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Azure

Another one out of the archives! I'd seen a TV program recently that mentioned this and it got me thinking about the shots I took there at the time, many of which hadn't seen the light of day. I found this one untouyched in the file and decided to process it, some 11 years later....

On a trip to Malta I hadn't planned much Landscape Photography but this was the one singe thing that I wanted to shoot so I'd packed my stuff for a trip out to here, (which turned out to be 2 trips out there due to not ideal weather on the first visit)

The Azure Window was a natural arch with a height of about 28 m (92 ft), I say 'was' as sadly it collapsed totally during a seastorm in March 2017, gone forever into the sea, some 4 years after this was taken.

The late light on this day was absolutely gorgeous with the side lighting picking out all the details on the Arch, on this shot I'd included the foreground rocks to show how rough the area is but very rich in texture. I recall it being very windy and several of these long exposure images suffered from it not being totally sharp, thankfully it seems I'd kept going until I got one. I can't remember what filter(s) I'd used here but the Exif says I used f/16 to get a 50 second exposure so it was a bit of a struggle, I'd guess at a polariser and a 10 stop ND.

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Taken in: Malta / Saint Lawrence / Dwejra (show map)

Taken on: October 3, 2013

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