Illuminated Mount Pico, Açores
f/1.8 | 30 sec | ISO-100 (of course you can click the image for a large version)
For the Weekly Photo Challenge this week I chose this photo of Mount Pico. I was supposed to post this earlier, but I forgot all about it. The photo was shot during one of my sleepless nights.
“Mount Pico (Portuguese: Montanha do Pico), is a stratovolcano and highest point on the Portuguese island of Pico in the Azores. Further, reaching an altitude of 2,351 metres above sea level, it is more than twice the elevation of any other peak in the Azores, and the tallest mountain in Portugal.” (Wikipedia)
Simply beautiful!
January 11, 2013 at 19:13
Thanks.
January 11, 2013 at 20:17
OH WOW! i Love this photo.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
January 11, 2013 at 19:31
Thank you Francine
January 11, 2013 at 20:18
This is dreamy and creamy
Sleepless nights can turn out so good!!! Thank you for showing Mount Pico in this light. I swear I’ll go there. Beautiful…. a really beautiful shot!!!!
January 11, 2013 at 19:53
Sleepless nights can be truly awesome
Actually the light is not representative of the reality. I couldn’t actually see the mountain, but I knew it was there. This was around 5 in the morning, it was so dark that I had to shoot several test shots with the ISO settings at max so that I could set the focus.
January 11, 2013 at 20:25
I would expect 5 am to be already bright in summer :O. You did a marvelous job CG
January 11, 2013 at 20:29
LOVE this shot. Thanks for providing another destination to dream about.
January 11, 2013 at 20:13
My pleasure. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
January 11, 2013 at 23:37
Wow! Gorgeous shot
January 11, 2013 at 20:22
Thanks
January 11, 2013 at 23:37
Hi Cardinal!!! I think it is a beautiful and elegant shot!!!! Thanks a lot!
January 11, 2013 at 20:32
I’m the one that should thank you: thanks for leaving a comment.
January 11, 2013 at 23:39
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Marvellous photo.. Splendid!!
I love the “smoke” around the mountain and the city light looks like pearls 
Thanks for sharing
January 11, 2013 at 21:26
Thanks Mariane. It was a fantastic night for shooting and I’m pleased with the results.
January 11, 2013 at 23:42
What a splendid shot – you really captured an amazing image
January 11, 2013 at 21:42
Thanks. I also like this photo. I’ll probably make a print and put it on my wall sometime.
January 11, 2013 at 23:44
this is nice! where was this taken at?
January 11, 2013 at 21:47
This was shot at an extremely secret location. I’ll never reveal where it is.
January 11, 2013 at 23:36
wow, i can’t believe you were shooting in the dark! are those lights from homes? this is gorgeous.
January 11, 2013 at 21:53
Some of them are from homes, but most of them are street lights.
January 11, 2013 at 23:45
so amazing!
January 11, 2013 at 23:48
Amazing picture!! Looks like you were awake up into the am- I love the gently illuminated swirling clouds too!
January 11, 2013 at 22:15
Thank you Kathryn.
I woke up in the middle of the night, so I decided to bring the camera and go for a walk. I always try to shoot at different times when I’m visiting a place (I also do the same when I’m at home).
January 11, 2013 at 23:54
Lucky you to have caught this so beautifully! I climbed this mountain som eyars ago and saw the beauty from the top too!
January 11, 2013 at 22:46
Nice. We didn’t actually go to Pico to climb the mountain, but it looks great from a distance too
January 11, 2013 at 23:56
Well, I didn’t go there to climb either… We were hiking the islands for their beauty and serenity. Some years ago we went back – partly to hike with our children, partly to visit the stray dogs of the capital on the main island.
January 12, 2013 at 15:41
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It’s like a poem…….
A perfect one!
January 11, 2013 at 23:40
Thanks, that was a lovely description!
January 11, 2013 at 23:56
Wow …it’s terrific! Those clouds … they really make It! Love the previous comment … «It’s like a poem»
January 12, 2013 at 00:26
I love the clouds in this shot.
January 12, 2013 at 01:08
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beautiful picture!! perfect!
January 12, 2013 at 03:11
Golden photograph. The city lights and the clouds around the mountain are wonderful.
January 12, 2013 at 04:01
great illumination shot!
January 12, 2013 at 05:55
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Incredible image, Cardinal – it doesn’t look real, like a fantasy landscape.
January 12, 2013 at 23:10
Et vakkert bilde!
January 13, 2013 at 00:13
Cardinal–I do like the surreal look of those clouds. Quite nice.
January 13, 2013 at 01:03
The clouds are just phenominal!
January 13, 2013 at 04:29
The clouds are majestic. For me, the beauty of the photo was seen more because of the clouds.
January 13, 2013 at 09:12
superb
January 13, 2013 at 12:47
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very nice photo
January 13, 2013 at 22:57
Just… wow. WOW!
January 14, 2013 at 07:08
A beautiful photo. I was there a few years ago but I never got to see the top of Pico, there was always cloud. So I’m enjoying your photo
January 29, 2013 at 00:54
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Love the swirling clouds under long exposure. The scene looks like Portugal’s own Fujiyama.
February 8, 2013 at 00:48