Once every two weeks, a photo from Arta, Epirus

Photographer's Note

Melissourgoi is a tradicional village located in a beautiful valley very high in the mountain range of Tzoumerka. What is strange about this village is that it is isolated, given that it belongs to the Prefecture of Arta, but the only way you can reach there is through the Prefecture of Ioannina. This had some almost "funny" consequences.Until some years ago during winter the road that goes to Melissourgoi often closed because of the heave snowfall. The vehicles from Ioannina that were used to clean the roads, usually were stopping just outside Pramada, the last village of Ioannina Prefecture, and Melissourgoi remainded for several days snow-bound. Then the inhabitants of Melissourgoi (the village with the best quality water resources in whole Greece, as the specialists say) decided as "retaliation" not to let "their" water reach to Pramada. As a result the two villages were led into some kind of conflict and it took the interference of the special forces of the Police, for things to calm down. Thank god it all belongs to the past.

During the summer season the inhabitants of Melissourgoi reach up to around 800, but during winter only 28 people stay in the village. Their only contact with the "outside" world is a priest from another village that comes every second Sunday (that's where the title comes from). That's when the bell tolls.

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robiuk (10807) 2006-06-15 8:19

Most interesting photo and the accompanying note, Hercules.
Very original and a good use of shallow DOF to bring dynamics to this almost static photo.
Right in the spirit of TE.
Congratulations,
Robi

hpbaxxter (445) 2006-06-15 8:24

superb photo,,almost journalistic one..great capture and interesting note

barrufeto_77 (28888) 2006-06-15 9:09

Hola Hercules.

Desde luego, la foto es original. De eso no hay duda. Me gusta mucho este primer plano y cómo se va diluyendo.

Interesante nota también. A tener en cuenta si vuelvo por allá...

Un saludo, Oscar

coco (30439) 2006-06-15 9:16

Kalispera Hercules.
El punto de vista y el uso del foco son magníficos, así como la nota y la atmósfera que hay alrededor de la foto.

Un muy buen trabajo, imaginativo y propio de TE.

Ta leme.

craiggc (2509) 2006-06-15 11:03

Nice shallow depth of field Hercules. Good use of the ND filter. Is it your hand? Incidently, how did you get your EF-S lens to fit onto your Cybershot? :-)

I though Kefalonia claimed to have the best water?!

Anyway nice shot
Cheers
Craig

josepmarin (59385) 2006-06-15 11:28

Hola Hercules,
Esta composición demuestra una buena idea, es muy gráfica y bien hecha.
La mano perfectamente enfocada, y con una gran abertura consigues perder la profundidad de campo, lo cual nos va desenfocando la imagen a medida que la mirada sube por la cadena hasta el campanario, en un punto de vista desde abajo que tiene gran perspectiva.
Es una foto excelente.
Un saludo,
Josep

evanrizo (462) 2006-06-15 12:01

Hi Hercules!
Πολύ πετυχημενη λήψη με τον τρόπο που αφήνεις όλο το καμπαναριό θολό μαζί με την γραμμή της αλυσίδας δίνει 3διάστατη εντύπωση.

AthaPan (0) 2006-06-15 13:03

Φίλε Ηρακλή καλησπέρα

Χαίρομαι που βρήκες τον δρόμο του ΤΕ... διότι έτσι γνώρισα έναν πολύ ενδιαφέρον φωτογράφω με προσωπικό στυλ στα γούστα μου!!!

Το ό,τι η οξήτητα σε τούτη την φωτό είναι επάνω στην αλυσίδα και στο χέρι δείχνει το πόσο διαφορετικά μπορεί κανείς να τραβήξει μια φωτό.

Με αρέρει πάρα πολύ.

Σε χαιρετώ

Σάκης

efigesta (12188) 2006-06-16 4:52

Hi Hercules

interesting pov here and a nice shot

regards
manuel

siolaw (38294) 2006-06-16 6:36

Iassou Hercules,
Great compo with that low POV, and shallow DOF havind the hand in focus and BG bokeh...
A very complete note too..
Mpabo!
Laurent

Jribeirosantos (1924) 2006-06-16 6:39

Excellent!!:)
The note is so good HErcules :)
The photo is great.. I love the way you shot it :) Very creative! :)

Filakia!

Joana

Xalkida (11744) 2006-06-16 6:42

Καταπληκτική φωτογραφία φίλε Ηρακλή! Εξαιρετική η εστίαση στο χέρι αφήνοντας τα πάντα από πίσω θολά ώστε να επικεντρωθεί η προσοχή μας εκεί! Εξαιρετική!

teutza (10590) 2006-06-16 11:28

very intersting picture . i like the ideea very much!thank you for the note too!!
TFS!

syd1946 (1167) 2006-06-17 7:40

Ωραια και εμπνευσμενη ληψη Ηρακλη.Πραγματικα με εχει εντυπωσιασει η συλληψη της ιδεας οσο και η εκτελεση.Συμφωνω απολυτα με το θολο backround.
Μπραβο Ηρακλη,
Τα λεμε,
Θωμας

asanak (1972) 2006-06-18 12:13

dear Hercules
this is really wonderful shot!i really love your shot!this is one of the most amazing photo i'd seen!
I like light, and dof a lot.Thanks for sharing.
Best regards...
well done,asana

sayan (2617) 2006-06-20 6:56

An interesting point of view Hercules. I like the composition very much. Particularly, it has a good DOF. A very good note as usual.
Best regards,
Sayan

yogi32 (823) 2006-06-24 10:00

Hello Hercules,
this is a very interesting capture, very original,
I like it,
regards
Igor

sebinho342 (19329) 2006-06-30 18:41

Hi Hercules, and thanks for the WS you let me :)
I love this shot, it's becoming hard in your gallery to select a picture above all to comment ! Great gallery !
This one is excellent, growing bokeh is very good, the angle of shot is very powerfull and perhaps this is emphesize by this 17mm, well seen hercules
Have a good week end

vinicio (23423) 2006-07-12 11:02

Nice and clever composition Hercules, I like the idea and the result is beautiful, compliments, also to the good note about the village.
Ciao
Vinicio

AnimeshRay (9089) 2006-08-06 14:34

What a fascinating image! Superbly framed and brilliantly composed with narrow dof. Excellent color too. Who would have thought to take this scene the way you did!

Hellas (7123) 2007-03-05 9:01

Γεια σου Ηρακλή,
"Συν Αθηνά και χείρα κίνει".
Πολύ καλή προοπτική στο κάδρο σου.
Χαίρομαι ιδιαίτερα που σε συνάντησα στο Τrekearth.
Να είσαι καλά.
Χαιρετώ,
Θανάσης.