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Travelogues => Travel Diaries => Topic started by: simato73 on October 21, 2017, 23:18:19
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First day of holiday in Tenerife, after arriving yesterday.
Today after morning on the beach we have visited La Laguna (San Cristobal de la Laguna).
It very much deserved the time spent there, really not an in depth visit having a 5-year old with us.
1. We all enjoyed the Museum of Science and the Cosmos
2. Funny roof near where we parked
3. Courtyard from some Catholic Church palace whose name I forgot
4, 5. Same courtyard, artwork with Catholic references
6. Definitely not Catholic art
7. Not only in Catalunya. Demostration for the decolonisation and independence of the Canaries.
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Sunday morning - Force 8 sea, Puerto de la Cruz.
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Puerto de la Cruz, Jardin Botanico.
Handeheld pano (3 frames).
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great footage
interesting perspectives
fascinating edits
I enjoy you contribution very much, envy your holiday. I wish I could have one!
My favorite? The rotten house by the cliffs with a ladder right into the action (TenerifeX-T1_XT18546.JPG). Superb use of wide angle & long tele in the whole set.
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great footage
interesting perspectives
fascinating edits
I enjoy you contribution very much, envy your holiday. I wish I could have one!
My favorite? The rotten house by the cliffs with a ladder right into the action (TenerifeX-T1_XT18546.JPG). Superb use of wide angle & long tele in the whole set.
Thank you Frank.
This island oozes with photo opportunities - and I haven't yet been to the high mountains!
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Simone, +1 in respect of sharing this trip with us all, and likewise +1 for the various other trips that you have previously shared with us and which I have never until now said thank you.
great footage
interesting perspectives
fascinating edits
I enjoy you contribution very much, envy your holiday. I wish I could have one!
My favorite? The rotten house by the cliffs with a ladder right into the action (TenerifeX-T1_XT18546.JPG). Superb use of wide angle & long tele in the whole set.
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Simone, +1 in respect of sharing this trip with us all, and likewise +1 for the various other trips that you have previously shared with us and which I have never until now said thank you.
That's a very nice thing to say, thank you very much.
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good pictures, especially in the 2nd series I see, that you have arrived there - keep us informed in your artisitc way
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good pictures, especially in the 2nd series I see, that you have arrived there - keep us informed in your artisitc way
Thank you Thomas.
Now some from Monday morning, Playa Jardin in Puerto de la Cruz.
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oh, how I wouldn't mind spending some time on the beach!
have a great time, Simone!
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on the beach three weeks, no telephone....
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Only one week, morning on the beach, afternoon visiting. Internet to check things and post photos.
So far everyone is happy.
Tomorrow I hope to take my daughter to the mountains, the day after big afternoon hike on my own.
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As often happens, in the last days of a holiday the pace accelerates and when something has to give, this is posting photos.
But I have been beavering away with my camera and computer...
Now I am back home (alas!) but much of the sorting is done.
However still posting jpg's SOOC because there has been no tome for proper editing, and there won't for some time, but I want to keep the thread "fresh".
So here is some from the last afternoon in Garachico, I kicked myself for not having gone earlier, and missed the opportunity for a unique kind of bath on the unique lava pools.
The village was mostly swept away by an eruption in the early 1700's, the lava flow ended in the sea (destroying the port) but left channels and pools that these days have been "landscaped" and are very popular - there are many sheltered sports where even children can play in the water in all but the worst seas.
Some however are daredevil show-offs ;)
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La Orotava is a place worth visiting.
It was a bit hot and muggy when we were there.
The streets can be steep and the architecture is nice.
There is a very nice place called the Casa de los Balcones with a very interesting interior, if you can bring yourself to go past the horrible tat shop at the front.
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I enjoy browsing through the images of different aspects of Tenerife island. I do know about Canary Islands but not about any specific island. Thank you for sharing!
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I enjoy browsing through the images of different aspects of Tenerife island. I do know about Canary Islands but not about any specific island. Thank you for sharing!
Tenerife is the biggest and most inhabited of the Canary Islands, about 2000 sq km and 800.000 people.
It is very varied, a greener North, a drier, more desertic south, and a vast highland in the middle, the caldera of a huge volcano, averaging above 2000m. Then there is the top of the volcano El Teide, which is only a few tens of meters shorter than Fuji.
Overall it is a very varied islands, and there are many different places that I could not visit in the one week I was there - a reason for returning.
The whole place is a paradise for hikers, with trails for all tastes and difficulties.
The island is completely volcanic, the hallmarks are everywhere. The last eruption was in 1909.
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The big draw of the island for me are its mountains, especially El Teide.
Almost the following images are from the tourist honey trap - the area of rocky pinnacles called Roques de Garcia.
1. Morning view of El Teide from Roques de Garcia
2. Again from a different part of Roques de Garcia - a murky late afternoon
3. A lone Canarian Pine
4. Hanging on to the red rock
5. El Teide summit - west view from the top of Pico Viejo (>3000m)
6. SW view descending from Pico Viejo to Roques de Garcia.
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Hello Simone,
I enjoyed your pictures in this thread very much so far!
We spent our Easter vacation on Tenerife and therefore your pictures are a nice reminder of the time spent there. It is also interesting to compare your view of some of the spots visited to mine. You definitely took some very beautiful pictures. My favourites so far: The first series of storm photos, the pictures of the balcony houses, and the pictures around El Teide. Unfortunately we had to abandon our plans of hiking because there was still too much snow in that area and some hiking tracks were still closed by then.
One question: What was your photo gear during your hiking tours?
Cheers from Austria,
Günther
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Beautiful series of this archipelago !
Mostly the volcanic island which I dream to go for a while now.
Don't hesitate to post more of it ! :D
Thank's for sharing.
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Hello Simone,
I enjoyed your pictures in this thread very much so far!
We spent our Easter vacation on Tenerife and therefore your pictures are a nice reminder of the time spent there. It is also interesting to compare your view of some of the spots visited to mine. You definitely took some very beautiful pictures. My favourites so far: The first series of storm photos, the pictures of the balcony houses, and the pictures around El Teide. Unfortunately we had to abandon our plans of hiking because there was still too much snow in that area and some hiking tracks were still closed by then.
One question: What was your photo gear during your hiking tours?
Cheers from Austria,
Günther
Hello Günther and thanks for the kind comment.
The photos are actually not as good as could be, to begin with they are just JPG from the camera and a bit sub-optimal, but I have had no time to work on them properly, I favoured quick posting.
You have been unlucky with the snow, I read that on the high plateau (the "cañadas") snow is rare and short-lived.
The kit I took to Tenerife is the same I use everywhere - including last year in Scotland.
I had with me a Fuji X-T1 and X-T2, plus the following Fuji lenses: 18-55 f/2.8-4, 55-200 f/3.5-4.8, 18-135 f/3.5-5.6, 35 f/1.4, 14 f/2.8, 12 f/2 (Samyang).
Usually on days when we went sightseeing in towns I took a bag with the X-T2, 18-55, 55-200 and 14.
On the beach I took the X-T1 and 18-135.
I did a long hike on El Teide, followed by night photography at Roques de Garcia.
For that I took the X-T2, 18-55, 55-200, 14 and 12 and my tripod. I considered taking the 18-135 in stead of the first two, for weight reasons and also to change less in dusty environments, but then decided I wanted the extra reach.
Overall it did not feel very heavy and the whole lot fit in a smallish camera bag strapped to my rucksack (except for the 12, which I kept in the rucksack for the night shots).
I find most camera carrying solutions overly expensive and heavy and find my low-tech, low-cost and low-weight solutions far superior.
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Beautiful series of this archipelago !
Mostly the volcanic island which I dream to go for a while now.
Don't hesitate to post more of it ! :D
Thank's for sharing.
Thank you Francis!
Since you asked...
Same day of the big hike, these are panos, which were mostly taken by hand. Only for one I think I used the tripod. Stitched with the excellent and free Hugin.
By the way, the hike started from the top of El Teide, which I reached by cable car. After walking the tourist-filled trails at the base of the summit cone - access to the very top is limited all spots had already been booked - I took the trail to the Pico Viejo, a 500 m descent, and then descended further to Roques de Garcia (another 800 m down). A most beautiful walk, and there was nobody, except a family of four French people, who decided to hike down, despite having a very expensive return ticket on the cable car. They just decided the place was too beautiful and that it had to be explored more on foot.
1. From the top of the Teleferico, the Cañadas below, in the middle the black, raw scar of a lava flow
2. The trail to the Pico Viejo lookout, after which the throngs were left behind.
3. Descending toward Pico Viejo amidst very rough lava flows - but the trail was excellent.
4. On the opposite side of Pico Viejo, looking back to El Teide
5. Final parts of the descent, sunset on the Cañadas and Roques de Garcia
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Thanks for the gear information (after all this is a Gear centric forum... :P ).
I am still experimenting which gear to choose for hiking. The constant struggle between weight and output quality. Mostly I still tend towards the smaller Classic line Zeiss lenses (--> Scotland), even though AF and weather sealling can be advantageous.
Very nice pictures again.
Second to last one resembles a moon landscape - if there wasn't El Teide in the background... ;-)
The last one has a nice colour tint (sun set).
Cheers,
Günther
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Many thanks for this prompt answer, Simone !
I am spoiled... ;D.
Really like them.
I am sure It would be enough to see to organise a get together over there (out of season, I mean).
:)
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Many thanks for this prompt answer, Simone !
I am spoiled... ;D.
Really like them.
I am sure It would be enough to see to organise a get together over there (out of season, I mean).
:)
Thanks again.
Tenerife would make a great place for a get together, plenty to go at.
I was thinking the same while I was there. Apart from avoiding the hottest part of the summer, any time is good. The only problem (for me) is to free some time from work and family commitments.
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seems to be a place worth visiting
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I somehow missed this excellent series until tonight. Continuously interesting, though of course the rock-formations/desert/mountain images are my favourite part of the whole. Very well done - you managed to see much more of Tenerife than I did (many years ago).
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I somehow missed this excellent series until tonight. Continuously interesting, though of course the rock-formations/desert/mountain images are my favourite part of the whole. Very well done - you managed to see much more of Tenerife than I did (many years ago).
Thank you David.
I am now adding what is probably going to be the last batch.
Dusk and night shots taken at the end of the hike, again in the Roques de Garcia area.
1. Moon and rock
2. Funny rocks silhouettes
3. Star trails, rocks and Teide