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A google search of 'Landscape photos of Gran Canaria', made before Liz and I embarked on our winter warm up trip, revealed many unusual and interesting sights that we earmarked for a visit during our stay.
One of the most intriguing was a weird coastal feature called the 'Buscar el Bufadero', at the seaside town of La Garita on the east coast of the island.
I like weird, as usually weird makes for an interesting photo, but I wasn't expecting this degree of weirdness!
The Bufadero is a rather large hole in a shelf of volcanic rock right next to the sea, with an inlet to the sea though an arch that remains mostly under water.
As waves wash in, the Bufadero fills and empties as if the rock were breathing, with a blow hole on top of the submerged arch adding to the breathing effect.
I took the still image shown here while using a 6 stop neutral density filter and a small aperture on my camera lens in order to give me a longish shutter speed and thus blur the water cascading down the walls of the Bufadero.
But I also took a video of the Buscar el Bufadero in action, which you can watch by following the link.
Filename - gran canaria buscar el bufadero 01.jpg
Camera - Canon 6D
Lens - 24-105mm zoom @ 24mm
Exposure - 1/2sec @ f14, ISO100
Location - La Garita, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
This image - 800x533px JPEG
Conversion - Adobe Lightroom
Comments - ND filter used to allow long exposure
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