Project 2012 - (Every now and then...)

stamatisg2002 · Feb 21, 2012

Ok, these three are the only acceptable and the only ones remaining that I shot with this superb lens (sadly, no more with me).

stamatisg2002 · Mar 18, 2012

After a looong time, my first spring photo!

stamatisg2002 · Mar 25, 2012

Another photo, specially for Pete to draw a new painting based on this photo...

For informational purposes only, this is the island of Samothrace viewed from Alexandroupolis during an unusually clear afternoon...

stamatisg2002 · Mar 27, 2012

And two new portraits for today!

Marcel · Mar 27, 2012

stamatisg2002 said:
And two new portraits for today!

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This is the one I prefer even if I find it a little blurred. There is a portrait rule (maybe more a convention like the rule of thirds) that say you should have more space in front of the face than in the back of the head. This one might be improved by cropping in the back of her too. But her expression makes all the rules unimportant. Great capture of her personality.

fotojack · Mar 27, 2012

stamatisg2002 said:
And two new portraits for today!

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The bottom picture is the keeper. And like Marcel said, crop a little more away from the back of the head. Then you could actually have this one printed and mounted. I wou;d hang this one on the wall, for sure. Children sticking their tongues out is not cute to me. It shows disrespect to the person taking the photo.

Eye-level · Mar 27, 2012

She is a very beautiful little thing! Talk about a smile that launched a million ships...

Stamatis that second picture is a very special very good B&W sir...crop it like they say and put it into the master portfolio...it is a very first rate snap...

Squint your eyes real tight and look at it for a while then you'll find out where to crop it at...

Mis Adam · Mar 27, 2012

such a pretty little girl! She looks like she is having a good time playing top model, as my little girls call it.

stamatisg2002 · Mar 31, 2012

And it keeps coming! Four new fresh photos from today's walk!

stamatisg2002 · Apr 13, 2012

Today, I went to a mini photo excursion to a nearby town with some medieval castle ruins. The hill where the ruins are, is full of these small flowers. More photos to come later tonight.

WendyR · Apr 13, 2012

stamatisg2002 said:
Today, I went to a mini photo excursion to a nearby town with some medieval castle ruins. The hill where the ruins are, is full of these small flowers. More photos to come later tonight.

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Ooo cool! I want to see pictures of medieval castles! I love castles, they are so mysterious.

stamatisg2002 · Apr 13, 2012

Actually Wendy, there isn't a castle any more, just some ruins and parts of the outer wall. I think the ruins are even before the middle ages, during the byzantine empire. As long as my internet connection stabilises, I'll post some photos of the walls.

stamatisg2002 · Apr 15, 2012

Finally I got rid of my laptop's problems, so I'm posting a few photos. Yesterday we went for a quick shopping trip in Edirne, Turkey (for who asks, for us it's a 20 min drive to Turkey). It is the Selimiye Mosque, by Sinan, a former Greek guy during the Ottoman Empire ruling.