Detail of the Parthenon, a photo from Attiki, Attica

Photographer's Note

Having a series on Athens without the Parthenon is kind of odd, so here it goes my clich�. Don't think I made an effort to find something original, I don't value that too much and it is a much of a challenge to me in places like the Acropolis of Athens. The only reason I am not showing a panoramic view is that the cranes, scaffolds and the crowd made me think that it wasn't worth pushing the shutter. I am bad at getting minimally decent compos having many people crossing my field of view all the time and cranes and scaffolds don't sound like a good visual companion to a Greek temple.

� WS's: View towards southeast from near the POV, where we can view the Theatre of Dionysus and the brand new Acropolis Museum, which replaced a much smaller and older museum located just beside the POV [#1-wider view, #2-closer view]

Location (latitude, longitude): 37.97146,23.7272

asajernigan, dip, jusninasirun, AiresSantos, riclopes, lucasgalodoido, Dashab, denisn72, Silversnow, Selmik has marked this note useful

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asajernigan (21427) 2009-11-05 16:55

Jose,
This is a well composed shot of the ruins with a wonderful blue sky behind. The lighting and colors are great and the photo has fine sharpness.
TFS,
Asa

batalay (41261) 2009-11-05 16:59

Hi Jos�,

A beautiful detail shot the of the great building. Years ago I had drawn an architectural portrait of exactly the same set of four columns in the facade, and just searched through the gallery of drawings I have in my website, and could not find it. The horse head and the leg of the reclining figure at the top is that unmistakable detail. We stood at exactly the same spot three decades apart. The pristine marble columns against the blue of the sky is so dramatic here.

Warm regards, Jos�,
Bulent

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philippe942 (234) 2009-11-05 21:07

interesting point of view and view on top detail.
correct sharpness. a nice job. thks for sharing.
Phil

dip (21408) 2009-11-05 21:59

Hi Jose,
nice detail shot of Parthenon,interesting point of view and framing,
sharpness and clarity are also great!
regards,
Dimitris.

jusninasirun (17529) 2009-11-05 22:07

Hi Jos�: Finely closed on the details of the ruin. Texture is so well exposed against the saturated blue sky. The cranes in the bg suggests that restoration is in progress. I agree with your view on clicking the shutter. Regards. Jusni

coco (30439) 2009-11-05 22:57

Hola Jose.

Foto casi casi cl醩ica donde no se ven ni muchedumbres de tur韘tas ni tampoco los famosos andamios de la Acr髉olis (縠xistir� alg鷑 d韆 una Acr髉olis sin andamios?).
Pero pese a que hemos visto este monumento mil y una veces: me sigue gustando (tanto el lugar como tu foto).

Carlos.

ifanik (21679) 2009-11-05 23:09

Hi my friend
This is a very nice photo
The colors are great and the light is wonderfyl
Well done
Best regards
Nick

AiresSantos (56155) 2009-11-06 1:21

Ola Jose
Excelentes cores e detalhes nesta belissima foto do Parthenon.
A perspectiva e a luz estao optimas
Um abraco Amigo
Aires

riclopes (35577) 2009-11-06 2:29

Est� simples e bonita, Jos�. O contraste funciona bem e a exposi玢o est� excelente. � uma frustra玢o quando chegamos a s韙ios destes e s� vemos andaimes...mas 鄐 vezes podem funcionar como desafio para fotos 鷑icas ;-) Gosto do WS1 vertical pela profundidade conseguida e por dar um bom contexto do todo e da 醨ea que ocupava o recinto do anfiteatro, se bem que o cipreste 'espectador' est� um pouco centrado de mais (se calhar at� foi propositado).
um abra鏾,
ricardo

angie-barcelona (2784) 2009-11-06 3:29

Hola Jose,

muy buena toma de uno de los lugares m醩 fomosos del mundo. Lo que m醩 me gusta es el contraste del color azul del cielo con las columnas... 縴 los turistas?

Un abrazote,

Gemma

xuaxo (6854) 2009-11-06 4:02

Ol� Jos�,
Bom detalhe, apesar das obras (mas que prejudicam muito mais do que aquela da Sagrada Fam韑ia). Os WS tamb閙 s鉶 interessantes.
Cumprimentos,
Francisco

Yves-triga (5149) 2009-11-06 4:17

hello jose,
details...yes,
very nice composition,nice pure blue sky.
well job
yves

PixelTerror (0) 2009-11-06 12:25

Hola Jose
Not the best time of the day to take a picture but we don't feel it too much because your boue is nice and the contrasts present, apparently it was a challenging task to find an angle avoiding scaffoldings
have a nice day JY

lucasgalodoido (27698) 2009-11-06 17:46

Ol� Jos�,
esses detalhes s鉶 bem interessantes mesmo, e contrastando com esse c閡 melhor ainda. Parece que est鉶 reformando o local, o que deve ter causado bastante pol阭ica, mas vamos torcer para n鉶 fazerem nenhuma "cagada" nesse local.
Parab閚s e Abra鏾

Dashab (2564) 2009-11-06 23:58

Hello Jose,
I think you managed to capture the Parthenon quite nicely. The cranes and scaffolding do not bother me, that's life. And I think this close POV makes for a more original shot than the panorama would, and you achieved a people-free architecture shot that way, which was your point. You did quite well managing the difficult light, too.
TFS and have a nice weekend, Dasha

denisn72 (8314) 2009-11-13 14:44

Hi Jos�,
The blue sky makes a great background for the detailed old structure. Excellent light and contrasts. Good job!
Best regards
Denis!

Bluejeans (64251) 2009-11-17 5:29

Oi Jos� ,
Bonita composi玢o vertical com estas colunas , os detalhes s鉶 magn韋icos , s� falta uma pessoa para ter no玢o de escala pois parecem enormes , o Ws 1 est� muito bonito tem um belo 鈔gulo de vis鉶 sobre a cidade , parab閚s!!
Um abra鏾 Gon鏰lo

Silversnow (2319) 2009-12-08 11:14

Good choice indeed, I perfectly agree with the difficulty of having too many people crowding the view (I had the same problem in Machu Picchu), and you managed to isolate a very good detail view of this legendary landmark. We could (with some effort) remove the cranes in the frame, but the scaffoldings are much more difficult to handle.

Selmik (3641) 2014-08-08 20:22

Hi Jose.
thank you for the comments. Yes, You are right, Calatrava projects are very attractive by their unusual idea and design and always are good for being on photographs.
These ruins are very well seen and good capture taken. As well nice contrast of white columns and deep blue color of sky.
Attractive photo!
Regards.
Mike