It was my birthday last week, so we took an afternoon off to head for the hills.

We went up through Aigos Fotios, cut across to the deserted village at Vretsia, and then down the track to the Roudia Bridge.

The bridge was very special.  Caught in the dappled sunlight of the trees, the light and shadow was great fun to play with.

Of course it had to get silly too, playing with some splashing water, 1/10th of a second and rear curtain flash.  I love abstract pictures!

I'd gone up to Paphos Forest near Panagia to take pictures of the 2009 Troodos Rally. 

With things like that you never know how easy its going to be to find a position, so I'd given myself plenty of time. 

Which in turn meant I found myself sitting in the sunshine among the trees waiting for the cars to arrive.