Without realising it at the time I appear to have become partial to sweeping panoramic images on my motorcycle tour to Morocco in sept/oct. Before leaving I had set quite high expectations of the photos I would try and take while I was away, but very early on I seemed to loose all track of any plans and immersed myself in the absolute luxury of timeless freedom.
I love photography so much it usually impacts on holidays a lot, but to my surprise, I was so caught up in the adventure that I was content to let the adventure dictate the photography and not the other way around. I think the only photography induced stress was seeing so many shots in Morocco and just not having the time and patience to stop, take helmet & gloves off, get camera out and take the photo on my DSLR.
As for security - the dodgiest place was probably the UK! Morocco certainly felt very safe. I did get some sand in the focussing rings of my lenses etc, but nothing too concerning or unexpected.
The volcanoes of the Auvergne, France
Misty valleys in the Pyrenees
Windmills at Consuegra, Spain
I'd like to be able to say we carefully planned our visit to coincide with the full-moon rise and sunset, but it was just pure luck. Not only did we get to live for a while measuring time and direction from the Sun, we got to see a complete cycle of the moon, which was full when we rode south through Spain and was back full again on the way back up northwards.
The Spanish side of the Pyrenees
Roman aqueduct at Segovia, Spain
Andalucian sunset
Terraced fields in southern Spain
Sunset at Azrou, Morocco
Moroccan streets come alive at night with children, families and food, while Egrets fly in to their roosts as a call to prayer echoes out from the mosque.
The entrance to Todra Gorge, green strips of vegetation and farmland cling to the rivers
The top end of Todra Gorge, women work the fields in a beautiful landscape that I struggled to capture. If there was one place I'd have loved to stay for a sunrise it was here.
My motorcycle parked up for lunch on the Tiz n Tichka pass through the Atlas mountains
The barren land between the Atlas mountains and the Sahara desert
The ancient kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou
Essouira harbour under a sea fog, large sardine boats left and blue shark fishing boats right
Zambujeira Do Mar, Portugal on the way back north
25 de Avril bridge at sunset, Lisbon
The incredible Vasco de Gama bridge, Lisbon
Have a good weekend everyone. Will start posting some more tour photos next week!
1 comment:
Looking back over the blog and don't know how I didn't comment on this befor...so much hard work, fantastic effort resulting in utterly brill shots, I look forward to hanging some of these xxx (great memories)
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