The Acropolis of Athens

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 An early evening view of the well-known, much-photographed, Acropolis of Athens.

 

The sun was setting exactly behind the Parthenon that day and I was hoping for a spectacular sunset to combine with the Parthenon in the foreground but my hope remained only an unfulfilled wish. The sky was dull, the lighting conditions in the area were rather poor but the Parthenon was again as spectacular as ever. To avoid going home with an empty basket, I faced my challenging task by using the HDR technique (7 images stalked) so that I could record as much detail as possible. I am sharing with you whatever I managed to get and look forward to another opportunity with better conditions.

 

The picture was taken from the roof terrace of a friend’s house in the center of Athens on July 19, 2020.

 

 

Pinguicula balcanica

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  A carnivorous plant found in heights between 900-2.500m.

Like most carnivorous plants, it grows in wet, nutrient-poor soils. 

 

For more info about them 

please see a post of a similar plant HERE.

 

Photographed on Mt. Voras on June 04, 2010

 

 

Cicada orni

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 g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g …. All day long! All summer!

 

Cicada: The well-known insect with the familiar sound.

 

One evening one of them landed on the awning over our balcony to spend the night. I was very close but I didn’t pay attention to it. The following evening, it came back to almost the same spot. Accidentally? On purpose? Was it the same insect? Who knows? I prepared my camera and pressed the shutter release just in case it had come on purpose to be photographed!

 

Photographed in Holargos on August 08 2020

 

 

Ag. Eirini

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This little church, dedicated to St. Eirini, can be found at the very foot of Mt. Hymittos next to the residential area of Argyroupolis in Athens. It takes nearby residents only five minutes’ walk to get there and, besides lighting their own candle in the church, they can picnic in a beautiful spot arranged to that purpose under the trees.

Photographed on November 09, 2014

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Solanum eleagnifolium

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The fruit of Solanum eleagnifolium

Photographed in Athens on September 25, 2013