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Lower Town


Lower Town
Photo Information
Copyright: Constantinos Stathoulis (cstathoulis) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2266 W: 507 N: 2930] (13323)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-03-04
Categories: Daily Life, Architecture
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-F828, Carl Zeiss T* 28-200, CCD 8M 2/3" RGBE, Hoya UV(0), pitch: 0.75
Exposure: f/4, 1/160 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2005-06-10 19:14
Viewed: 842
Points: 20
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is a 'birds eye view' of the lower town at Monemvasia (Malvasia). I really like this photo because to me it's very vibrant. The colours are very well saturated.

History Lesson:
Monemvasia dates back to the 6th Century, when inhabitants of ancient Laconia (now a Greek province) settled on a rock that had been split from the mainland by an earthquake in 375 AD. The rock offered a refuge from the Slavic invaders who dominated much of Greece from about 500 to 700 AD. Over time, Monemvasia developed into a major Byzantine trading port. The Venetians took control in 1464, when they built a massive fortress high above the town.

ps. I really didn't want to crop anything out as I wanted to capture as much as possible.

I hope you like it.
Enjoy!
angiekm, clix_stuff, vsinopoulos, stecotdon, Xalkida, mwebr, CRATEOS, Viking, olissipo has marked this note useful
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To Quark: Thanks Quarkcstathoulis 1 06-15 05:35
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This is a very nice shot! It's neat to see the layout of the section of town. I like how it looks like all the houses are crammed together. I also like that you took the picture looking to the right a bit, instead of straight on.

Thanks for the history note!

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  • yra Silver Star Critiquer [C: 18 W: 0 N: 0] (370)
  • [2005-06-11 2:33]

wow what nice & sharp photo, I like the colour of the sea, compo of the houses great, over all is good photo.

Yes the colours of your photo are really nice Constantinos. And I know who it is when our cameras as retoo smal for the scene... But you did a good job! I do the same trick myself all the time (I actualy have one in my gallery where I use the same ways: tilted the camera until I got as much as possible in the scene :)))

One thing one can do is to tilt back to the normal position and make a funny compositon out of it... But this is fine too

Congrats

tale cre, Stef
ps one thing i forgot, you may want to use the whole 800px in one side alowed by tl... Bigger pictures are nicer to admire ;)

Excellent image, lovely panoramic view and great colors. Very well done!
Vassilis

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  • sela Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 479 W: 1 N: 473] (3758)
  • [2005-06-11 8:38]
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Excellent image. Perfect in all its ways.
Rose

Great POV, excellent colors and lighting, plenty of details! Very nice!

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  • Quark Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 1339 W: 10 N: 29] (66)
  • [2005-06-14 13:57]
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I really like the fantastic high angle, great point of view, nice blue too:-))

Although the sun is a little to stark its a good photo
Thanks and take care :-)
Rob

Easy you can fly away with this foto!!!!souperb!!! RGRDS Nikiforos

Birds eye view.... very details and sharp shot from you Constantinos. :) Vandana

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