Camera Obscura Photo

Photographer’s Note

Camera= Latin for "Room"
Obscura= Latin for "Dark"

Camera Obscura building which was erected on the island of Aegina, is a cylindric house, with seven meters in diameter, and with twelve openings in all hemispherical directions. Through these twelve holes light will enter the dark room, and thus produce an image of the 360 panorama of the outside world, split up in twelve individual images, upside down and reversed, on a circular, semitransparent screen, hanging down from the ceiling.

The camera obscura in Perdika is the first one built in Greece and the only one worldwide with 360 panorama.

Aristotle understood the optical principle of the camera obcura. He viewed the crescend shape of the partially eclipsed sun projected on the ground through the holes in a sieve, and the gaps between leaves of a plane tree.

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mikolaj_kawa (29738) 2009-04-24 14:46

Hello Georgia! Very sophisticated work. Perfect capture. Nice light and colours. Good sharpness. Mysterious effect. Well done!

kpav (5023) 2009-04-24 15:34

Γεια σου Γεωργία, πολύ ενδιαφέρων το σημείωμα σου όπως και η κατασκευή που παρουσιάζεις με την φωτογραφία σου. Έχω επισκεφτεί την Αίγινα αλλά δεν το ήξερα το συγκεκριμένο. Χρώματα, φωτισμός και κάδρο εξαιρετικά. Χαιρετώ,
Κώστας.

vasilpro (8374) 2009-04-24 16:19

Γεια σου Γεωργία,
Πόσα πράγματα μαθαίνω κάθε μέρα στο ΤΕ δεν περιγράφεται. Αυτή την Camera Obscura που τόσο όμορφα παρουσιάζεις, αν και μικρός έκανα για 10 χρόνια διακοπές στη Σουβάλα της Αίγινας, τώρα μαθαίνω την ύπαρξή της.
Με αφορμή τη φωτογραφία σου βρήκα την ενδιαφέρουσα ιστοσελίδα
Σε καληνυχτίζω, Βασίλης.

manojtnair (427) 2009-04-24 20:28

hi georgia,
nice shot of this building against the blue sky. informative note. tfs.
manoj

Cretense (55528) 2009-04-25 4:51

Geia sou Georgia!

entyposiaki mesa stin "aplotita" tis (isos akrivos logo tis "aplotitas") fotografia, apsogo kadro kai synthesi, apsogos fotismos! Yperoxa xromata, exairetiki katagrafi tis yfis stous toixous aftou tou paraxenou oikodomimatos! Sygxaritiria!

Iraklis

bema (8615) 2009-04-25 9:46

Geia sou Georgia,

an very intersting story and for that also a beautiful capture..
like it a lot, fine colors and sharpness..

have a nice weekend, filika Bernd

azaf1 (15541) 2009-04-25 13:46

Geia sou Georgia

Na kai kati kainourgio pou den to eixa ksanakousei. Prototipo kai poli dimiourgiko san idea. Kai vevaia h parousiasi tou poli omorfi me kali gonia lipsis kai prosegmena xromata.

kalo vradi
Argiris

CatherineD (4858) 2009-04-25 13:49

Geia sou Georgia,
Excellent presentation of this nice building. The colours, specially the sky is very beautiful. Did you get inside? When I went there, it was close (maybe because it was winter time). This is a nice place to watch the beatiful sunset (one of the most beautiful I have see). Xairetw,
Katerina

archimatica (13222) 2009-04-28 14:22

Ciao Georgia.
Interesting presentation of this strange building.
Great idea, i like it.
Thanks for sharing this information.

Renzo