Caldas Lake, a photo from Leiria, North

Photographer's Note

Hello friends,
One more photo in this park , where you can find this smal lake .
Photo in the Park D. Carlos I in Caldas da Rainha, the building on the side of the photo is a thermal hospital ( SPA )Rainha Dona Leonor

Founded in 1485 by Queen D. Leonor, Caldas da Rainha Thermal Hospital is the oldest in the world, which has opened 5 centuries ago. In the 15th century (1485), Queen D. Leonor has founded a bathing institution and a thermal hospital, Caldas da Rainha. Legend has it that in 1484, the wife of King D. Joгo II, was travelling to Batalha, and when she passed by the place where the thermal stations would be built, she saw a few poor people bathing in “warm waters pouring through the steaming fountains”. Curious, she asked them what they were doing there, and they said that they were finding the cure for their illnesses and pain in those healing waters. D. Leonor thus decided to provide better conditions for water users. Thermal Hospital pavilion, built in the end of the 19th century, is a fine example of thermal architecture with its high windows.

This green location soon became the place, where thermal hospital patients used to walk. During Marques de Pombal period (the second half of the 18th century), it was transformed in a Baroque garden that was called Passeio da Copa. Redesigned in the end of the 19th century by Rodrigo Berquу, it took the shape of the current park and a lake was added to it. Game fields, former hospital pavilions, painting and sculpture Josй Malhoa Museum are located here.

Nikon D40X
2013/03/30 18:24:28.8
Compressed RAW (12-bit)
Image Size: Large (3872 x 2592)
Color
Lens: 10-24mm F/3.5-4.5 G
Focal Length: 10mm
Exposure Mode: Manual
Metering Mode: Spot
1/250 sec - F/5
Exposure Comp.: 0 EV
Sensitivity: ISO 100
Optimize Image: Custom
White Balance: Preset
AF Mode: AF-C
Color Mode: Mode IIIa (sRGB)
Tone Comp.: More Contrast
Hue Adjustment: +3°
Saturation: Enhanced
Sharpening: Medium high

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ikeharel, Romano46, cornejo, PaulVDV, pierrefonds, delpeoples, jhm, timecapturer, Graal, COSTANTINO, kato, danos, josepmarin, jusninasirun, ricardomattos has marked this note useful

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lousat (139362) 2013-04-16 11:01

Hi Goncalo,a different point of view to see a large part of this beautiful park,i like the spectacular and coloful reflections,perfect exposure and bright details,very interesting this peacefull place,i like it!Have a nice evening and thanks,Luciano

Romano46 (18472) 2013-04-16 11:28

Ciao Goncalo
ottima questa tua foto di oggi sia per composizioneche per soggetto.
I colori del paesaggio incantano anche se forse hai leggermente ecceduto nella saturazione, che se da una parte rende la foto piщ piacevole, dall'altra falsa leggermente la realtа.
In ogni caso una buonissima foto.
Ciao e buona serata
Romano

PaulVDV (63024) 2013-04-16 11:43

Hello Gonзalo,
The different colours of the sky are wonderfully reflected in the lake, beautifully crossed by the high leafless trees.
Best regards, Paul

cornejo (61504) 2013-04-16 11:43

Olб Gonзalo, vistas magnнficas sobre este belo lago rodeado por um jardim bonito, muito bem capturado com pov bom, neste quadro muito bonito e bom. Imagem maravilhosa de um lugar adorбvel, muito boa nitidez, profundidade e qualidade. Bom trabalho agradбvel perfeitamente feito, parabйns meu amigo. Obrigado por compartilhar este belo trabalho.

Boa noite e semana feliz.
Saudaзхes do sul da Espanha.
Angel.

dta (98848) 2013-04-16 12:27

Hola Goncalo ,
This is a beautiful park , and the picture is splendid , especillay for the oustanding reflections in the lake .
Regards

Fis2 (170945) 2013-04-16 12:34

Witaj Goncalo!
Interesting composition.
I like reflection.
Good frame and strong sky colors.
Best regards
Good night.
Krzysztof

fabbs99 (17179) 2013-04-16 12:43

Hi Goncalo.

Amazing blue colors of the sky with some great reflection in the waters.Very nice perspective and good framing and nice colors as always.TFS.

Regards
Farhat

jemaflor (147300) 2013-04-16 12:48

Hi Goncalo,
Nice tones and reflections on the lake, well presented and seen, tfs.

siudzi (34141) 2013-04-16 12:48

Hi Goncalo,
This must be a very beautiful place with many opportunities for taking pictures! Like the way you built this composition and executed the image with extremely good saturation. Well done. TFS.

Best,
Gosia

Gigidusud (21679) 2013-04-16 12:48

Hola Goncalo,
Trиs bon cadrage sur le lac avec de splendides reflets. Un vrai miroir! J'aime beaucoup!
Bonne soirйe.
Gigi

Silvio1953 (221781) 2013-04-16 13:07

Ciao Goncalo, lovely composition with fantastic reflections, superb sky, splendid light, wonderful colors and excellent clarity, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

pierrefonds (114608) 2013-04-16 15:39

Hi Goncalo,

The reflections on the water of the lake are assets to the composition. The wideness of the lake is giving depth to the scene. The point of view is showing the details and colours of the reflections. Have a nice day.

Pierre

GiovanniG (3914) 2013-04-16 21:13

Ciao Gancalo,
What a wonderful capture of this beautiful scene. The colors, detail and perspective are well done. Bravo Goncalo!
GiovanniG

Royaldevon (85932) 2013-04-16 23:49

Ola Goncalo,

A different view and with a different emphasis. Here, the lake produces a most attractive f/g with its lengthened reflections of the trees. This is a scene only possible at this time of year, for later in spring and in summer, the trees would obscure the view of the red-roofed hospital.
Fine dof and lovely colour saturation.

Have a lovely day,
Bev :-)

delpeoples (60342) 2013-04-17 1:36

Ola dear Goncalo

Such a beautiful scene, so tranquil, with wonderfully rendered colours and reflections. The reflections of the clouds are particularly luminous and attractive.

Excellent photo, absolutely superb
Lisa

jhm (211736) 2013-04-17 3:51

Hello Gonзalo,

A lovely rural picture with wonderful reflections in water.
Splendid mirror image.
Out of a very well angle with a composition with depth and perspective.
Excellent detailed picture with pleasant colours.
Very well done, TFS.

Have a nice day,
John.

timecapturer (49288) 2013-04-17 5:46

Hi Goncalo
this beautiful lake looks so English. Love the tall trees and reflections, it is a captivating mixture of blue and green. A tranquil and attractive atmosphere pervades the whole scene.

Regards - Brian.

Cricri (176) 2013-04-17 10:02

Hola Goncalo
Une belle sйrie du parc de Caldas, bonne utilisation des reflets en avant plan, sublime lumiиre et couleurs du ciel bleu aux nuages blancs en harmonie avec le vert, trиs belle rйalisation
Belle soirйe
cricri

Graal (103040) 2013-04-17 11:42

Hi Goncalo,
very nice park and small pond. I like the reflections and sky. Pleasant spring image. Good presentation it place. Well done photo.
Have a nice evening.
Aleksander

mesutilgim (0) 2013-04-17 12:16

Hello Goncalo,
Amazing scenery, perfect captured.
Very good layout and wonderfull refletions. Nice framing.
TFS and best regards
MESUT ILGIM

marabu61 (11587) 2013-04-17 12:19

Ola Goncalo
a pleasant park scene with some great colors and a lovely reflection of the sky in the water. Looks like a good place for a sunday stroll.
have a good evening
Daniel

Waylim (25436) 2013-04-17 12:35

Ola Goncalo,

Beautiful landscape, the lake really gives a refreshing feelign and the reflection is like a painting of impressionistic style. You mange the light well and the colors are rich with deep tone. Good POV and compo.

I love it.

Way

jmdias (115342) 2013-04-17 16:23

зonзalo

linda vista do lago com as esculturas ao redor bem como a moldura de бrvores e com as fachadas alйm. bela imagem.

abraзos

jorge

COSTANTINO (116674) 2013-04-17 23:50

Hello
this shot is not a simple shot
there is a great dynamism and beauty
with strong natural colors,I like
the whole idea with the tree reflections
on the surface of the water,it is
a very very interesting place for
everybody to wal around
regards
have a nice day
Costantino

kato (11630) 2013-04-18 6:06

Hello Goncalo,

You're capturing well this place by a good composition and excellent tone/clarity, so it's interesting and impressive to see the calm/small lake, surrounding trees/greenery and the historical hospital with the red roof. Here looks like a good place for relax from the surrounding rich nature. The whole is harmonized well by beautiful color tone/combination. And, the shadow projected to the lake draws out a good effect.

Kind regards,
mikio

sacavem (18620) 2013-04-18 10:01

Olб Gonзalo,

Jб passei ferias na Caldas, um local agradбvel, pelo menos а anos a trбs.
Quanto а foto й um grande tiro.Pov e reflexos fazem uma boa composiзгo.Parabйns.

Cumprimentos,
Filipe

danos (110407) 2013-04-18 11:01

Ola Goncalo,
nice the view of the place with teh thermal hospital to be hidden behide the high trees.I like the created reflectios on the calmly surface of the lake, as the excellent presentation of the scene.

Regards,Danos

macjake (98486) 2013-04-18 15:13

Hi Goncalo
I have a question...what's a "Thermal Hospital"?
what do you mean by that? just curious...

looking at it from here, it looks rather old, is the building a red brick construction? I'd love to see more of it.
but for now i'll have to settle for nice water reflections :)
fine shot
cheers
craig

Nicou (193806) 2013-04-19 1:26

Hello

Mervielleux reflet de cette nature quelle charmante image et compo quelle vue sueprbe avec en fond cet йdifice splendide.
Bravo et amitiй
Nicou

ikeharel (113501) 2013-04-19 6:53

Ola Goncalo,
Fabulous park view, with blue mingle with green in fine contrast under mild daylight.
Houses seem well through trees, and a nice reflection collected on calm water's.
Bom fim de semana,
Ike

josepmarin (59385) 2013-04-19 11:25

Olб, amigo Gonзalo,
tu composiciуn es agradable y atractiva, has buscado un buen encuadre para captar la belleza del parque y sus preciosos reflejos sobre el lago.
Me gusta la dйbil luz de la tarde y la potencia cromбtica de la foto.
Bello trabajo.
Um abraзo,
Pili e Josep

jusninasirun (17529) 2013-04-19 17:54

Hello Gonзalo.
The reflection is beautiful like a painting. The sharpness is pristine with balanced framing. Superb image and thanks for sharing.
Kind regards.
Jusni

npecanhuk (79329) 2013-04-19 23:19

Oi Gonзalo!
Outro lindo lugar e uma foto que parece uma bela pintura!
Destaque para as cores, a exposiзгo, o pdv escolhido e a composiзгo com esses bonitos reflexos!
Abraзo,
Neyvan

ricardomattos (17460) 2013-04-27 18:11

Oi Gonзalo
Beleza de lugar com lindos reflexos. A foto transmite uma paz encantadora. Bela histуria da construзгo deste lugar. Muito interessante a sua nota.
Abraзos
Ricardo

Angshu (56760) 2013-04-30 6:35

Ola Goncalo
Like the reflection on the lake waters...not exactly a mirror image but a mildly disturbed image & I loved it with the colours and the symmetry of it
Um Abraco
Angshu

abmdsudi (95869) 2013-04-30 9:50

Hi Goncalo
A photogenic lake view in glorious tones, lighting and the promising atmosphere complemented by lots of interests particularly the lovely lush trees adding so much beauty and the catchy calm reflection has further enhanced the strength of this shot. Indeed you have turned this serene spot into a great picture. A superb piece of workmanship. Congrats.
Kind regards

Ecureuil (532) 2013-05-03 5:42

Ola Goncalo,
Un endroit semi naturel qui m'en rappelle bien d'autres en Belgique, sous une latitude bien diffйrente. Beaucoup de verdure bien colorйe, inondйe de lumiиres bien maоtrisйes.
Un cadrage efficace et une mise au point prйcise.
Kind regards.
Daniel (ex Danyy)

Docarmo (9767) 2016-10-20 15:52

Уtima composiзгo, Gonзalo, com os reflexos na бgua fazendo um belo conjunto em profundidade e cores. Bravo!