Bosca's teenager newt!

Again in Sintra, this time in a platoon of 4 nature photographers (blogs here, here and here). Baby newts have grown a little since last month and their mothers are now disappearing from wetspots. Again, I found several newts, included an adult marbled one. But this cute little guy was mesmerizing. The interesting thing is it was quite curious about the camera and kept walking towards it, providing very nice poses.

 Bosca’s newt / Tritão-de-ventre-laranja (PT) – Lissotriton boscai

Sintra, Portugal

2012, July

Sintra’s nightsky

First attempt at nocturnal photography. I’ve found and framed a very nice composition with Ursa Major dominating the skyline and trees reflecting over a lake. The sky had some low height travelling clouds, reflecting the city lights behind me and providing good fill illumination bellow. They gave an interesting dynamic to the sky but also hidden most of the stars.

Anyway, I reckon that this photographic technique is very demanding, getting good exposures needs a lot of practice and post-editing goes beyond witchcraft stuff. Challenge accepted!

 

Lagoa Azul, Sintra, Portugal

2012, July