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    Winter in Menorca Competition

    Last Autumn our monthly English language magazine "Roqueta" held a photographic competition to show Winter in Menorca

    The prize was to grace the cover for this month’s - April - edition.

    So… Portrait Mode then. No point showing Christmas lights in Mahon or bleak scenes. That’s not going to sell copies of the magazine in springtime , is it?

    Inspiration eventually struck and I took myself off to Sa Bassa Verde or Green Pond. This is a 45 minute trek through fields then up, up and up through scrub, trees and rocks to the top of a hill near Algaiarens. In the winter months the rains form a natural pool up to 2 metres deep (yardstick in the front left of the picture) in a rocky bowl. This beautiful and fragile temporary ecosystem usually dries up completely by April/ May

    It’s relatively unknown and due to the unfriendly access you can often be alone there, which is beautiful on a sunny day

    Anyway it's quite a thrill being on the cover of a magazine! Got my name and mugshot inside too....

    [IMG]Sa Bassa Verde by Barbara Bett, on Flickr[/IMG]

    roqueta 001.jpg
    Canon EOS R5, R6 plus the usual suspects ......

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/bo_fo_to

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    Re: Winter in Menorca Competition

    Well done you -- Nice shot
    Trev

    Equipment - According to the wife more than a Camera Shop got

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    https://www.flickr.com/photos/trevb2639/

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      #3
      Re: Winter in Menorca Competition

      Congratulations Barbara...an excellent shot too!
      Brian Vickers LRPS

      brianvickersphotography.com

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        #4
        Re: Winter in Menorca Competition

        Congratulations Barbara, I hope you awarded yourself a Gin after trekking up to the puddle.
        Well done for having the local knowledge and stamina to create that image [emoji106]


        Sent from somewhere in Gods County using Tapatalk
        Peter

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          #5
          Re: Winter in Menorca Competition

          Excellent work Barbara - fame at last!
          John Liddle

          Backwell, North Somerset - "Where the cider apples grow"

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            #6
            Re: Winter in Menorca Competition

            Very well done Barbara, and you were clever enough to shoot portrait andleave them some room for their logo etc. More important than you may realise and an important consideration when picture editors choose their cover shots.
            Colin

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              #7
              Re: Winter in Menorca Competition

              Congratulations Barbara, nearly as prestigious as coming first in the EOS Magazine Forum. Well worth the climb for a cracking shot.

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                #8
                Re: Winter in Menorca Competition

                Congratulations Bo. Lovely image and it makes an excellent cover. I bet April will be their best-selling issue!
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                  #9
                  Re: Winter in Menorca Competition

                  Thanks, chaps, for stopping by and for your kind comments.

                  I took a selection of shots thinking about how they might pan out on a cover but when I got back home ( and edited with a G&T!!) this one stood out on the KISS principle.
                  Canon EOS R5, R6 plus the usual suspects ......

                  https://www.flickr.com/photos/bo_fo_to

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                    #10
                    Re: Winter in Menorca Competition

                    An excellently composed shot that graces the cover. Very well done!
                    Chris
                    80D - 10-18 IS STM - 15-85 IS USM - 55-250 IS STM - 50 f/1.8 STM - 100-400L IS II USM - 100 f/2.8L Macro - 1.4x III

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                      #11
                      Re: Winter in Menorca Competition

                      Well done you! A shot worthy of any magazine cover.

                      Nigel

                      You may know me from Another Place....

                      The new ElSid Photogallery...

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                        #12
                        Re: Winter in Menorca Competition

                        Well Done great shot
                        Alex

                        EOS R5 EOS 7D Mk ii Lenses EFS 18-55mm EFS 55-250mm EF 50mm 24-105mm Sigma EX 70-200 Sigma 150-600c

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                          #13
                          Re: Winter in Menorca Competition

                          Thank you folks.
                          Canon EOS R5, R6 plus the usual suspects ......

                          https://www.flickr.com/photos/bo_fo_to

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                            #14
                            Re: Winter in Menorca Competition

                            Congratulations Barbara

                            Tom

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                              #15
                              Re: Winter in Menorca Competition

                              Nice photo

                              Chris

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