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Port de Soller, Mallorca #5

Fishing nets laid out to dry at Port de Soller on the west coast of Mallorca

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One of the nicest places that Liz and I visited during our ten day sojourn on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca was Port de Soller.

Situated on the rugged west coast, Port de Soller is a working fishing port as well as a holiday spot.

The working nature of the town adds authenticity to what may otherwise have become just another collection of restaurants and appartments, so it was a real pleasure to spend some time in amongst the nets and other miscellaneous fishing gear at the non-tourist end of the bay.

This line of netting, laid out to dry along the quay with its combination of colours and shapes, proved photographically irrestistable to me.

A wide angle lens from a low viewpoint exaggerated the perspective, giving a nice 'vanishing point' effect to the compostion of this image.

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Filename - mallorca port de soller 05.jpg

Camera - Canon EOS 6D

Lens - 24-105mm zoom @ 24mm

Exposure - 1/200 sec @ f8, ISO100

Location - Port de Soller, Mallorca

This image - 533x800px JPEG

Conversion - Adobe Lightroom

Comments - Polarising filter used to enhance colours