Porodaedalea pini

801_8661 [Porodaedalea pini]

801_8672 [Porodaedalea pini]

Both photographed on Mt. Egaleo on January 21, 2015

The Greek flag on the Acropolis

801_4485 [The Greek flag on the Acropolis]

 The Greek flag is raised daily on the eastern part of the Acropolis 
and waves in the breeze on a spot that lends itself to getting a nice view of the city.
Quite a few visitors in this photo couldn't afford to miss such an opportunity.

Please click on the picture for a better view.

Photographed on April 26, 2014

star trails

801_6265 [star trails]

This was an experimental attempt to record star trails by turning the camera to an unusual direction. Instead of shooting the Northern star (Polaris) and the stars seemingly moving around it - a fact that would lead to a recording of concentric trails - we turned the camera South aiming slightly over the horizon to see what happens.

The resulting photograph (a combination of 404 photographs stacked in StarTrails v.2) seems to be interesting. Curved trails in the upper right corner belong to stars that seem to be revolving around the Northern star, the ones in the lower left corner (having an opposite curvature) belong to stars that seem to be revolving around the Southern Cross (Crux), while in between one can notice star trails forming an almost straight line. Why a straight line is up to you to find out. My astronomy knowledge is too poor to explain something like that, as obvious as that might be. So any clarifying contribution to that point would be more than welcome!


Photographed on Cape Sounio on July 30, 2014

Souvala by night

_DDD3361 [Souvala by night]

 A late evening view of the Port of Souvala situated on the northern part of the island of Aigina.

Photographed on August 28, 2013

Aquilegia columbine

DDD_2155 [Aquilegia columbine]

 
Photographed in the Botanical Garden in Athens on April 23, 2015

Ferula communis

IMG_111 [Ferula communis]

Photographed near Sounio on March 2011

See also here.

Oenanthe oenanthe

DDD_4680 [Oenanthe oenanthe]

Photographed on Mt. Parnitha on May 28, 2014