Madeira 2024 #7 | On film: moody mist

maipenquynh on 29. August 2024

Our days in Porto Moniz were not only blue and turquoise but also quite moody. Moody with all the clouds of mist that lay heavy on the heights of the mountains.

The first time I saw it was from the kitchen. I was cooking a rice soup (we were still recovering from the gastrointestinal fuss) when I saw the mist hanging over the trees. I wanted to finish cooking as quickly as possible and crawl back into bed. That's the story the first picture is telling.

The second picture was after the trip to the laurel forest. It's amazing to see how the mist crept in and approached the house bit by bit. Did the mist actually swallow the house? We will never know.

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#1: Intro | #2: São Lourenço | #3: A curtain and learning exposure | #4: The blue of Porto Moniz | #5: Cliff | #6: Green hangings | #7: moody mist | #8: On the roads of Camacha | #9: On the roads of Calheta | #10: The house on the big hill | #11: Colourful row of houses in Lisbon | #12: My impression of Madeira and Lisbon

Camera + lens: Minolta Dynax 7000i + Minolta AF 50 mm f/1.4 and Minolta AF 100 mm Macro f/2.8
Film: Kodak Gold 200
Development + scan: ON FILM LAB

Madeira 2024 #6 | On film: Green hangings

maipenquynh on 23. August 2024

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Sometimes my titles are weird, I know. But in this case it describes quite well what I saw. Something planty and stringy hanging down a tree. I no longer see what I saw when I took the photo. I can no longer retrace my thoughts back then, making me wanting to capture this view.

That makes me realize all the more why I had photographed the green drapery on the rocks. The rocks wearing these green hoods in Porto Moniz looked so cool. I almost miss to see them but someone knew how cool I would think of this sight and drew my attention to it. When I saw the rocks, I was pretty much blown away. And believe me when I say that the photos of the rocks don't reflect what I saw. In my photos, the rocks don't look that good with their green hoods - in real life, they looked pretty unique.

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#1: Intro | #2: São Lourenço | #3: A curtain and learning exposure | #4: The blue of Porto Moniz | #5: Cliff | #6: Green hangings | #7: moody mist | #8: On the roads of Camacha | #9: On the roads of Calheta | #10: The house on the big hill | #11: Colourful row of houses in Lisbon | #12: My impression of Madeira and Lisbon

Camera + lens: Minolta Dynax 7000i + Minolta AF 50 mm f/1.4 and Minolta AF 100mm Macro f/2.8
Film: Kodak Gold 200
Development + scan: ON FILM LAB

Madeira 2024 #5 | On film: Cliff

maipenquynh on 20. August 2024

It felt like this place, Calheta, consisted only of a road that went alongside the sea. In between there was a stretch of beach and, a bit decadently, a harbour for yachts. Our hotel was at one end of the road. And if you walked to the other end of this road, with the sea on your left, you ended up at a bend in the road that led inland to the right (thus, this place was more than just this road). But what I found much more interesting was the view straight ahead. The road ended there and instead of tarmac, stones of all sizes were underfoot, with corners and edges and round shapes. This made walking difficult and I had to watch my footing. I sat down on a large stone with a view of the sea, with the cliff next to me and the late afternoon sun in front of me. The formation of the stones and the cliff had taken my fancy and I moved back and forth for a nice crop. I waited quite a long time before I pressed the shutter release. The time had come when the two birds were seen in the air.

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#1: Intro | #2: São Lourenço | #3: A curtain and learning exposure | #4: The blue of Porto Moniz | #5: Cliff | #6: Green hangings | #7: moody mist | #8: On the roads of Camacha | #9: On the roads of Calheta | #10: The house on the big hill | #11: Colourful row of houses in Lisbon | #12: My impression of Madeira and Lisbon

Camera + lens: Minolta Dynax 7000i + Minolta AF 50 mm f/1.4
Film: Kodak Gold 200
Development + scan: ON FILM LAB