Pictures of Festos, after 4000 years!

Photographer	John Hatz {K:139281}
Project	N/A	Camera Model	Canon 20D
Categories	Historical Architecture	Film Format	Digital JPEG High
Portfolio		Lens	Sigma 28-300mm
Uploaded	3/5/2008	Film / Memory Type	Lexar 4Gb high speed
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Critiques	54	Rating	6.73 / 11 Ratings
Location	City - Phestos city State - MIDDLE CRETE Country - Greece
About	At a very old age, when Greece wasn't that we know today, well Hellas was from ancient Minoans to Macedonian, from Knossos and Festos to the ancient city of Pella... the old Hellas of Alexander the Great, Pericleus and Leonidas with 300s... a piece of the most souths of the great Greece is here, to that very old city... that city I present here is even older... at the start of Human as we know today...

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Galal El Missary {K:84102} 3/5/2008

Great tones & texture , In Egypt Alexander the Great built a similar buildings specially at Alxandria ... well taken my friend .

Galal

John Hatz {K:139281} 3/5/2008

thanks a lot Galal...
yea, Egypt and Greece has relations from the START OF THE TIME!!! and of course with Minoans lot of trades on goods with boats, Alexander left his name to the most areas of the world...lol... Alxandria, that name is at many cities, of course in Greece now we have ALSO a town with that name...ok, much smaller than Alxandria of Egypt...
be well my friend!

Bernardo González {K:4025} 3/5/2008

Outstanding tones...The wall appearance is great. Nice work, in Corel I guess...

John Hatz {K:139281} 3/5/2008

thanks Bernardo... you guess corectly! it's Corel work...

Jen van Wijn

{K:18174} 3/5/2008

The green colour is just amazing dear John, it fits so well over these ancient walls....!! Next time I'm on Crete I will have a better look there, but also at that time it was so very hot, one couldn't just walk there fun...lol Although on the water it was wonderful, still have pics on my pc..
Well, at least the city is older then you are:) xxJen

You know where....

Bill Ciavarra {K:10183} 3/5/2008

Great historical image, and a great story to go with it!

John Hatz {K:139281} 3/5/2008

thanks a lot my friend...

John Hatz {K:139281} 3/5/2008

thanks Bill for your kind comment...

Robert Gaither

{K:29191} 3/5/2008

You know I like old ruins. Excellent composition and image.

John Hatz {K:139281} 3/5/2008

thanks very much Robert for your kind comment.
be well!

Atish Sen {K:3503} 3/5/2008

excellent work John.

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{K:40776} 3/5/2008

Very interesting structure you captured here, reading your about made it doubly interesting and unfathomable to think how old it is. Evidence that civilization already existed.
Very fine details seen and I like the coloring of the horizon you have rendered, its like a scene from another time.
well done friend..
regards..

Alida Santarelli {K:12513} 3/5/2008

Magica questa foto! Un gran bel scatto!!!! 7/7

Nicole Besch

{K:50384} 3/5/2008

Hellooooo John:)
Thank you for your very interesting about and what a GREAT capture my dear friend!!!!I like the tones and the structure and I missed your beautiful work in Coral:)))Wonderful composition and a great work as always!!
Have a nice evening,
Nicole

Shadi Porooshani

{K:9683} 3/5/2008

very well composition dear john
bravooooooooooooooooo

ambenis {K:5910} 3/5/2008

Excellent!!!

Linda Bique

{K:73877} 3/5/2008

Great light, tones, and textures John, beautiful details in these ruins of the old city, I love the varying shapes and their juxtapositions...very nice against that background, you got a good DOF with nice depth too, and the clarity is also very good. Great job!! :) :)

Pablo Dylan {K:53463} 3/5/2008

I read everything about Alexander the Great.And I also read everything on the city of Pella.
Great testimonial shot my friend.

Pablo

Maryanne Murillo

{K:9444} 3/5/2008

So interesting. It is wonderful that this remains to tell us something about the past. It really is striking because here in America the oldest ruins I've seen are about 800 years old (remains pueblo Indian village) -- which is young compared to what can be found in the rest of the world.

Thanks so much for sharing.

Maryanne

Marian Man

{K:64056} 3/5/2008

wow!!!!
absolutely amazing dear John!!!!
wonderful textures!!!fine details!!!!!
I was there long time ago, have to visit this fantastic place again!!
filika
Marian

Lugal Sar {K:3055} 3/5/2008

wooooow.. very good. excellent..

Gust@vo Sch3v3rin

{K:118246} 3/5/2008

Me encantan los detalles y los contrastes que lograste.
Felicitaciones!

Michele Carlsen

{K:127677} 3/5/2008

EXCELLENT my dear John !!!! What an image this is with so very much history with it too...I love the circular depth --well 3 dimentional feel , the textures are wonderful - ancient ...the light, tones...what else to say ...It is one of your finest ..maybe it is your finest work yet ..for me anyway ..Great work my friend !!! 9+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Arif Ertan Ersoy

{K:24065} 3/5/2008

beautiful details from history!! very nice composition and lighting!!
congrat.
be well my friend,
arif

Joao Sousa {K:9858} 3/5/2008

Beautiful work John! Great textures.

Dave Stacey

{K:114933} 3/5/2008

Well done presentation of these ruins, John, with the details and composition you've captured!
Dave.

Erland Pillegaard {K:21038} 3/6/2008

Good shot again
erland

Dave Arnold

{K:55551} 3/6/2008

Great historic place, John. Well captured, looks so much like HDR but I know it's not.

Dave