Forum: Photography


Subject: Aegean

surgeon opened this issue on Aug 17, 2002 ยท 6 posts


surgeon posted Sat, 17 August 2002 at 4:26 PM

Inside the Taxiarhis Monastery, Cunda Island, Ayvalik, Turkey.

bevchiron posted Sat, 17 August 2002 at 4:35 PM

This is a nice shot too, love those colours & texture, great sense of the space here.

elusive.chaos

"You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star...." (Nietzsche)


starshuffler posted Sun, 18 August 2002 at 1:08 AM

I agree with bev. I like the symmetry, too. The structure looks like it's on fire. What's that black line across the opening on top? It's distracting me a bit. Support braces or something? (I see them underneath the side arches as well.) (*


surgeon posted Sun, 18 August 2002 at 2:02 AM

You're right, they're the support braces. I do not see them when I look at the photos. Maybe I got familiar with them since I spent a lot of time inside, and since they're my photos. You may be right to find it distracting.


starshuffler posted Sun, 18 August 2002 at 2:31 AM

Maybe a little cloning will do the trick. I don't mind those things, actually. It just adds up to the antiquity of the place. (It's kind of scaring me a bit. I don't think those braces can actually support such a massive structure hehehe...) :-) How old is this monastery? (*


cat_amaris posted Sun, 18 August 2002 at 5:28 PM

Wow! What a lovely place.... amazing when you think how old it must be, and what went on there! I wish I could see places like this :) One day I will!!! Thanks for sharing! xXxXx