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The north coast of Crete in the Mediterranean Sea is the most heavily developed part of the island, but it's still possible to find relatively unspoilt stretches of shoreline, such as this small area of rocky beach in-between two sun umbrella bedecked resorts at Malia.
My wife Liz and I spent a happy couple of hours paddling and photographing in the shallow waters, enjoying the cooling wavelets on our hot feet and the stunning colours of the Mediterranean set against the ochre rock shelves on which we were strolling.
By far the greatest number of photos I took at Malia beach were of waves breaking on the rocky shelves, throwing up plumes of white spray against the deep blue sky.
In a situation like this I always take loads of images, whittling them down to just a few favourites later on to put through my enhancement processes.
Filename - crete malia beach 04.jpg
Camera - Canon 6D
Lens - 24-105mm zoom @ 60mm
Exposure - 1/80sec @ f11, ISO100
Filters - Polarising filter used to enhance colours and reduce glare.
Location - Malia, Crete
This image - 800x533px JPEG
Conversion - Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop
Comments - Image deliberately underexposed to preserve highlights in the water spray.
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