing Mexico ?

Marko

Richard

Stan wrote:

C&C welcome 'cos I am not happy with the sky

Cheers
Stan

Nice series. You were fortunate indeed to have that place all to yourselves.

I especially like the last shot. I don't see anything wrong with the sky, even if the Tourist Board would want them all to be blue . The cliffs look too dark and colorless on my screen, however. Perhaps a bit of shadow/highlight and curve tweaking would help. Or maybe push it even further and go black and white.

Looking forward to seeing more pics.

Cheers,

Phil U.

Looks like a beautiful place.

Stan

illuminati919 wrote:

The water in the 4th photo looks so clear, I really like all the photos especially the 4th and 5th. Where exactly is Sa Calobra located, I am guessing Mexico ?

Marko

Hopfully this link will work

Stan

rsinmadrid wrote:

Nice series. You were fortunate indeed to have that place all to yourselves.

I especially like the last shot. I don't see anything wrong with the sky, even if the Tourist Board would want them all to be blue . The cliffs look too dark and colorless on my screen, however. Perhaps a bit of shadow/highlight and curve tweaking would help. Or maybe push it even further and go black and white.

Looking forward to seeing more pics.

Cheers,

Thanks Richard, the light stayed flat in the morning, hiding behind the clouds, when the sun burned the clouds away, it then went hazy. I shot at Fornalutx early one morning, but the sun does not rise very early because of the mountains so again the low angle, soft light is difficult to find

Cheers Stan

Stan

Phil U. wrote:

Looks like a beautiful place.

Hi Phil,

It is, the only limitations are the crowds...

Stan

Stan

The rest of Mallorca is here

Stan

DavidS

Nice shots. I especially like the second one. It looks like an incredible place to visit.

rallymaniac

Mallorca is awesome, i have few shots myself on my PC but they're not worht showing since it was at the time when i was sort of n00b to photography.
That road is amazing, i think it has the only turn in the world that's close to 270 degrees of angle.

Stan

rallymaniac wrote:

Mallorca is awesome, i have few shots myself on my PC but they're not worht showing since it was at the time when i was sort of n00b to photography.
That road is amazing, i think it has the only turn in the world that's close to 270 degrees of angle.

The bend with the bridge is just to the right of the shot. To get a decent shot of the road is difficult since it hides behind too many bluffs. Doctor it posted one in the alps somewhere which is far more spectacular as you can follow the whole road.

Cheers
Stan

USAIR

Stan great photos road with curves looks like hot wheels track
Good set

Thanks
Fred