The Light Promise

Portugal, Sintra/Cascais Natural Park

A "special" photo, made in my birthday date, 11th March - Nature´s gift during sunset for an attempt to capture Ursa Beach magic.

I called it "light promise", because from the uncountable times I´ve been here, only twice I witnessed this strong red light. In the first time I made some shots, but it lacked the dynamics here. I kept myself in pursuit of a clear sunset when the Sun in correct position (attending being near to spring equinox), so I could have the cliffs illuminated as shown.

Technical details:
This image is a manual blend to enhance reflection and wave action from 2 shots taken in less than one minute difference, both exposed at 13mm f/19 ISO100 for 6 sec. length.