El Perro Negro

Grumpy old mountain man living in Spain

Tag: photography

Note – 2024-12-06 14:42

Note – 2024-12-06 14:42

It's bank holiday here in Spain so we knew many of the popular walks would be busy. Instead we drove 15 minutes to a town called Chite, which we had never visited before. Had beautiful hike through lu...

Hiking, Walking, Spain, Photography, Landscape, Landscapephotography, Outdoors, Andalucia

Note – 2024-12-05 08:55

Note – 2024-12-05 08:55

Some more photos from our trip this week down the Barranco de Tajos Bermejales. A very interesting hiking route with twists and turns, ups and downs and a few surprising features. Be prepared for some...

Hiking, Walking, Mountains, Spain, Photography, Landscape, Landscapephotography, Outdoors, Andalucia

Note – 2024-12-04 11:50

Note – 2024-12-04 11:50

The lower section of the Tajos de Bermejales gorge. A magical place!

Hiking, Backpacking, Walking, Spain, Photography, Landscape, Landscapephotography, Outdoors, Andalucia

Note – 2024-11-28 17:04

Note – 2024-11-28 17:04

I've travelled this road from the Sierra Nevada mountains down to the village of Nigüelas many times. The final kilometers enter a spectacular gorge, but the light has never been right for an image. E...

Sierranevada, Spain, Mountains, Landscape, Landscapephotography, Photography

Note – 2024-10-27 09:57

Note – 2024-10-27 09:57

Lanjarón this morning from the dog walk. A fine day but rain is forecast this afternoon and for the next few days. Good news for the land. Snow above 2000 meters.

Spain, Granada, Landscape, Photography

Note – 2024-10-13 07:24

Note – 2024-10-13 07:24

Photos from the Tabernas desert badlands hike I did a few days ago. The whole area is a a chaotic mass of broken rock and battered, crumbling cliffs

Hiking, Walking, Deserts, Spain, Landscape, Photography, Landscapephotography

Note – 2024-10-11 17:35

Note – 2024-10-11 17:35

Today I hiked in a place close to my heart and stood in the exact same footsteps as Clint Eastwood and Eli Wallach in "The Good, the Bad & the Ugly". This view never fails to stir the senses, I love i...

Spain, Hiking, Walking, Landscape, Photography, Landscapephotography, Outdoors, Deserts

Note – 2024-10-09 07:32

Note – 2024-10-09 07:32

A very welcome cool 15c on today dog walk. Very autumnal but stunning in the morning light.

Spain, Autumn, Landscape, Photography

Note – 2024-09-16 06:37

Note – 2024-09-16 06:37

Last week I sat for nearly an hour on the very airy summit of a peak called Puntal de la Cornisa 3316m. A fine viewpoint & wonderful place to chill out It's good to have some time on your own once in...

Hiking, Backpacking, Mountains, Spain, Photography, Landscape, Landscapephotography, Outdoors, Mountainmonday

Note – 2024-09-09 07:48

Note – 2024-09-09 07:48

Views from the morning dog walk. Have a great week y'all. Lanjaron, Alpujarras.

Mountainmonday, Spain, Andalucia, Landscapephotography, Photography

Note – 2024-09-04 17:42

Note – 2024-09-04 17:42

Arrival of the sun at Laguna Borreguil, Siete Lagunas in Spain's Sierra Nevada mountain range this morning

Backpacking, Spain, Mountains, Hiking, Sunrise, Lake, Landscape, Landscapephotography, Photography

Note – 2024-06-21 14:44

Note – 2024-06-21 14:44

The view from our "dinner table" (a flat rock surrounded by soft grasses) a few nights ago as the sun started to set. All we could hear was the sound of the cascading waters of the Rio Lanjarón. Ahead...

Spain, Hiking, Backpacking, Landscape, Landscapephotography, Photography, Sunrise, Sierranevada

Note – 2024-06-21 14:36

Note – 2024-06-21 14:36

Morning light on Cerro de Caballo (3009m) reflected perfectly in the small lake by Laguna de Nájera as we get ready to strike camp

Spain, Hiking, Backpacking, Landscape, Landscapephotography, Photography, Sunrise, Sierranevada

Note – 2024-04-16 16:06

Note – 2024-04-16 16:06

Today's trailhead was just a 20 minute drive from Granada city. 4 kilometers and 300 meters of ascent later we reached the delectable and very well named summit of "Cerro Buenavista". We ate our lunch...

Mountains, Spain, Andaluica, Hiking, Walking, Photography, Landscapephotography

Note – 2024-02-07 09:10

Note – 2024-02-07 09:10

If I ask Graeme, my fellow hiking buddy, to go stand on the edge of a huge drop, he always does, bless him. He is my go-to poseur when I need a bit of scale in photos. One day I will make an album of...

Photography, Deserts, Spain, Landscape, Landscapephotography

Note – 2023-12-09 12:02

Note – 2023-12-09 12:02

A nice sight to see. Water flowing down the "acequias" (irrigation channel) this morning, illuminated by the morning sun.

Spain, Water, Waterfalls, Alpujarras, Granada, Photography, Landscape, Landscapephotography

Note – 2023-06-24 08:31

Note – 2023-06-24 08:31

After debating with myself for 30 mins about whether to venture out into the cold to answer the call of nature I eventually left my tent. The sky was amazing. I guess then was not the time to start le...

Astrophotography, Nightsky, Photography, Landscape, Landscapephotography

Note – 2023-06-24 06:28

Note – 2023-06-24 06:28

Images from the last 2 days trip to visit "Lake with No Name" at 2900m altitude! A magical, serene place where nature ruled. Humans don't often visit here, if ever. My head is filled with images and e...

Backpacking, Hiking, Trekking, Landscape, Landscapephotography, Photography, Spain

Note – 2023-06-23 17:29

Note – 2023-06-23 17:29

We arrived at the "lake with no name" yesterday afternoon. At the exit of the lake a delightful stream fell out of the hidden valley. I don't normally take a tripod, yesterday I did. Meant I could slo...

Landscape, Landscapephotography, Photography

Note – 2023-06-14 16:33

Note – 2023-06-14 16:33

Whilst hiking on the "Ruta Medieval" through the Alpujarras today I came across this little magical section of forest with a waterfall illuminated through a gap in the tree foliage. The colour is due...

Waterfall, Waterfallwednesday, Landscape, Landscapephotography, Photography, Spain, Andalucia