:prayers are perched on high cliffs: Photo

Photographer’s Note

The Metéora (Greek: Μετέωρα, "suspended rocks", "suspended in the air" or "in the heavens above") is one of the largest and most important complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Kalambaka, Greece and is second only to Mount Athos. The monasteries are built on natural sandstone rock pillars, at the northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly near the Peneios river and Pindus Mountains, in central Greece. The Metéora is home to six monasteries and is included on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Studies suggest that the pinnacles are formed about 60 million years ago during the Tertiary Period*. Weathering and earthquakes then shaped them into their present shape.

*The Tertiary is a an out-of-date term for a geologic period 65 million to 1.8 million years ago. The Tertiary covered the time span between the superseded Secondary period and an out-of-date definition of the Quaternary period. The period began with the demise of the non-avian dinosaurs in the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event, at start of the Cenozoic era, spanning to beginning of the most recent Ice Age, at the end of the Pliocene epoch.

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s_lush (3440) 2008-11-05 1:33

What a marvelous picture! Colors of the fall gave it additional beauty. Well done!

argycon (2749) 2008-11-05 1:38

Kalimera Georgia,
Exeis kadrarei to monastiri poly kala dinontas va8os sthn eikona me ta f8inopwrina xrwmata.
tfs
Xairetw
Kostas

npecanhuk (16416) 2008-11-05 1:39

Hello Georgia!
This photograph is magnificent! That landscape is fantasticly wonderful and you have certainly done such a good job with this perfect picture! Colors are natural and beautiful! The amount of light is top notch - soft and very nice! Sharpness is excellent! The vertical format was a very good choice! Of course, the place looks magical and it's truly a dream looking spot!
TFS - Congratulations!
Warmest regards,
Neyvan

chrkont (3733) 2008-11-05 2:29

Γεια σου Γεωργία
Υπέροχη η φθινοπωρινή σκηνή σου, από τα αγαπημένα σε όλους Μετέωρα. Πολύ σωστά αν και έντονα χρώματα και αίσθηση του βάθους που ενισχύεται από το θάμπωμα της ατμόσφαιρας.
Πολύ καλή δουλειά
Χαιρετώ
Χρήστος

dumbo (4372) 2008-11-05 2:47

Hello Georgia,
Excellent composition and lovely autumn colors. This place looks just amazing!
Well done!

Regards,
Eino

fayeulle (26547) 2008-11-05 3:12

Hi Georgio
Wouhh
What a fantastic place with such autumn colours! Be careful with 3d frame (see the TOS)
Cheers
JP

macondo (13519) 2008-11-05 3:25

Hi Georgia.
A fantastic landscape/architecture shot, in which the red colours on the roof of the monastery is repeated throughout the scene by means of the autumn leaves. What fiery colours! And you have adopted a very good viewpoint to capture this amazing building and look beyond it over the valley below. I like the way the background becomes more hazy behind the first hill. Beautiful picture.
Regards,
Andrew

asajernigan (14898) 2008-11-05 3:40

Georgia,
This is an incredible place! Your composition is great using the vertical format to show depth and height. The lighting and colors are great with nice sharpness and detail. The autumn colors compliment the red roofs of the buildings.
TFS,
Asa

bema (9858) 2008-11-05 4:03

Kalispera Georgia,

wow, what an amazing outlook, never seen this monasteries on the rocks in the fall so long, looks really breathtaking, very good capture und a fine pov and compostion..

kind regads and Jassu Bernd

avallaunius (978) 2008-11-05 4:16

polu wraia xrwmata
proswpika de maresei kai polu to frame alla gousta einai auta

Cretense (58913) 2008-11-05 4:38

Geia sou Georgia!

Einai pragmatika dyskolo na vgaleis mia fotografia "xehoristi" se polyfotografimena meri, opos ta Meteora! Omos esy ta kataferes apolyta, i fotografia soy einai akros entyposiaki kai antiprosopeftiki aftou tou monadikou merous, to kadro kai i synthesi einai apsoga, alla mou aresoun idiaiteros ta fthinoporina xromata kai i "apali" aisthisi pou afinei afti i fotografia! Sygxaritiria!

Iraklis

Vames (4356) 2008-11-05 4:55

γεια σου Γεωργία ,ωραία λήψη με χρώματα εποχής από τα κοσμοπολίτικα Μετέωρα !

azaf1 (15625) 2008-11-05 5:52

Kalimera Georgia
Afta ta zouzounia sou xromata dineoun mia apithani aisthisi. Mou thimizoun palia epixromatismena cardpostale ki exoun enan omorfo nostalgiko xaraktira
filika
Argiris

kpav (5027) 2008-11-05 5:56

Γεια σου Γεωργία, πανέμορφη σύνθεση το κάθετο κάδρο ταιριάζει απόλυτα και τα οργιάζοντα χρώματα της φύσης δημιουργούν ένα σκηνικό μοναδικό. Εξαιρετική η ματιά σου όπως και η εκτέλεσή της στην καταγραφή σου. Σε χαιρετώ,
Κώστας.

JLG (2086) 2008-11-05 6:42

bonjour Georgia
surprenant et impressionnant ce piton rocheux et ce monastère dans son prolongement
c'est bien mis en valeur par ces couleurs d'automne
magnifique
jean louis

Nessie (897) 2008-11-05 6:46

Είναι αυτό που λέμε "WOW!" Μια καταπληκτική άποψη από τα Μετέωρα! Πανέμορφα χρώματα κι ατμόσφαιρα, κι η σύνθεση που δημιούργησες πολύ καλή! Μπράβο σου Γεωργία!
Με φιλικούς χαιρετισμούς,
Αγνή

greek (7556) 2008-11-05 8:23

kalispera georgia,

poly omorfi skini, wraia diavathmisi xrwmatwn kai omorfes leptomereies, genika synthesi, γαλαντής

nasokoun (0) 2008-11-05 9:50

μπράβο
επιτέλους τα Μετέωρα μετέωρα
χαιρετώ σε
Νάσος

archimatica (13845) 2008-11-05 12:56

Ciao Giorgia!
Great composition, good colors and sharpness, interesting note.

Best regards
Renzo

Estelle (2319) 2008-11-05 13:20

Hello Georgia,
Lovely and surprising place. I didn't expect such a place in Greece.
Good composition and depth of field.
Estelle

hispic (7399) 2008-11-05 19:01

Hi Georgia,
Gorgeous late autumn color, captured the scenery of Meteora expertly with an excellent composition. It seems that you have remaining potential for painting the white something on the rock below, but I like this deep color and a super-fine detail a lot.
Have a nice day, Hisashi

jimkilgallon (0) 2008-11-05 22:45

Hi Georgia
Great work, your best to date, as said by someone is this really in Greece? Looks stunning just plonked on that topside. The colours are spectacular and I like the the hazy background. This makes us concentrate on the main subject here. Thanks for the note, very interesting to read. Well done
Regards
Jim

dip (13068) 2008-11-06 3:54

Geia sou Giorgia,
mia poli omorfi sunthesi me poli kalo kadrarisma kai gonia lipsis,
ta xromata,kokkino kai portokali,an kai poli entona edo pigainoun kai omorfainoun tin fotografia,
bravo poli kali!
xaireto,
Dimitris.

rasto1893 (1803) 2008-11-06 7:21

Hello Georgia,
Good composition, and very nice place captured here with beautiful autumny colours, good capture
My best Regards
Rastislav

BoisBarb (9563) 2008-11-06 13:09

Un excellent cadrage et une ambiance automnale splendide
BoisBarb

yuo (856) 2008-11-06 21:39

Hi Georgia,
amazing landscape and architecture with autumn colors! depth is also nice.

but i think the drop-shadow is too large. i guess no shadow or smaller is better.

anyway, this is great pic. grats!
Regards, Yuo

MLINES (11225) 2008-11-07 13:40

Hi Georgia. An excellent POV showing this unusual place very effectively. It looks like something out of a dream! The colours are suitable and the effect is Wow. TFS. Murray.

jrj (34791) 2008-11-11 2:23

A most special place and most interesting to see Georgia. The vertical crop is good for the result and presents the place in a good way. Maybe the red is a little strong here but still seems good for the setting an view to the valley.

marietom (32694) 2008-11-12 1:48

hello Georgia,

Nice colors in this landscape, and beautiful composition. I like your picture a lot !
Bonne journée
Marie

testmaniac (12523) 2008-11-13 21:02

Hello Georgia, great shot from Meteora. So colorful , so nice! Bravo! Excellent job!

TFS and regards,
Phil

ed_galagan (374) 2008-11-14 6:28 [Comment]

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ingkemal (74) 2008-11-15 15:04

ıt s realy amazing place and good shot..

papadimitriou (272) 2008-11-28 12:59

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batalay (21821) 2008-11-29 4:05

Hello Georgia,

You have a very good penchant for composition and color. But I love this image for another reason as well. The great German physicist, Werner Heisenberg, once made the pronouncement, "Never underestimate how much pleasure it gives a man to see/hear what he already knows." In 1989 I was in Meteora, and I sent in one photo a couple of years ago (please, don't worry about critiquing it), but look closely, if you get a chance: Vertical Climb. Warm regards,
Bulent

CaesarP (3770) 2008-11-30 4:45

Hello Georgia,
great autumn capture of this lovely place, I have been there in summer time - was not that beautifull.
Regards Caesar

coco (28701) 2008-12-04 4:54

Kalispera again, Georgia.

Maybe this is one of the best pictures I've seen of this wonderful place. Really this is a great shot. Maybe isn't too original, but I don't mind.

Efarixto.

ralfaki (179) 2008-12-07 9:01

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Óå åõ÷áñéóôþ ãéá ôçí áðïôýðùóç

KevRyan (22440) 2008-12-14 6:32

Such an incredible way to build and amazing the way it harmonises with the landscape - the colours are so saturated and contrasty in the foreground but it seems on the right side of becoming too much for the eye - a lovely perspective on this visually exciting place.

bw Kev