Thursday, 13 November 2008 00:00

Spikey Rocks At Toxeftra, Akamas, Paphos District, Cyprus

Written by Mike
Spikey rocks at Toxeftra, Akamas, Paphos District, Cyprus Spikey rocks at Toxeftra, Akamas, Paphos District, Cyprus

On the way back from walking the Avakas Gorge, we stopped off to watch the last light on the sea at Toxeftra. 

This coastline of Cyprus is perfect for sunset shots, but alas, today was unusual in having cloud cover so nothing doing on the golden glow on the sea front.

Despite that, the sea fascinates me.  We drove our (rented!) 4×4 over some pretty rough ground to get down to the sea, and it was then I discovered some amazing spikey rock formations.

Not exactly stuff you want to walk on, these rocks were razor sharp.  One false move and you'd hurt yourself pretty badly. 

The sun had long since set, so armed with my tripod I tried to pick up some of the shapes and forms the rocks made.  As with so much of Cyprus, it needed care in framing.  Why every Cypriot seems determined to spoil their beautiful island with litter is beyond me.

I turned the ISO right down to 100 for maximum saturation and quality - with the camera firmly attached to the tripod there wasn't any problem with 5 and 10 second exposures. 

Despite the fact the light was falling fast, the rocks still came up beautifully.  Quite amazing their delicate colours come through so well.

I was just packing up to go when I looked across to Agios Georgios and the island that always reminds me of a giant turtle sat in the sea. 

It was almost dark, but the colours were amazing.

Check out my Akamas album to see more.

Mike

Mike

Mike McCormac has been a photographer since about ten years old.  He's a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, and lives in a village in the hills near Paphos in Cyprus.

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