Photography

Nightfall/Σούρουπο

A view of the Saronic gulf from aboard a ferryboat, as night falls over the ocean and the ships.

“It’s the end of the day, but it feels like dawn, and a new beginning. It comes to me that both twilight periods are, in fact, symmetrical events on opposite sides of midnight, a cycle of endless creation and destruction, an Ouroboros.”
― Florian Armas, The Shamans at the End of Time

Quiet Beach/Ησυχη Παραλια

I’ve always preferred beaches that were quiet and had as little people as possible. This summer, due to the pandemic, a quiet beach is a a must 🙂

Πάντα προτιμούσα παραλίες που ήταν ήσυχες και είχαν πολύ λίγα άτομα. Αυτό το καλοκαίρι, λόγω της πανδημίας, μια ήσυχη παραλία είναι απαραίτητη 🙂

Piraeus Port/Το λιμάνι του Πειραιά

The view of Piraeus port in Athens from the ship I was on. On my way to a the nearby island of Agistri. Piraeus is the biggest port in Greece and one of the biggest ports in Europe.

The port wasn’t too busy, most likely due to the pandemic. Less people travelling to the islands and because it is later in the season.

Everyone was wearing a mask as it is mandatory now to wear one on a ship or in a shop.

Microcosm/Μικρόκοσμος

These insects and animals are in their own microcosm they don’t know anything about pandemics, lock downs, financial and political crises, societal shake ups etc. etc.

But, we humans are FULLY aware of everything around us. Are humans the biggest losers on the planet?

I think we are 😉

Αυτά τα έντομα και τα ζώα είναι στο δικό τους μικρόκοσμο που δεν γνωρίζουν τίποτα για πανδημίες, λοκ νταουν, οικονομικές και πολιτικές κρίσεις, κοινωνικές αναταραχές κ.λπ. κ.λπ.

Όμως, εμείς οι άνθρωποι γνωρίζουμε ΠΛΗΡΩΣ τα πάντα γύρω μας. Είναι οι άνθρωποι οι μεγαλύτεροι χαμένοι στον πλανήτη;

Νομίζω ότι είμαστε;)

Serene Landscape/Γαλήνιο Τοπίο /

Landscape photography is my favourite style of photography. I take so many photos as if the landscape as I fear it will move or change completely!

If only our brains and souls were as serene as the landscapes we explore..

Μακάρι το μυαλό και την ψυχή μας να ήταν τόσο γαλήνια όσο τα τοπία που εξερευνούμε ..

Hawk In the Sky/Γερακι στον Ουρανο

The hawk flies freely across the landscape. Flying in circles in this beautiful dry valley. I envy these birds.

I am assuming it is a hawk I am not an ornithologist 😉

Το γεράκι πετά ελεύθερα ψηλά πάνω από το ξηρό τοπίο. Πετάει και κανει κύκλους σε αυτή την όμορφη, ξηρά κοιλάδα. Ζηλεύω τα πουλιά αυτά.

Υποθέτω ότι είναι γεράκι, δεν είμαι ορνιθολόγος 😉