Η Dolly

Η Dolly, originally uploaded by Charalampos Konstantinidis.

for my twitter friend @magicasland

Αυτά τα μάτια... σαν να θέλουν να πουν κάτι

"Τα σπίτια" από Λίνα Νικολακοπούλου

"Η ζωή η ίδια είναι ένα πέρασμα, περνάς καλά, να περάσεις καλά..."

Ήταν περίεργος

Ήταν περίεργος, originally uploaded by Charalampos Konstantinidis.

H φωτογραφία είναι τραβηγμένη μέσα από το αυτοκίνητο.

Η ανάσα του θόλωνε το τζάμι..
Τα μάτια του ήταν υπέροχα
Νομίζω ότι ήθελε να πάμε βόλτα μαζί :-)

Θα ήθελα να ήμουν εκεί...

DSC00711, originally uploaded by plato258.

What a ride !
Aegean Seas, Greece.

...και είμαι σίγουρος ότι θα το μετάνιωνα την ίδια στιγμή :-)

Θα είχε πλάκα πάντως.

Δεν είναι κούκλος;

Δεν είναι κούκλος;, originally uploaded by Charalampos Konstantinidis.

Του κίνησε την περιέργεια η Α350, κινήθηκε χωρίς να το περιμένω, κούνησα τη μηχανή προσπαθώντας να κάνω λίγο πίσω για να μην τον χάσω από κάδρο... (Βασικά έκανα πίσω και γιατί ήταν τεράστιος... :-) )

Έχω και άλλες, πρέπει να τράβηξα καμιά 30αριά :-)

Του αρέσει να ποζάρει ή βαριέται;

Του αρέσει να ποζάρει ή βαριέται;, originally uploaded by Charalampos Konstantinidis.

Υποθέτω ότι έχει συνηθίσει να τον φωτογραφίζουν.

Κανόνας πρώτος λένε, όταν φωτογραφίζεις ζώα, κατεβαίνεις στο δικό τους επίπεδο... (όχι ιδιαίτερα εύκολο μπροστά σε ένα μεγάλο σκυλί, ακόμα και τόσο γλυκό όσο αυτό :-) )

Το live view βοηθάει, όπως και η σπαστή οθόνη της A350.

Wildflowers in Taygetus

Wildflowers in Taygetus, originally uploaded by planar.

I spotted these while taking breakfast at our campsite. They were lit by a beautiful backlight. I am sure I could have done a better work but at least they came decent straight from the camera

Crete Misty Rural Landscape

Crete Misty Rural Landscape, originally uploaded by guyshachar.

Rural landscape in Psiloritis (Idi) range, Crete, Greece (HDR)

Crete Misty Church

Crete Misty Church , originally uploaded by guyshachar.

Church in Gonies area, Crete, Greece (HDR)

Tree on the road

Tree on the road, originally uploaded by Vilsonius.

One of the rare cases where the phrase "as I was driving a tree jumped in front of me" is true!

Μία από τις ελάχιστες περιπτώσεις που η ατάκα "Εκεί που οδηγούσα μου πετάχτηκε ένα δέντρο στο δρόμο" είναι απολύτως αληθής!
Οδηγίες: Έξω από την Γραβιά στρίβετε δεξιά προς Καστέλλα, το δέντρο βρίσκεται στο δρόμο Καστέλλα - Οινοχώρι

Santorini, Greece

Santorini, Greece, originally uploaded by trent_maynard.

Santorini, Greece

Santorini, Greece, originally uploaded by trent_maynard.

time to choose the right colours..

time to choose the right colours.., originally uploaded by andreas n.

reached #2 on explore on 7/4/09

Naxos Goodbye from Ferry

Naxos Goodbye from Ferry, originally uploaded by photographercake.

Ride anyone?

Ride anyone?, originally uploaded by tolis*.

Days getting warmer and longer..Time for short evening cruises!
..My first panning shot..sea theme of course LOL!
Have a great Sunday time my friends!

Zakynthos, Cliff

Zakynthos, Cliff, originally uploaded by amantzakanis96.

Zakynthos was inhabited from the Neolithic Age, as some archaeological excavations have proved.

The famous ancient Greek poet and writer, Homer, first mentioned the island in his masterpieces, the Iliad and the Odyssey, stating that the first inhabitants of it were the son of King Dardanos of Troy called Zakynthos and his men and that they first came on the island around 1500-1600 BC.

The island was then conquered by the Great Imperial King Arkeisios of Kefalonia. The famous Ulysses (Odysseus in Greek) from Ithaca was the next King to conquer the island.

Later on, a treaty was signed that made Zakynthos an independent democracy, the first established in the Hellenic area, and that lasted more than 650 years.


Zakynthos town with the port
Navagio (shipwreck) BayZakynthos, along with the rest of the Ionian islands, spent centuries as a subject of the Republic of Venice and other Italian principalities. Italian rule protected the island from Ottoman domination but in its place it put a feudal oligarchy. The cultural influence of Italy (and of Italian on local dialect) was considerable. The wealthy made a habit of sending their sons to Italy to be educated. A good example is Dionysios Solomos, a native of Zakynthos and Greece's national poet. However, both the Greek language and Orthodox faith survived intact. During the Napoleonic wars the islands were occupied at different times by France, as part of the département Mer-Égée (which induced the peasants to revolt), Russia, Turkey (Septinsular Republic) and finally Britain, which held on to them under the guise of the United States of the Ionian Islands until 1864, when they were ceded to Greece to stabilize the rule of the newly crowned Danish-born King of Greece, Georgios I.
HDR (=

Greek Mountains group on Flickr

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