Mallorca

MALLORCA

Mallorca is one of the Spanish Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean. It is known for its seaside resorts, sheltered bays, limestone mountains and remains from Roman and Moorish times.
Some of the most impressive postcard motifs of the Mediterranean are hidden along the 555 kilometers of coast of Mallorca. To discover them is a real gift.
Tourism is the backbone of the Mallorcan and the rest of the Balearic economy. In 1960 around 360,000 visitors came, in 1970 there were already more than 2 million. In 2007 around 9.91 million tourists came to Mallorca, which puts the island well ahead of the second most important tourist region in Spain.
According to Greenpeace, 23% of the island's coastal area is now sealed, with Calvià being particularly emphasized among the communities with built-up coasts.
And yet, outside of the main season or just a few meters from the tourist strongholds, I still find lonely beaches. And wonderful nature where I would not have expected it.

MINIATUREWAVELAND AT MALLORCA

All photos in the following photo collection were taken in a very small area of only a few square meters (Fig. 1). As always, I only had my small pocket camera with me for my family vacation, with a built-in ND filter, a small foldable tripod and a remote release. Well, at dusk, to the amusement of the party guests, I lingered on this  rocky stretch of beach on Mallorca. If I took the first photos freehand, I then set up my small camera at a height of 20 cm. A small camera, on a small tripod, on small rocks, with small waves. The result is the photo collection "Miniaturwaveland".

AT THE BEACH

I love lonely, deserted beaches. The interplay between waves, wind and light. The calm when the day slowly wakes up, and the dramatic play of light when the day slowly draws to a close. As we all already know, all life comes from water. But the sea is not only the giver of life in the past, it is also of central importance for the present and future.

HUMAN TRACKS

People and the sea - a very special relationship since time immemorial. The sea has a lot to offer people as a habitat, and around 40 percent of people around the world now live less than 100 kilometers from the coast. The coastal zones are among the areas that are particularly heavily used by humans. Holiday settlements and other infrastructures for tourism as well as town and port construction are increasingly shaping the image of many stretches of coast, so on my photo tours on the island of Mallorca I look for human remains on the otherwise deserted beaches. The beaches at the tourist strongholds are not always complete run over.

WASHED UP ON THE BEACH

Well, the beach section here at the tourist hotspot is cleaned daily. During the high season, it's good that I always visit the island in the preseason. And at that time there is still flotsam on the beaches. Unfortunately, things look different here in summer.

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