I have just returned from a trip to the Alentejo (and Lisbon) to prepare some work I have planned for the coming months. Taking use of a trip to one of the regions which is very familiar to me, I tried to take some time to shoot. It's always a pleasure to return to the Alentejo, but unfortunately this year the scenary was somewhat different from the usual. The drought was visible in large areas and the usual green of this time of the year, gave place to a bleak brown. With few exceptions, the scenes to shoot were unattractive. Elvas, Campo Maior, Ouguela, Monforte, Portalegre and Arronches were some places where I went. In Portalegre, in the company of the photographer and friend Ricardo Lourenço, I enjoyed an excellent meal of pork. Simply a magnificent Alentejo cuisine, which I also appreciate. In Ouguela, I didn’t see the Great Bustards that use to be around, but I contented myself with some colorful Nothern Lapwing and a few olive trees fed by artificial irrigation. After having covered about 600 kilometres through the Alentejo I returned late at night . Another day in Lisbon to meet friends and to chat a little bit, and here I am back to my base: the north. In April I am going to return again to the Alentejo.




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› Near Ouguela I found some colored olive trees. › Digital ISO 200 12 mm -0.67 ev f/6.3 1/640.
› Como é normal nesta época, o Alentejo encontrava-se cheio de abibes. › Digital ISO 400 600 mm f/5.6 1/320 bean bag.
› As usual at this time, the Alentejo was found himself full of Nothern Lapwing. › Digital ISO 400 600 mm f/5.6 1/320 bean bag.
› Um magnífico montado perto de Elvas, lugar onde vou efectuar em breve um Foto Tour. › Digital ISO 200 12 mm -0,67 ev f/5.6 1/80.
› A magnificent montado near Elvas, where I will soon make a Photo Tour. › Digital ISO 200 12 mm -0.67 ev f/5.6 1/80.
› Desta vez não vi as abetardas, como aconteceu noutros anos perto de Ouguela. › Película Fujichrome Velvia ISO 50 300 mm teleconversor 1.4 x f/5.6 tripé.
› This time I didn´t saw the Great Bustards, as happened in other years near Ouguela. › Film Fujichrome Velvia ISO 50 300 mm f/5.6 1.4 teleconverter tripod.
› Perto de Ouguela encontrei uns olivais coloridos. › Digital ISO 200 12 mm -0,67 ev f/6.3 1/640.
› Near Ouguela I found some colored olive trees. › Digital ISO 200 12 mm -0.67 ev f/6.3 1/640.
› Como é normal nesta época, o Alentejo encontrava-se cheio de abibes. › Digital ISO 400 600 mm f/5.6 1/320 bean bag.
› As usual at this time, the Alentejo was found himself full of Nothern Lapwing. › Digital ISO 400 600 mm f/5.6 1/320 bean bag.
› Um magnífico montado perto de Elvas, lugar onde vou efectuar em breve um Foto Tour. › Digital ISO 200 12 mm -0,67 ev f/5.6 1/80.
› A magnificent montado near Elvas, where I will soon make a Photo Tour. › Digital ISO 200 12 mm -0.67 ev f/5.6 1/80.
› Desta vez não vi as abetardas, como aconteceu noutros anos perto de Ouguela. › Película Fujichrome Velvia ISO 50 300 mm teleconversor 1.4 x f/5.6 tripé.
› This time I didn´t saw the Great Bustards, as happened in other years near Ouguela. › Film Fujichrome Velvia ISO 50 300 mm f/5.6 1.4 teleconverter tripod.



