Happy Easter!!!, a photo from Evia, Central Greece

Photographer's Note

This is my last post until the Orthodox Easter at the next week. It's a handheld shot from the famous castle of Karababa at Chalkis, a few minutes after the sunset.

I'll return with fresh shots from the area of Trikala where I'll go for the Orthodox Easter. Until then, I want to wish Happy Easter for the Catholics this week and Happy Easter for the Orthodox Christians next week.

Infos about Castle of Karababa:
The site of the fortress is identified by some scholars with ancient Kanethos as scanty remains of buildings and graves are preserved on its surface. The hill was probably fortified in the Roman period but it was certainly not fortified in the Byzantine, the Venetian and the early period of the Turkish occupation. The castle now seen was probably built by the Turks in 1684 in order to protect Chalkis from the Venetians. It was designed by the Venetian Gerolimo Galopo and its architectural form is more European than Turkish in character. The fortress was unsuccessfully sieged by the Venetians of Morozini in 1688 and the Turks managed to keep it until the Greek liberation when they gave it over to the Greek state.

The castle of Karababa lies on a hill of the boeotian coast, called Phourka. It occupies a strategic position, overlooking the straits of Euripos and the town of Chalkis. Since it was designed by a Venetian, it is almost purely Venetian in form. The enceinte is oblong in plan, oriented E-W, strengthened by a rampart along the north wall, three bastions and one large tower. The south part of the wall is preserved in a poor condition. Ancient spolia are built in several parts of the walls.
The most complicate, hexagonal bastion is located on the east side of the wall, towards Chalkis. Two Russian canons of the 19th century are seen on the battlements. The only gate of the castle is on the SE side of the wall. Buildings of military function were built around the gate.

At the east curtain wall, between the gate and the east bastion, is a bell-tower, built in the place where an alarm bell of the fortress once stood.The only building preserved intact along the perimeter of the walls is a church dedicated to Prophetes Elias, dated to 1895.The west end of the enceinte is occupied by a seven-sided tower, the most substantial of the defensive structures of the fortress. Access to the tower is through a narrow vaulted corridor reminding a labyrinth.

> Infos taken from the Greek Ministry of Culture

jjbach, jhm, CRATEOS, shiva_sg, syd1946, ChrisJ, rodoula, Cretense, Fixfocus, yogi32, fabio_ts, Karitsiotis, bertolucci, vsinopoulos, Maritsa has marked this note useful

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AthaPan (0) 2006-04-14 18:34

File mou kalispera

Tha sou euxitho tin alli ebdomada kalo pasxa...
Ean ypolojiseis oti tin ebjales xoris tripoda einai katapliktiki...eidika o ouranos an kai nyxtonei lampei akomi to ypoloipo fos...

Filika
Sakis

jjbach (9326) 2006-04-15 5:43

Καλό Πάσχα και σ'εσένα Μπάμπη και σου εύχομαι να περάσεις όσο τον δυνατόν καλύτερα. Περιμένουμε για μετά το Πάσχα τις φρέσκιες...

Πολύ όμορφη φωτογραφία του κάστρου και πολύ καλή διαχείρηση του φωτισμού. (Λίγο μόνο το πάνω μέρος της σημαίας να μην έκοβες και θα ήταν άψογη). Άντε και καλές λήψεις!!

Φιλικά Γιάννης

carper (96) 2006-04-15 7:44

well Mpampis,
for a handheld shot it's very nice, it's not easy to made a nightshot handheld. well taken composition, the quality can be done better, but farther good job.
gr. jaap and happy easter.

Schultzy (5446) 2006-04-15 10:14

Hello Mpampis,

I know that Easter an important period is for the greek people.
So I wish you also a happy Easter !

Perfect exposure, nice colors, well done.

Have a nice week-end !

jhm (211734) 2006-04-15 11:57

Hi Mpampis,
Many thanks for your interesting note, the different contrast between the dark foreground and the enlightenment stone wall.
Have a nice happy Easter.
John

CRATEOS (7278) 2006-04-15 13:47

File Mpampi sou efxome olopsixos kalon pasxa ke kali anastasi...eki pou pas exi fobera topia ke eyxome na ta meteferis se emas epitixos...xeretizo ke eis to epaneidin Nikiforos
odigies pros naytilomenous
Os gnoston to pasxa enperiexi kindinoys odikoys... ke toy trapezioy....toy trapezioy ektos apo tis gnostes os parenergies...yparxi kindinos na fotografizoume mono to arni opote o kathe pinasmenos na pethani apo sinkopi...toy odikous tous gnorizoume eidi...jejeje

logios (1903) 2006-04-15 14:03

Καλό Πάσχα Μπάμπη , να είσαι καλά και να μας φέρεις απο τα Τρίκαλα όμορφες φωτογραφίες όπως πάντα.
Φιλικά Γιαννης

syd1946 (1167) 2006-04-15 17:53

Geia sou Mpampi,
Pragmatika h photo einai poly vraia.Eidika o
fotismos yperoxos dinei ena apolo xrvma stis
leptomeries.poly kaly!

Kalo Pasxa Mpampi kai na peraseis kala stis
diakopes sou.
Filika,Thomas

ChrisJ (171146) 2006-04-15 19:46

Hi Mpampis

I like the warm vs cold colour opposition, between the orange wall & blue sky. Wonderful sharpness color & pov. The floodlit green grass, balances the color scheme. Well done!

Cretense (68709) 2006-04-16 11:02

Θα συμφωνήσω με τον προηγούμενο. Μοου αρέσει ο συνδυασμός των "ζεστών" και "ψυχρών" χρωμάτων. Η συγκεκριμένη ώρα ίσως είναι η καλύτερη για λήψη φωτογραφιών. Εξαιρετική σύνθεση, "κυματιστή" με κορυφές και "βάθη". Μου αρέσει η ευκρίνεια της, σχεδόν μπορείς να ξεχωρίσεις κάθε πέτρα του κάστρου. Μπράβο Μπάμπη!

Fixfocus (9385) 2006-04-16 13:20

Hello Mpampis,
A nice capture of the mood with excellent contrast between the warm colors of the architecture and the blue sky.
Happy Easter!
Hermann

yogi32 (823) 2006-04-16 17:58

hello,
very good capture,
fantastic POV, colours and sharpnes,
Happy Easter,

we "Orthodox" are have it one week later in this year,
regards
Igor

nwoehnl (122) 2006-04-17 10:28

Happy Easter to you too, Mpampis. A nice atmosphere in this night shot from your town, where the twilight atmosphere is well conveyed. I only wish that the flagpole were not cropped at the top and perhaps the sharpness could be a tad optimized. Otherwise nice. Greetings from Tokyo on my last full day of this Japan trip.

fabio_ts (13696) 2006-04-17 11:27

A well done picture with good use of light Mpampis, really interesting note too, nice work!!

Happy Orthodox Easter,
Fabio.

barrufeto_77 (28888) 2006-04-18 5:05

Hi Mpampis

Nice picture with great detail.

I wish a great Easter you too!

Rgs, Oscar

Karitsiotis (845) 2006-04-18 20:39

Kalispera Mpampis!

Wonderful comp,with great details and perfect lighting..Great colour balance and contrast..You did wonderful job here my friend..

Sou euxomai kalo Pasxa kai kali Anastasi file mou!

Kalo sou brady,
Nikos..

jrj (34843) 2006-04-19 6:51

The right time of the day for this shot M. At least for me: The combination of blue sky but also artificial light is always in my liking. Here also combined with the good pov.

bertolucci (14052) 2006-04-19 7:00

Kalispera Mpampis, very nice 'blue hour' capture of this old castle. Very well composed and also graphically pleasing dus to the strong contrasts. Very nice job.
And of course a Happy Easter to you too, have a good time!
Bert

serdarhepgul (1744) 2006-04-19 14:58

kalispera Mpampis,
I wish you a happy Easter

vsinopoulos (263) 2006-04-20 0:19

Καταπληκτική φωτογραφία, με ιδιαίτερα δύσκολες συνθήκες φωτισμού. Εντυπωσιακή γωνία λήψης και πολλή καλή και δυναμική σύνθεση.
Καλό Πάσχα σε εσένα και την οικογένεια σου, περιμένω την καινούργια σου δουλειά.
Βασίλης

Υ.Γ. Ευχαριστώ για τα ωραία σου λόγια.

robiuk (10807) 2006-04-22 19:07

Happy Easter to you, too, Mpampis!
Nice warm colours in contrast with the fine blue sky in the BG.
And you got it pretty sharp for a handheld!
All the best my friend,
Robi

papagolf21 (152605) 2006-04-26 3:51

Bonsoir mon ami Mpampis,
J'aime cette prise de vue réalisée entre chiens et loups. Il y a une part de mystère au premier plan qui semble vouloir garder sa volée de marches dans l'ombre. Les éclairages au sol permettent de mettre en valeur cette superbe architecture chargée d'histoire.
Composition très bien réalisée avec une excellente note d'accompagnement.
Merci pour les souhaits relatifs aux Pâques.
Amitiés.
Philippe

Maritsa (358) 2006-05-02 2:46

Αν και χεράτη, πολλή όμορφη λήψη. Δυστυχώς έχω παρατηρήσει ότι τέτοιου είδους φωτογραφίες με τόσο χαμηλό φωτισμό συνήθως δεν βγαίνουν καθαρές. Ωστόσο αυτή εδώ έχει καλές λεπτομέρειες.

capthaddock (28790) 2006-06-05 18:06

Hi Mpampis - wonderful lighting, the stone textures look very appealing, I wish the top of the flagpost was not cut off.