Tag: Lanzarote

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Distracted in Arrecife

A woman walking along a street looking over her shoulder at something that has caught her attention.

Something caught her eye as she walked along. I don’t know what. I took this photo in 2006, but only noticed it a few days ago.

Arrecife, Lanzarote. 2006.

Camera

dDP series

Tags Arrecife, Canary Islands, Lanzarote, Panasonic FZ5, Photos, Spain, Street Photography, woman

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After the sun set

A few minutes after the sun set over Lanzarote in the Canary Islands in January 2019.

Aperture	ƒ/16
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	50
Shutter speed	2s

Tags Lanzarote, Photos, Playa Chica Beach, Puerto Del Carmen, Reflections, Sony A7 III, sunset, Water

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The enormous (for Lanzarote) Arrecife Gran Hotel & Spa sits in the harbour of Arrecife and dominates the skyline. It’s the tallest building on the island and not without controversy. Some time after it’s construction a law came into force forbidding the construction of such tall buildings on the island.

This page says it was built almost overnight in 1988, but Wikipedia and other sources mention 1970 or 1971. It suffered a huge fire in 1994 but was then reopened as 5 star hotel in 2004. I think I need to go up to the rooftop bar next time for the views ..

This is a long exposure shot. I didn’t have my tripod with me so I had to rest the camera on a wall, with my wallet and a lens cap under the lens to tilt the camera up. Making things more precarious was the very strong gusts of wind that blew through the area that would almost knock you over that day. Certainly if you were huddling over the camera, trying to keep it steady for the 10 seconds or so of this image.

Aperture	ƒ/16
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	16mm
ISO	50
Shutter speed	25s

Tags Arrecife, Black and White, Canary Islands, Gran Hotel, Lanzarote, Long Exposure, Look up, Photos, Sony A7 III, Spain

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A plane landing in Lanzarote

Post author By Donncha
Post date April 29, 2022
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A plane landing at the airport in Lanzarote. I captured it in multiple shots as it sped by my location on the beach at Mirador de Acercamiento.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	16mm
ISO	400
Shutter speed	1/320s

Tags Beach, Canary Islands, clouds, Lanzarote, Mirador de Acercamiento, Photos, planes, Sky, Sony A7 III, Spain, sunset

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The Road to Femés

Every time I go to Lanzarote I like to photograph the road coming from Playa Blanca to Femés. It leads to a very steep hill that some cars have problems with. Our hired car included, as it was very underpowered!

If you look carefully you’ll see the ghostly image of a car near the pole in the foreground of this image. They stopped for a good few seconds before successfully getting to the top of the hill.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	400
Shutter speed	30s

Tags Canary Islands, Femés, Lanzarote, light trails, Long Exposure, Sony A7 III, Spain

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A Very Curious Cat

A very curious and friendly cat in Playa Blanca, Lanzarote.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	16mm
ISO	1250
Shutter speed	1/500s

Tags Canary Islands, cats, Lanzarote, Photos, Playa Blanca, Sony A7 III, Spain

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Lights on in the evening

The tower of the Centro Deportivo Fariones in Puerto Del Carmen, Lanzarote is lit up in the evening.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	240mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/4s

Tags Apartamentos Fariones, Canary Islands, Centro Deportivo Fariones, Lanzarote, Photos, Puerto Del Carmen, Sky, Sony A7 III, Spain, Sun, sunset, Water

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The Blue Pool

Ready for an evening swim in the pool?

Aperture	ƒ/9
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	2s

Tags Apartamentos Fariones, Lanzarote, Night, Photos, Puerto Del Carmen, Sony A7 III, Spain

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Lanzarote Santa in April

Can you imagine how hot Santa would be in his great big coat on a warm April day? Luckily this was back in January, but it was still quite warm. Warm enough that I was standing in the shade!