The Erechtheion, a photo from Attiki, Attica

Photographer's Note

I was never good at avoiding clich閟 and in Athens it is even harder to do it, except for the Parthenon, which seems to be in (re)construction all the time these last years, so it's hard to avoid having cranes and scaffolds inside the frame; I guess if there were no scaffolds, the hordes would still make the photographers' life miserable.

I'll hardly resist making one post of the Parthenon, happily or sadly I have only one candidate, but until there, I present you its neighbour, the Erectheion, also known as Erechtheum. The temple is less famous than a part of it, the Porch of the Caryatids, which lies on the back of the wall seen on the left. The temple was built in the late 5th century BC, about 20 years after the Parthenon. It was consecrated to Erechtheus, a mythological early king of Athens, son of the gods Hephaestus and Gaia (Athena also participates in the legend).

� WS #1 - Wide view from the opposite side, that of the Porch of the Caryatids.

� WS #2 - Another, slanted, POV.

Location (latitude, longitude): 37.972,23.7267

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jwmunro (286) 2009-10-25 8:55

Hello Jose -

I am not sure which image I prefer. WS 2 shows us a more touristy scene with the whole temple and the environment. Well exposed considering the harsh lighting conditions. WS 1 shows us more of the temple details, which I kind of prefer, but the inclusion of tourist parts is a bit distracting. I know an image without tourists is impossible but I would have tried to work with them in my composition. The main scene is well exposed, etc., etc., but something is missing and I am not sure what it is. I guess it is a great vacation shot and rememberance of your trip to Athens.

Thank you for sharing.

John

ciakgiak (30) 2009-10-25 9:52

Hello Jose,
they are three splendid images, perhaps you did well to post this one for the magnificent POV and the very pleasant contrast of colours with the blue sky.
Congratulations and TFS dear friend.
Best regards.
Giorgio

coco (30439) 2009-10-25 12:23

Hola Jose.

Good, good and nice work.
The composition is simple but nice. The vertical lines and the contrast of colours looks great too.

Regards.

xuaxo (6854) 2009-10-25 13:32

Ol� Jos�,
Um clich� bem feito, mostrando bem uma vista parcial do elegante monumento.
S� n鉶 gosto muito do "fiozinho" de azul t鉶 estreito entre a coluna da esquerda e a outra parte atr醩.
O WS #1 d� uma boa vista geral, mas o c閡 est� muito escuro.
Cumprimentos,
F.

lucasgalodoido (27698) 2009-10-25 14:21

Ol� Jos�,
muito bonita mesmo essa imagem cl醩sica de Atenas, a qualidade e o contraste de cores ficaram 髏imos. Belo trabalho. Gostei dos WSs tamb閙, mas prefiro essa.
Parab閚s e Abra鏾

adramad (73414) 2009-10-26 13:30

Hola Jose.
Una bellisima composicion con estas explendidas columnas marcando su majestuosa verticalidad, el blanco del marmol destaca magnifico sobre ese cielo con un intenso azul,optima calidad y elegante presentacion con este marco.
Magnificos tambien los WS.
Un abrazo.
Luis.

ribeiroantonio (22730) 2009-10-26 21:13

Tens aqui um bom conjunto de fotos. S鉶 todas muito bonitas e mostram bem o monumento.
Espero que o teu regresso seja mais permanente. Ou ser� que estamos (e eu incluo-me no grupo) a ficar cansados do TE?
Ant髇io

danyy (0) 2009-10-27 0:13

Bonjour Jose,
j'aime le POV et le cadrage de cette photo qui m閘ange nettement des couleurs qui se marient bien. Une exposition parfaite.
Amicalement.
Daniel.

leonorkuhn (16237) 2009-10-27 19:15

Ol� Jos�,

A gente n鉶 se cansa de admirar esta beleza, toda a harmonia, a est閠ica criada pelos gregos, que at� hoje � imitada pelo mundo afora. Magn韋icos detalhes, lindas colunas e capit閕s. Nada aqui � sup閞fluo. C閡 maravilhoso, em grande contraste com as ru韓as do templo.

Abra鏾s
Leonor

Docarmo (9767) 2009-10-27 20:13

Ol� Jos�,
Qualidade excepcional de imagem, a gente v� detalhes que acho que eu n鉶 veria nem "in loco". E que c閡 magn韋ico!
Parab閚s!
Docarmo

paura (25802) 2009-10-28 15:18

Jos�,
A defini玢o e nitidez fant醩ticas nessa fotografia, apesar de as colunas estarem um pouca mais claras do que o restante da constru玢o, provavelmente em um PP diferenciado. Nada de relevante, mostrando sua habitual e incontest醰el compet阯cia no manejo da E-300.

Abra鏾, amigo

Paulo

shevchenko (20560) 2009-10-28 21:17

Hi Jose,
Shining under the bright sunlight, the temple still with a radiant look like at past age, good WS to show the temple from different pov, I like the statues in traditional clothes, thanks for sharing the historical temple.
Ally

Emile (20352) 2009-11-02 11:52

Hola Jos�.
Estuviste en Atenas en este pasado mes de Julio y yo en Septiembre, cosas de la vida. La verdad que como ya hab韆 estado en Atenas antes no baje del barco, me quede ese d韆 tranquilo disfrutando de tantas facilidades que tienen y uno al estar haciendo tours, bajando a tierra no los disfruta.
Tu foto es muy n韙ida con unos buenos detalles del Erechtheum y el cielo azul realza esta belleza. Esta muy bien captada desde un buen POV, me gusta el 醤gulo que captaste. Tus dos WS son tambi閚 excelentes y es muy dif韈il uno decidir cual es la mejor. Buen trabajo.
Abrazos a ti y tu bella familia.

Hellas (7123) 2014-10-21 10:53

Hello Jos�!

Congratulations on this great job!
I like very much the framing, the contrast on the blue sky and the absolute DoF. The shadows on the pillars write perfectly!

Greetings from Greece,
Athanasios.