AUGUST 1988 – Praia da Amoreira on a sunny morning near Aljezur, Portugal. © Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com
The story behind the image
The other day I posted an image of the Ribeira de Aljezur right before flows into the Atlantic Ocean. Here’s Praia da Amoreira, the beach next to the river.
I like this shot because it really shows how we experienced the beach back in 1988: One giant soft beach that smoothly merges with the wild waves of the Atlantic Ocean in the distance. Rarely I had seen such an awesome location before. The clear, calm water created a mirror like surface that reflected the cliffs in the back. Stunningly beautiful in my view.
When the film came back from the lab, I printed this image as a large poster. It decorated the wall at our entrance area for several years to keep the memory fresh and to have something to dream about. Heck, I still love this shot, even if I forgot about it. So I’m more than happy to have done a fresh scan from the original negative. Nice. Very nice.
The high resolution image
| Capture Date | August 1988 |
| Location | Aljezur, Portugal |
| Camera | Canon AE-1 Program |
| Lens | Canon FD 28mm f/2.8 |
| Image Source | Negative Film |
| Digital Image Source | EPSON Perfection 4870 Photo |
| Digital Image Source Format | TIFF, 48 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 4431 x 6620 Pixels |
| Copyright | © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com |
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