Saturday 11 April 2009

New pier in my town

A view from the new pier. Sunset over the Atlantic Ocean.

Where Douro river meets the Atlantic Ocean a new concrete pier was recently built. It was meant to prevent frequent floods.
The worst happened on Christmas 1909. After days of heavy rain, the river went up 11 meters, flooding and destroying many houses and shops in Porto and Gaia cities.


A new pier. Sunset over the Atlantic Ocean.


On a new pier beware of wind, waves ( can reach 10 meters ) and splash. Never enter during the storm weather.



Model: NIKON D80

Photo 1:
Date/time: 2009-04-07 T 20:14:50

Shutter speed: 5 sec
Exposure Program: Shutter priority
F-stop: f/22
ISO: 100
Metering Mode: Pattern
Flash: Did not fire
Focal length:15 mm
Lens: 10.0-20.0 mm
7100 K.

Photo 2:
Date/time: 2009-04-07 T 19:59:11

Shutter speed: 0.5 sec
Exposure Program: Shutter priority
F-stop: f/6.3
ISO: 250
Metering Mode: Pattern
Flash: Did not fire
Focal length: 20 mm
Lens: 18.0-70.0 mm
6900 K.

Photo 3:
Nokia N81



Maciek.

4 comments:

  1. Piękne widoki. Ciekawe czy te atlantyckie zachody bardzo się różnią od bałtyckich? ;-)
    Agnieszko, Maćku - wesołych Świąt życzę! :)

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  2. Małgosiu, zapraszamy do nas. Sama się możesz przekonac.
    Wesołych Świąt !

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  3. Maciek, wow nice place to live. Anna :)

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  4. Yes Anna.
    We are very lucky to live in Portugal and try to seize the moment ( "carpe diem" ) every day.
    Tnx for visiting.

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