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walked home from work one day, as I often do when I have cycled a long distance the day before, passing by what used to be an old quarry that has been 'reclaimed" for use as a sports centre. It;s tucked away towards the mountain and I love walking around the edge since I found out it harbours ( or used to) lots of Dragonflys in many splendid colours. I only saw one when I went here recently and it ws far too quick for me to capture on digital film.


1.)here's a view of the "quarry"

2.)Here is a flower from a prickly pear cactus plant along with a visitor who decided to fly away just as I took the shot :laugh:

3.) from this vantage point and altitude I got a different view of Lykavitos and the Church that sits on the summit. One of two major elevations in the centre of Athens. The other holds the Acropolis or Parthenon

4.) Zoom in to the church at the summit

5.) The Acropolis or Parthenon

 

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here is one showing the location of Lykavitos (Right) & The Acropolis (left)

Apart from the amazing views there are also the amazing colours

 

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Just out of curiosity, I had a look at the Acropolis in Google-Earth (Panoramio-photos), are they actually rebuilding the place, or just 'safety-restoration'?

I call it rape of the parthenon .. they are dismantling and taking parts into safe custody of the new museum .. I think the original idea was to rebuild by piecing together all known broken parts, however it is no longer known what the current idea is. No doubt when they have finished pulling it all apart they will let us know

Interesting documentary about the restoration project can be found here

Secrets of the Parthenon- http://www.projethomere.com - YouTube

 

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Picture no4 looks great ... first time I have ever seen that submerged warehouse area & possible park under the river .. exactly where were you standing to be able to catch so much detail .. :smile:

Just noted the cable cars in pic #5 .. explains all .. weren't any when I was last in that area a few centuries ago!! :lol:

 

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aout time I added a bit of colour again to the "Corner"

took this picture the other night doing everything that one shouldn't .. night shot, no tripod, moving (cycling) with one hand on the handlebar and the other holding the camera, trying to keep it steady whilst knowing only too well that the shot would be slow .. we were travelling along a street with a fair amount of lighting but also a lot of trees with leaves and branches creating a tunnel effect whilst reflecting the light everywhere .. in many senses it's a lousy picture but at the same time I quite like the overall affect created .. shot with an Olympus D-745 point & shoot .. nowhere near as good as my old Sony TX-5 P&S but occasionally I manage to get a reasonable photo ..

 

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My youngest brother came over for a few days recently to get in a few days exercise and cycling. On one of those days we cycled over to the Harbour at Piraeus where, due to the time of the year, very little was happening in the way of Ferry traffic.

This meant that very few boats were around to obstruct the view. The weather wasn't brilliant, tending to try to rain, a very cloudy sky and by the time we arrived the sun was low in the sky giving a great affect to the area.

Unfortunately for me I forgot to untag the "Date" function ..


1.) View as we entered the harbour area

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@zcm .. as soon as I entered the harbour area & saw the view I knew there were some good shots to be taken. I keep promising myself that I will sit down and learn / practice how to "remove" unwanted items from photo's (not cropping) but on the few occasions that I tried I ended up with anomalies that I could see, like differing colours on either side of the clone & blur. I just couldn't find the way to match colours across the removal.

Being with my brother, on bicycles plus expecting an imminent downpour I didn't get out the Nikon out of my backpack and used the Olympus P&S. I prefer the Nikon but for speed I use the the other. Still don't reckon it's anywhere near as good as the Sony P&S I used to use but better to take a few shots than miss the chance. I was quite happy with the results (colours especially) but didn't want to crop down because I wanted the overall effects with clouds included

Thanks for all comments and suggestions .. will give more time to learning editing techniques and hopefully manage to master some of the more "advanced" methods of improving my photo's. I lose so many beautiful shots purely because there are so many obstructions between the camera and what I would love to capture.

 

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here's another scene that grabbed my attention a day later, once again the low sun made all the difference


AT some point I'll experiment with date removal .. until then .. here's the view

looking at it here I just realised I could just crop out the date without compromising the photo at all ..

 

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Voila!!!

 

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@ Sandman55

I'm sure that she must have been here before .. it's not the first time I have shared photo's with her

 

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As a complete contrast .. we had a full moon recently, I think it was Tuesday but I missed it only realising last night as we were out cycling

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2.)Greyscale

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4.)Greyscale

 

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all shots handheld .. or at least handheld on the bike saddle or against something that is supportive and doesn't allow camera shake .. whatever is available that allows me to capture the shot I am looking o take.

I converted to B&W because one of my fellow cyclists, another keen amateur photographer, prompted me on several occasions to do so on specific photo's .. I did this because I wanted to see if there was anything to gain on this particular occasion .. I feel my own feelings might be biased because I took and modified the photo's.

 

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Love the last one with the two dogs in the snow .. because of the colouring and contrast both in colours and attitude!

 

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Nice bit of artwork done there

:thumb:

 

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What did you do to merge those photo's ?? layers, masks & overlays ?? I really must try to get into that one day ..

Regardless of whatever your own opinion of the photo is .. it works well and I like it ..

 

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Early Sunday Morning, in a local park

 

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Nice beach scenes Zulu but you forgot two fundamental rules of photography: "If your pictures aren't good you're not close enough" and "Place the subject of most interest in a predominant location of the frame." --- not off to the far left edge. :whistling:

(I made that last rule up...:wink: )

and FOCUS!!! hahaha

 

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Nice!!

The bottom one with the b&w background .. you imposed the background or it was part of the set? Looks good and blends well!

 

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Beautiful skyline but I bet it looked much better in real life .. what a shame they can't invent a camera that sees what we see .. I bet those trees against the skyline looked great and highly visible whilst in your photo they look like they are darkened out. It's a problem that I suffer from continually and expect that the only way around it is to use layers to lighten the foreground and bring back the colours to the trees whilst keeping the original colouring of the sky & clouds ... of course it could be that my monitor needs adjusting too !! :laugh:

I can see what a beautiful view you had when you shot that picture which in the end is what it's all about :wave:

 

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That guy in the third photo looks like quite a character .. with that gun behind him and his overall appearance he could be a modern day pirate !! Nicely done!! I bet he's pleased with it too!