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Dark Tower

The medieval fortress of Methoni in Peloponnese, Greece

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David Martin Castan 6 months ago

Beautiful place, wonderful photography, congratulations

Srinin 12 months ago

Beautiful castle in solitary splendor!

steutorino 1 year ago

hello! this picture is beautiful! How did you take it? because it's two years that i go to methony and the castle is always closed. Thank you bye

konstantinos This shot was taken last December. The castle was supposed to be closed but the gate was open so we went in either way. Spent two hours on the site taking pictures and then discovered that the keeper has locked us inside the castle with no way getting out. It was a funny story

Iñigo Barandiaran 2 years ago

What a place!!! Great Mood, beatiful image, congratulations :)

konstantinos Thank you :)

Niels Christian Wulff 2 years ago

Very beautiful, love the water and the color!
/Wulff

konstantinos Thank you Niels :)

salih.arikan 2 years ago

is it a real place? just amazing. congratulations.

konstantinos yeap as real as it gets :)

thank you

maurizio blasetti 2 years ago

Wonderful

konstantinos many thanks :)

Norbert Maier 2 years ago

beautiful

konstantinos thank you :)

Cheron 2 years ago

Houtmeyers Peter 2 years ago

The best photo ever that i could find from this building on the internet.
Stunning!!!
How dit you get this high camera angle...large tripod??

konstantinos thank you :)

we try to make the most out of largely photographed places.

this was take from the top of the walls overlooking the this tower hence the high angle

Cristian Rusu 2 years ago

excellent

konstantinos thank you :D

Carine Hengst 2 years ago

Wonderful to be there, like a dream.
Very nice picture!!

konstantinos it is a wonderful place :)

thank you :D

Ian Damerell 2 years ago

A very sureal image. Nicely captured.

konstantinos thank you Ian :)

Håvard Flaatten 2 years ago

Great :)

konstantinos thank you :D

disleksi 2 years ago

very good

konstantinos many thanks :D

asphoto 2 years ago

Great

konstantinos thank you :)

Philip Høpner 2 years ago

Good work!

konstantinos thank you :)

Daniele Giuntini 2 years ago

Beautiful work!!

konstantinos thank you :)

Jacek Stefan 2 years ago

Well done! /J.

konstantinos thank you :)

pop-aj 2 years ago

excellent

konstantinos thank you :)

KPK 2 years ago

Wonderful!

konstantinos many thanks :D

Arash Karimi 2 years ago

well done ...

konstantinos thank you :)

Pierre Pageau 2 years ago

félicitations .

konstantinos Gracias :)

LilleG 2 years ago

Congratulations on a gorgeous capture! The colors in the sky, the smoky water, and the interesting old tower. Beautiful!

konstantinos thank you very much :D

Drew Hopper 2 years ago

Beautiful shot!

konstantinos cheers Drew

willem 2 years ago

Ooh, this is wonderful....

konstantinos thank you :D

John Parminter 2 years ago

very nice location and ambience.
JP

konstantinos Cheers mate :)

Mary Kay 2 years ago

I'm a big fan of Stephen King (although I know he was not the one that inspired the title) and I'm an even bigger admirer of your work. :)

konstantinos Nah it was more like LOTR inspired :D

Charlie Mac Bell 2 years ago

Congratulations, wonderful photograph! So glad you chose to publish this one here, it has a hazy atmosphere almost unreal which I find very inspiring. The perfect setting for our dreams to unfold... :dreamingalready:

konstantinos Thanks Charlie!

naive-buyer 2 years ago

I have mixed feelings about this shot. It is interesting although very static, the fortress is right in the middle. the mountains in the back are unnecessary sharp. Those are preferences, you may like it different way. My major problem is with what I guess to be water, not fog. If it is fog, I take my comments back. But if it is water, I question the results. We all do editing using particular equipment and settings, some prefer to edit in photoshop. The extent of editing that allows a photo to remain a photo is not a simple question, my feeling is that this picture has crossed the boundary.

Charlie Mac Bell My belief is that your comment has crossed the boundary. This is a very skilled long exposure photograph obviously taken right after sunset, when lighting conditions change very rapidly. Few photographers have the eye and the talent to execute this type of shot so perfectly. Show respect.

konstantinos I take it you are unfamiliar with the term "long exposure"

there is no heavy editing in this shot. the water appears like that because of the waves, nothing more nothing less. It crossed no boundaries and I am sure that if it did they would have been picked up at the screening process

here is a video of the place at the day this shot was taken, it might help you clear a few things in your head.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/GreekScapes/111287178910158?v=app_2392950137#!/video/video.php?v=1414420891429

naive-buyer long exposure and very short exposure change things from how we see it naturally with our eyes. it is applicable to water, night shots of moving cars, movement, etc. Exposure is one of the tools photographers use, and it is an editing tool. in your case, it turned moving salt water into fog without evaporation. if this is not editing than it is magic. A fortress in the fog is beautiful, and it is a great image. I question that it is a photograph, I acknowledge that opinions may differ but I believe i have a right to see things as I see them.

konstantinos clearly we have different ideas as to what editing and in-camera work is. I see serious flaws in your thinking, since you question if it is photograph what the eye can't perceive then what about b/w photographs captured in film? Anyway it is a rhetorical question I fully respect your opinion even though I obviously disagree