I found my spot, but as the sun gradually descended towards the horizon, a distant bank of cloud got in the way.  Given that it'd been a completely clear blue Cypriot sky all day, this was bad luck in the extreme.

With the customary expletive, I packed my kit and trudged back to the car.  Just as I was about to drive away, the sun peeked out under the cloud, but still just above the horizon.

I'd still got the 70-200mm zoom on the camera, so tried a quick grab shot before it was all over. 

Now I'm a big fan of Mr Nikon and all his creations, but from time to time anything automatic lets you down.  And so it was, the autofocus hunted back and forth, but couldn't find anything to lock onto.

Instinctively I switched the autofocus off, manually focussed, and got the shot.  And pretty average it was too. 

In the moment I remembered what it'd looked like as the autofocus hunted, and deliberately unfocussed.  And fired.  Too much exposure.  Dialled in minus one stop.  Fired again.  Result.  And as I did so, the sun hit the horizon making it game over.  

Anybody who tells you that 'landscape' photography is a relaxing pursuit doesn't know what they're talking about.  It's amazing the speed with which nature moves.

I looked at the image on the back of the camera and it looked promising. 

When I got home and loaded it up into Photoshop, it only took a few tickles of hue, contrast and saturation to get the result above.  A picture I'm absolutely delighted with.  See it in my album of Agios Georgios.

Just goes to show, there's always a picture.  Sometimes you have to think right outside the box to get it!