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Hellenic diamond
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Copyright: Athanasios Benisis (Hellas) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 827 W: 122 N: 773] (4025)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-05
Categories: Nature
Camera: Nikon F65, Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.3-5.6 G, Kodak Gold 400, 58 MM UV Filter
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-04-30 2:18
Viewed: 986
Points: 78
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Kastoria is believed to have had ancient origins; it has been identified with the ancient town of Celetrum, which the Romans captured in 200 BC. The Byzantine historian Procopius records that it was later renamed Justinianopolis. The town's strategic position led to it being contested between the Byzantine Empire and the Despotate of Epirus during the 13th century; it was held by the Serbian Empire between 1331 and 1380.

Lake Orestiada or Lake Kastoria (Greek: Λίμνη Ορεστιάδως) is a lake in the Kastoria Prefecture, north-western Greece. Sitting at an altitude of 630 meters, the lake covers an area of 28 square kilometers.

Nine rivulets flow into the lake. Its depth varies from nine to ten meters. The Orestida was formed ca. 10 mya ago. The Kastoria Peninsula (with the town of Kastoria) divides the lake into two parts, the larger to the north and the smaller to the south.

The lake takes its name from the Oreiades. Lakeside attractions include, apart from the Byzantine architectural heritage of the town, an 11th-century Byzantine monastery of the Panagia Mavriotissa and the reconstructed prehistoric settlement of Dispilio, where the Dispilio Tablet was retrieved from the lake in 1992.

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  • aadilj Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1733 W: 62 N: 1388] (10006)
  • [2008-04-30 2:20]

Fabulous pov and a superb scene to capture. You also have handled the colours and the general tone very well. The composition is absolutely superb.

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  • JanD Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 595 W: 0 N: 219] (6011)
  • [2008-04-30 2:21]

Howdy Hellas!
Wonderful POV. Amazing perspective. Nice lightness. Good capture. Fantastic cityscape.
Regards!

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  • azaf1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1483 W: 120 N: 1972] (9169)
  • [2008-04-30 2:47]

Thanasi kalimera kai Xronia Polla
Poli omorfi gonia lipsis tis Kastorias kai tis limnis. Mou aresei h panoramiki apeikonisi tis perioxis kai to kadrarisma tis
filika
Argiris

Γεια σου Αθανάσιε
Χρόνια πολλά και πάλι και Χριστός Ανέστη.
Έχουμε δει πολλές φωτό από Καστοριά, νομίζω όμως ποτέ από αυτή τη θέση, που δείχνει μια πολύ ενδιαφέρουσα άποψη της πόλης και της λίμνης. Εξαιρετική σύνθεση και εκτέλεση, με καλό φως. Ενδιασμούς για την χρωματική απόδοση, αλλά δεν πειράζει.
Φιλικά
Χρήστος

kalispera my friend athanasios
excellent panoramic picture and landscape.wonderful depth and mountains.good city and reflections.well done.
best regards.
gürkan akçakır.

Hello Athanasios,
This small city is a true pearl. Your framing emphasizes the site. Excellent image, I like to see all these red roofs in the green environment of the forests. Congratulations.
Have a nice day
Cordially
Joël

paravoli me to oniro..me tetia xromata mageuese kai apoxavnonese kitontas to meros kai menis eki kai se psaxnoyn oli nixta ..ti epathe to pedi sto voyno lene...!!xronia polla file

nf

Hello Athanasios!
Learning about our world through photography is something really excites me! So, since I joined in this site, I'm going crazy over pictures like this one of yours!
So well taken, it shows me a bit of Greece I wouldn't probably get to know (even If I travel to Greece, the main spots visited would be Athens and the greek islands).
TFS
Congratulations!
Greetings from Brazil - Neyvan Peçanhuk

Γειάσου Αθανάσιε,
Αχ πατρίδα μου γλυκιά, πόσο σ' αγαπώ βαθιά! -:)
Πάντως παρατήρησα ότι όπου και να πας και θα βρεθείς ψάχνεις ψάχνεις ψηλότερα σημεία...
Χαιρετώ
Βαγγέλης

Saki kalispera!
Prajmati to psilo simio deinei mia alli aisthisi se touti tin omorfi poly.
Se xaireto, Leonidas

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  • kpav Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 561 W: 51 N: 280] (3359)
  • [2008-04-30 17:01]

Γεια σου Θανάση, πανέμορφη η θέα από το σημείο λήψης που διάλεξες και εξαιρετική η καταγραφή της στην φωτογραφία σου με πολύ όμορφα χρώματα και φως. Πολύ καλό και το βάθος. Σε χαιρετώ,
Κώστας.

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  • dbar Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 50 W: 4 N: 60] (476)
  • [2008-04-30 17:13]

Γεια σου Αθανάσιε,
Πραγματικά ελληνικό διαμάντι. Την επισκέφθηκα πρώτη φορά μεσα στη Μεγάλη Εβδομάδα φέτος και εντυπωσιάστηκα. Ίσως η ομορφότερη πόλη στην Ελλάδα.

Τέτοια φωτογραφία πάντως δεν τράβηξα. Εσύ βρήκες εξαιρετική γωνία λήψης, φαίνεται ότι το έψαξες (ως συνήθως) καλά.

Φιλικά
Δημήτρης

Hi mi friend du you rememember me?
how are you and your son?
great pciture nice view and nice colours
well done
Toba

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  • dip Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1862 W: 0 N: 936] (8923)
  • [2008-05-02 3:40]

Geia sou Athanasie,
mia poli omorfi foto apo tin Kastoria me katapliktiko simeio lipsis kai kadrarisma,
To simeioma enimerotiko kai to site pou dineis polu xrisimo gia osous den kseroun i exoun mathei strava orismena pragmata...
Xaireto,
Dimitris.

Γειά σου Θανάση και Χρονια πολλά,
Μία υπέροχη άποψη της πανέμορφης Καστοριάς από ένα διαφορετικό σημείο λήψης απ' ότι έχουμε συνηθίσει. Τα χρώματα και ο φωτισμός είναι εξαιρετικά.

Φιλικά Γιάννης

hello Athanasios

Very good pov from this high angle to give such a nice composed scenic view. The slopes really provide a good diagonal and superb place facing the bay of water. Really a nice capture.

tfs, bill

Kalispera Thanash kai xronia polla
Poly omorfh kai ksexwristh h apopsi ayth apo thn panemorfh ayth polh
Poly kalh doyleia me omorfa xrwmata
Na eisai kala
Xairetw
Nikos

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  • alainh Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4133 W: 141 N: 6677] (31573)
  • [2008-05-02 22:49]

hello Athanasios
a jewel between sea and mountains. splendide point of view and a very beautiful capture of this beautiful place.
a good week-end for you too !!
friendly
alain

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  • TopGeo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1975 W: 79 N: 2617] (12009)
  • [2008-05-03 0:45]

Geia soy Thanasi!
kai Xronia Polla.
To shmeio lipsiw entiposiako. H Kastoria sta podia mas kai ta alepalila epipeda dinoyn mia xreia tou vathous kali!
Xaireto
Georgios

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  • Graal Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4808 W: 121 N: 472] (42173)
  • [2008-05-03 23:18]

Hi Athanasios,
good POV and beautiful landscape. Very nice penisulas and town. Well done photo. I like it.
Gr., Aleksander

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  • greek Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 711 W: 0 N: 488] (4276)
  • [2008-05-04 11:51]

kalispera thano,

poly omorfi foto me orea thea, efkryneia kai xrwmata, pragmatika anadeiknyetai olo to topio kai i thesi me ton kalytero tropo, galantis

Hello Athanasios!
Wonderful view and very impressive colours!! l like it!
Greetings
Agnes

Geia sou Thanasi
Poly wraia foto me wraia gwnia lhpsis!
Bravo
vasilis

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  • danos Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3356 W: 83 N: 4833] (18388)
  • [2008-05-08 1:40]

Θανάση καλημέρα,
ωραία αμφιθεατρική καταγραφή αυτής της γωνιάς της Καστοριάς με εξαιρετικά χρώματα και φως και με μια ηρεμία του τοπίου μοναδική.Η αντανάκλαση του ουρανού στην επιφάνεια της ήρεμης λίμνης είναι μοναδική.

Σε χαιρετώ,Δάνος

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  • Vames Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 519 W: 0 N: 332] (2721)
  • [2008-05-08 15:33]

γεια σου Αθανάσιε,η Καστοριά από αυτό το σημείο λήψης είναι πολύ γοητευτική !

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  • Xen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 124 W: 20 N: 93] (574)
  • [2008-05-09 14:52]

This is a GREAT shot taken from a good spot. It gives a very good perspective of what the Kastoria looks like.
I like the colours and the lines of the photo. Great composition!!

Hello Athanasios,

This is a beautiful view of this city. The high point angle is very effective to capture a wide panorama of the city and surroundings. The place is beautiful with the city nicely encrusted on the side of the hill and overlookng the water. Good quality image for a scan. Thanks for sharing.

Roberto

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hello Athanasios
your POV is spendid,and I like very much this small town with red roofs making a nice contrast with the green nature!I also like the shadows on the mountains,and the reflectios in the see are wonderful ,as the smooth water is a perfect mirror!Superb!
regards.
Pascale

Hi Athanasios
Amazing picture from Kastoria. Excellent POV, nice lightness and colours. I also like how you framed it and reflections
TFS and greetings
Aires

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  • toto Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2472 W: 107 N: 2692] (14223)
  • [2008-05-21 1:20]

Bonjours, comme je vais sans doute être absent pour un certains temps, je vais visionner beaucoup de photos et celle que je trouverais jolies, je mettrais un commentaire copié collé et ma femme essaiera de mettre les points pendant mon départ de la maison.
J' espère que cela vous fera quand même plaisir car moi pendant mon opération et mon temps a l' hôpital, vos photo vont me manquer.
belle photo, bonne netteté, belle vue plaisante a visionner.

Amitiés Thomas
Je reviens.

Ola Athanasios ,
Que lugar lindo de visitar , esta cidade neste vale a beira mar , muito bonitos os reflexos na agua , boas cores, parabéns!!
Um abraço Gonçalo

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  • gbeli Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 425 W: 66 N: 224] (1816)
  • [2008-05-25 14:26]

Geia sou Thanasi
Poli omorfi panoramiki eikona apo tin poli tis Kastorias.
To simeio lipsis pou dialekses einai mageutiki kai i lipsi sosti.
Xereto

Yassou Thanassi
I have been very busy recently but am now back.
Nice work.
I like the pink of the houses and the lake contrasting with the bluey colours of the mountains. These are Andy Warhol colours.
Phil

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  • arturo Gold Star Critiquer [C: 345 W: 57 N: 17] (31)
  • [2008-05-29 8:22]

Hi Athanasios,

hope you are well...the location of the town shown from this perspective is quite breathtaking...looking at this gorgeous view it must be an exciting area to visit, who knows, maybe one day;-)...cheers, arturo

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  • parbo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1592 W: 15 N: 1761] (6470)
  • [2008-05-30 5:44]

Hi Athanasios,

Terracotta roof tiles created an attractive texture in the hidden, beautiful shore with white facades. Reflection on splendidly colored Lake Orestiada water is remarkable between green ridges. Wonderful one with cloudy sky. Congratulations.

Best Regards,

Ertugrul

Hello Athanasios

Once again, an excellent POV, very powerful composition and details and well captured sky colours and clouds, TFS.
Regards,

Fara

Hello Athanasios
What a splendid view, I'd say a postcard shot. An invitation to tourism in that region. Superb pov and great contrast between houses roofs and surrounding vegetation.
Regards from Canada
Pierre

Geia sou A8anasie, wraio kadro file mou, alla eisai klassikos se auto to 8ema, de se fobamai, kserw oti panta kati kalo 8a dw sth gallery sou.

Omorfo white balane, to magenta me to prassino ftiaxnoun atmosfaira.
Synexizw sthn epomenh...

Hello Athanasios,
Beautiful picture with the different mountain slopes and the lake. Nice colours.
I like the contrast between the red roofs of Kastoria and the green colours of the slopes.
Regards, Paul

Yasu Athanasios,
Wonderful scenery and what a beautiful way to present. The colors, sharpness and details look superb.
Se xereto. Salvator.

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  • Stepan Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5037 W: 93 N: 3889] (25675)
  • [2008-06-16 22:32]

Excellent pov to anjoy that great and beautiful landscape. The pink (?) makes it interesting and... unusual too !? Impressive place.
Stéphane

Amazing photo from amazing Macedonian city !!!

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