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Port de Soller, Mallorca #1

Port de Soller on the west coast of Mallorca, viewed from the Mirador de ses Barques on the MA-10 road

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The first view a visitor gets of the lovely Port de Soller on the west coast of Mallorca is as one drives south along the MA-10 road and pulls in at the Mirador des Barques cafe for a break and a cup of coffee.

The cafe has a terrace which looks out over the foothills of the Sierra de Tramuntana down towards Port de Soller as it lies enclosed in its bay.

The day my wife Liz and I stopped for a coffee and to admire the view was particularly photogenic, with the afternoon sun shining on the Mediterranean, turning the waters a dazzling shade of emerald, while overhead fluffy white cumulus clouds bathed the hills below us in an ever changing pattern of sunlight and shadow.

We spent a very relaxing half hour there, just taking in the view and snapping the odd photo from time to time from the comfort of our chairs.

Photography shouldn't be this easy!

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Filename - mallorca port de soller 01.jpg

Camera - Canon EOS 6D

Lens - 24-105mm zoom @ 55mm

Exposure - 1/40 sec @ f11, ISO100

Location - Port de Soller, Mallorca

This image - 800x508px JPEG

Conversion - Adobe Lightroom

Comments - Polarising filter used to enhance colours