Paragliding over turquoise waters, a photo from Mugla, Aegean

Photographer's Note

Oludeniz is a blue lagoon on the Turkish Aegean.

It is famous for its shades of turquoise, and is an official blue flag beach, often rated among the top five beaches in the world by travelers. Although its Turkish name suggests a "dead sea", it cleans itself thru spring sources and the narrow straits thanks to tides on the Aegean.

Paragliding from the nearby Babadag Mountain, starting to fly from a few meters below its peak at 1,975m, offers beautiful views of Oludeniz. It is a favorite place for photograpers and paragliders alike, unless you forget your spare batteries at home (like me).

Scanned from slide, increased sharpness, contrast, shades & saturation, applied Neat Image.

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diomed (13926) 2010-12-27 2:24

Hi Erdem,
it is really a fantastic place!! Must be a dream to fly watching such a wonderful seascape. Amazing capture, unique POV. Congratulations!
Nice Day
Antonio

humayun (3129) 2010-12-27 2:40

Hi dear..........
very nice view of sea and island.........
good pov and welcompo.........
wel work.........
weldon...
TFs.....

fds (9963) 2010-12-27 3:12

very great point of wiev over the fantastic colors of the sea

erhan1958 (15961) 2010-12-27 3:43

MERHABA
OLAĞANÜSTÜ GÜZEL BİR SUNUM
TEBRİKLER,
ERHAN

jhm (211738) 2010-12-27 4:00

Merhaba Erdem,

Strong blue colors but pleasant for look at.
Splendid images for photographing.
Sharpness and clarity be superb.
Nice composition good presentation.
Very well done, TFS.

Best regards,
John.

stny (18) 2010-12-27 5:26

Mavi-yeşil ve turquaz renkleri ile gözalıcı, muhteşem bir manzara ve çok başarılı bu çekim için tebrikler ederim.Ormanlık yarımada nasıl oldu da yazlık villalarla dolmadan sit alanı statüsü kazanmış hayret bişey! 40 Yıl önce,aynı bu güzellikte olduğu gibi,yamaçlarının silme zeytin ağaçları ile kaplı olduğu Kuşadası'nın, sevimsiz beton yığınları ile nasıl ziyan edildiğini düşündüm şimdi.Elinize emeğinize sağlık.2011 de Dünyada görmediğiniz başka güzellikler kalmışsa gezip, gördüklerinizi bizimle paylaşmanız dileği ile selamlar sevgiler
setenay

resat1972 (7586) 2010-12-27 11:01

Merhaba

Muhteşemmm.
Harika renkler

Tebrikler

Reşat.

batalay (41261) 2010-12-28 9:57

Merhaba Erdem Bey,

In 1989 with two boats we had made a safari of sorts into Ölü Deniz, and had been impressed. With this aerial view, it is much easier to see the actual topography and geography of the area. It is nothing short of magical. I think I might have preferred a little less color saturation, but that is only an alternate take.

Size ve ailinize harika bir yeni yıl diliyoruz — hastalıklar, kayıplar, üzüntüler ve doğal afetler 2010'da kalmış olur.

Sevgi ve selamlar,

Bülent

cayden (2183) 2011-01-02 8:36

Fantastic colors and sharpness.
happy new year
Cem