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Copyright: Emiel Hillege (Emiel_Skyfreak) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1127 W: 171 N: 733] (2949)
Genre: Places
Medium: Black & White
Date Taken: 2007-07-31
Categories: Daily Life, Architecture
Camera: Pentax K10D, Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4.5 DC Macro, RAW @ ISO 100, Hoya Circular Polarizer 72mm
Exposure: f/4, 1/400 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Map: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): The Acropolis of Athens [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-09-01 19:57
Viewed: 547
Points: 34
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Guy stoadies? Yes..he is at the Stoa..so he is stoadying!

This photo is taken at the Stoa of Attalos which is located not far from the Acropolis site in Athens, NW from it. (map info available, as always!)
This guy was studying his phone, maybe got a message, or is sending one, who knows. I guess 15 years ago we we're not even able to see this! I liked his presence as single person in the scene..Click!

Hope you like it!

[Photo scene information : the Stoa of Attalos]
The Stoa of Attalos is recognised as one of the most impressive stoa in the Athenian Agora. It was built by and named after King Attalos II of Pergamon (ruled between 159 BC-138 BC)

Typical of the Hellenistic age, the Stoa was more elaborate and larger than the earlier buildings of ancient Athens. The stoa is 115m long and 20 metres wide and is made of Pentelic marble (thus from mt. Penteli!) and limestone. Different architecture styles are used for it's outer and inner aspects. Doric, Ionic and Pergamene styles are combined.
The building is similar in its basic design to the Stoa that Attalos' brother, and predecessor as king, Eumenes II had erected on the south slope of the Acropolis next to the theatre of Dionysus. The main difference is that Attalos' stoa had a row of rooms at the rear on the ground floor that have been interpretted as shops.

The stoa is a gift to the city of Athens for the education that Pergamon received there.

The stoa was in frequent use until it was destroyed by the Heruli in 267. The ruins became part of a fortification wall, which made it easily seen in modern times. In the 1940s, the Stoa of Attalos was fully reconstructed and made into a museum with fundings given by the Rockefeller family, the Ancient Agora Museum in Athens. The building is particularly important in the study of ancient monuments because the reconstruction of
1952-1956 replicates the original building.

[Photo technical info]
23mm, F4 @ 1/400th, ISO 100, Pattern Metering, EV +0,3
should have picked F8 or F11 though, just came out of the (dark) museum.

[PP @ RAW in CS2]
Imported with :
* Added contrast & reduced brightness
* Exposure +0,5
* Curves play
* A bit more saturation
Then :
* Rotate + crop
* Shadow/Highlight, reducing the latter
* Converted to B&W w/ Channel Mixer @ Monochrome & playing with RGB sliders
* USM + selective Smart Sharpen
* Resize + border


In the WS : One of the works inside the Ancient Agora Museum, which is in the Stoa! It has a colourful background (and is thus not B&W ;) )

Greetings and nice sunday!
evanrizo, jonathan_hart, Dpbours, syd1946, kdialyna, Muse, aimiliospet, thor68, danos, photovolos has marked this note useful
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  • Great 
  • ifanik Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1493 W: 52 N: 2370] (13209)
  • [2007-09-02 0:02]

Hi Emil
Beautiful light in your photo
Very nice shot
You play with the shadows very well
Bravo

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  • drago Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 568 W: 174 N: 745] (4544)
  • [2007-09-02 2:00]

A Chinese guy in ancient Athens?Thousands of years ago this would have been a miracle..!Good POV Emiel,gives the right depth to the scene and i find succesful the B&W choise.
Cheers
Panagiotis

Hi Emiel, this a really right TE work with this rich and excellent notice with the WS.
The image is stunning with this perspective and the boy sitting there.
The depth and the details of the stoa are superb.
The title is genial.-:)
Congratulations.
Evan

geometry...perfect..B/W choose exelland..perspective ..ideal..scenario clever..a realy beauty presentation..!!!...the ffling looking this foto is exeptional..exist on it a strainge and beauty atmosphere.....gngrs..!!!!

Nikiforos

hello Emiel
good light, well composed, great depth, the presence of only this boy is excellent
regards
jo

Hi Emiel,

Yes, I like the depth created here. Very pleasant black and white. I do agree that some human presence does make the picture. Nice detail coming from the inside of the museum in the workshop and a good note. Thanks!

Greetings, Dennis

Hi Emiel, i like a lot your composition here...there are great lines in that image...
the subject is perfectly placed..
i like a lot!
ciao!
Valeria

Hello Emiel,
With a feeling of the past this composition.Not only for the black and white choice.It is the moment you captured under the impressive stoa of Attalos!Great perspective too!

Have a nice day,
Thomas

Ha, Ha,...Stoadying...Very good Emiel!!
Exceptional photo with very intelligent title and perfect prospect that makes it unique.
Quite Good the B/W output with little burned the luminous areas. But the Greek light the summertime and particularly the midday is very difficult.
Very good and informative note like always.
My best Regards.
Kostas

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  • Muse Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2326 W: 198 N: 5405] (22704)
  • [2007-09-04 1:20]

Hello Emiel,
Le BN convient très bien à cette vue. Le pov choisi donne une très bonne profondeur à la photo. Jolie perspective aussi et tout bon cadrage.
Best regards
Denise

Hi Emiel!
To visit the agora in summertime can be really tough. I guess this guy primarily enjoys the shadow. I always liked the refreshing coolness of the Attalos Stoa when I had to show the Athenian antiquities to visitors. Your very nice shot reminds me of those moments. POV and DOF stress very effectively the specific beauty of this very interesting building.
Regards
Andreas

Hey Emiel,

A very "straight" B&W imagery. Vertical format just gives height to the composition you chose. The essential architctural features are well presented, looking solid and strong as it's function, details are sharp (as usual) well managed exposure retaining both shadow and highlight not too extreme given the situation of the harsh mid-day sun (good CPL).

I have seen many Greek architectural edifices taken in 'landscape' format, your POV just makes it the right viewpoint, showing steepness of the angle creating a strong diagonal line straight through the middle as we then see the young man busy with the modern technology gadget he is holding to.

Thanks for showing us some of the works inside the Stoa!

Nice!

Jom

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  • jmcl Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2580 W: 146 N: 3344] (11686)
  • [2007-09-06 17:20]
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Hi Evan,

Infinite almost surreal dimension .. wonderful perspective .. the thoughtful person is a great detail .. wonderfully thought out and striking image.

take care,

John

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  • CroArt (188)
  • [2007-09-20 2:30]

Interesting lines in this shot and geometry for sure gives good motive to shot this... Only what I see as draw back is this sunny part where you lost almost all details... You should work little more on processing because there is some of details for sure in original photo... Cheers M.

jeez, athens revisited, first the view from the acropolis and now the stoa of attalos.*g* i remember this place,
beautiful but for photography a pain in the a**. i did some shots inside the hall, "dark" under the roof
and bright sunlight between the pillars from the outside.
i like your outside-view, very good along the front row of pillars and the guy is a great addition,
maybe even the element which makes the photo not so "normal".
the b&w works very well - i was just wondering if you did that because of the harsh light as the left side looks very "white" still?
anyway, i guess you had as much fun in athens as i did, good job & best wishes, thor.

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  • danos Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3128 W: 83 N: 4558] (17031)
  • [2007-10-14 10:14]

Hello Emiel,
nice this B/W format of the Stoa of Attalos with the man to look for his mobile phone.Great the perspective of this stoa,in this great Archaeological place of the old Athens.Very informative your note as the head of the statue in your WS.Well done my friend.

Regards,Danos

Hi Emiel.So smart the B&W choise!!Nise perspective and POV and inderpretation from the scene.!
Admirable note...
Congratulation!!!
Yiannis.

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