http://www.photobird.com Summer 2004 Vacations on Greece. Test field for the Sony DSC-W12. http://www.photobird.com/rafa/Greece-2004/thecaldera http://www.photobird.com/rafa/Greece-2004/thecaldera Taken from Fira Town in Santorini. What you see is the caldera of a volcano where the towns of Santorini Island have been built. A unique landscape and one of the most beautiful ones in the world. Colours slightly modified in PS to correct the white balance adjustments made by the camera. http://www.photobird.com/rafa/Greece-2004/stjohnsunset http://www.photobird.com/rafa/Greece-2004/stjohnsunset Can breathtaking views block your creativity instead of activating it?. I was so amazed with these sunsets that I could barely use my camera. Nothing that I saw in the LCD panel was near the beauty of the moment but I had to try to capture it. Did I got it?. http://www.photobird.com/rafa/Greece-2004/balcony http://www.photobird.com/rafa/Greece-2004/balcony Mediterranean building in its essence... with some global symbols... the mix of tradition and globalization. http://www.photobird.com/rafa/Greece-2004/mykoneancorner http://www.photobird.com/rafa/Greece-2004/mykoneancorner A quiet corner in the busy streets of Mykonos, where you could travel back in time. Originally taken in colour... it was so dull I preferred to move it to B+W and apply some effects to enhance the retro-look. http://www.photobird.com/rafa/Greece-2004/thebell http://www.photobird.com/rafa/Greece-2004/thebell I found interesting two ideas: to reflect in a typical church the colours of the island, blue, white and red... and also the idea of showing the subject, not by itself but by its shadow. http://www.photobird.com/rafa/Greece-2004/oldreader http://www.photobird.com/rafa/Greece-2004/oldreader http://www.photobird.com/rafa/Greece-2004/peacegreece http://www.photobird.com/rafa/Greece-2004/peacegreece This door was placed on a wall outside a taberna in Mykonos. The sun was really up in the sky but some near building casted some interesting shadows over the wood. I liked the theming of the door, and its blue colour is a nice reminder of greece. No digital alterations of any kind. http://www.photobird.com/rafa/Greece-2004/duskfira http://www.photobird.com/rafa/Greece-2004/duskfira Taken just after the sun went down while enjoying some white wine from Santorini Island (btw, really great white wines there!). Digital noise cleaned with NeatImage. Colours adjusted with PS. http://www.photobird.com/rafa/Greece-2004/farabove http://www.photobird.com/rafa/Greece-2004/farabove Taken while starting the day in our Mykonos hotel. I used the flash to give light to my "clouds" while exposing for the bright blue sky. It seems it worked. Not digital post-processing other than the usual unsharp mask and a little bit added saturation to compensate camera. http://www.photobird.com/rafa/Greece-2004/athensmetro http://www.photobird.com/rafa/Greece-2004/athensmetro Athens has new underground system for the Olympics 2004. I thought that a shot of this would complete my vacation photographs. I manually duotonized it in PS to better achieve the grey and cold feeling these places always make me feel. http://www.photobird.com/rafa/Greece-2004/shopping http://www.photobird.com/rafa/Greece-2004/shopping In Fira Town, Santorini there were thousands of these shops in the streets, selling Olympics t-shirts and the characteristic white shirts of the place. This one was wonderful because of the lighting so I shot this one as a memory of my wonderful walks in the city.