Messolonghi Lagoon Photo

Photographer’s Note

A shot of sunset at Messolonghi Lagoon...
The Messolonghi Lagoon lies to the west of Messolonghi city and is also a swampy area. In the ancient times, the land was part of the gulf. The town had a train station which used to link the railway line linking to Ioannina and became abandoned in the 1980s.

History Notes:
Messolonghi (Greek: Μεσολόγγι, Mesolóngi) is a town of about 12,000 people (as of 1991 census) in central Greece. The town is the capital of Aetolia-Acarnania.

Messolonghi was a major stronghold of the Greek insurgents in the Greek War of Independence. Its inhabitants successfully resisted a siege by Turkish forces of the Ottoman Empire in 1822–23 and held out heroically against a second siege from 1825 to 1826, when the Ottoman forces captured the town.

Due to the heroic stance of the population and the subsequent massacre of its inhabitants by the Turkish-Egyptian forces, that followed, the town of Messolonghi received the honorary title of Iera Polis translated as The Holy Town, unique among other Greek cities.

The famous English poet & philhellene Lord Byron, who supported the Greek struggle for independence, died there in 1824. He is commemorated by a cenotaph and a statue located in the town.

deblink, bostankorkulugu, Xalkida, jwmunro, Ohm, labro33, azaf1 has marked this note useful

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nikkN6 (328) 2006-12-07 18:37

poli wraia xrwmata kai antanaklasi yperoxi!

Nikos

Emiel_Skyfreak (2976) 2006-12-07 18:38

Hi John,

Beautiful shot with a beautiful reflection!
Well composed and nice colours. I like the land on the horizon, cause it's just different than a sea/sky horizon. Nice. Only the horizon is a bit slanting..but that's all.
Fine work.

deblink (2548) 2006-12-07 18:40

A beautiful image John with superb reflections. Not sure but I think the horizon is crooked. To pretty to worry about that though. Superb colours. Thank you for sharing.
Cheers,
Debbie

eugen (486) 2006-12-07 19:03

My comploments John,
this a beautiful photo you have taken; the colours are superb and the comosition is just beautiful.
Really well done.

TFS
Eugen

PS - have a look at my new one hope you like it

mesutilgim (37282) 2006-12-07 19:23

Dear John,

Wonderfull capture. Congratulations and thanks for sharing.
MESUT ILGIM

golden (791) 2006-12-07 21:37

Geia sou John!
Poli zesta xrwmata k wraia antanaklasi.

Chrysoula.

AthaPan (0) 2006-12-08 3:32

Ela Jonny !

Edo petyxes mia apsoji fotografia, me para poly omorfa xromata kai antanaklasis ston nero.

Ta leme
sakis

nursez (1903) 2006-12-08 3:35

So beautiful John,thankyou.

bostankorkulugu (33982) 2006-12-08 4:41

this is like a painting... magical... congrats john...
korkut

blue-velvet30 (6524) 2006-12-08 10:02

Hi John :)
excellent colors and fantastic POV. Great composition. Well done!
regards
Dorota

Xalkida (11740) 2006-12-09 16:46

Άψογη σε ολα της και ιδίως σε φωτισμό και αντανακλάσεις.

jwmunro (6255) 2006-12-09 17:41

Hello John-

Nice image. I especially like the composition with the land separating the sky from the water and the silhouettes on the horizon. I am not sure about the colors but the reflections in the water a nice. The image is a skew a bit should have been rotated.

Thanks for sharing

labro33 (2804) 2007-08-20 13:05

Για σου John,
Εντυπωσιακη ληψη αυτου του πανεμορφου τοπιου με το φως να κλεβει την παρασταση και τις σκιες σοτ βαθος του οριζοντα να παιζουν εναν ιδιαιτερο ρολο.Οι αντανακλαση του φωτος στο νερο συναρπαστικη.
Σε χαιρετω,
Γιωργος

azaf1 (15547) 2008-02-17 0:43

Gianni kalispera
Mia apo tis pio omrfes foto tis limnothalassas pou exo dei mexri tora. Ta pal xromata einai katapliktika kai h antanaklsai tou perfimou ouranou katapliktiki
tous epainous mou
Argiris