Platanos : the 'dead' village, a photo from Magnisia, Thessaly

Photographer's Note

The sad story of a village....

In 16th century, residents of the southern Almyros and ancient Alos, because of plague, came and installed themselves in the village Platanos. In 1821 and 1878 village was burned by Ottomen. In 1833 was destroyed by the bandit Valatsos and his gang. Finally in the 15-8-1943 (WWII period) village was destroyed again by the Italians. In 1960 began the abandonment of the village from his residents, which were installed in the New Platanos village, few kilometers away.

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barrufeto_77 (28888) 2006-01-27 17:06

Hi Ioannis.

Excelent picture. The different "blues" of the sky are great and the contrast with the other areas of the shot is lovely.

Nice definition too!

Regards, Oscar

papagolf21 (152607) 2006-01-27 17:26

Bonsoir mon ami John,
En effet, ce village a connu des moments très pénibles. J'aime la façon dont vous avez organisé votre composition avec cet arbre décharné et ces ruines en arrière-plan, cela donne une cohésion à la note et à la publication.
Très belle composition.
Amitiés.
Philippe

klennon79 (0) 2006-01-27 18:30

Hi Ioannis.
Beautiful photograph. Nice vivid colors and neat perspective. The sky is a great color. Very nice :)

weswang (18247) 2006-01-27 18:38

Hi John, Another nice illumination to show the light and the contrast of the colors. Nice sharpness and a nice presentation.

singuanti (15250) 2006-01-27 22:20

Hi John. Wow two shots in a row from you that have a surreal feel. I like whatever you've been doing. Everything is perfectly placed and has a purpose. Excellent pic John.

coco (30439) 2006-01-28 4:44

Hi Ioannis.
Sad story and nice photo. More than a nice photo, the photo by itself represents the meaning of the note.
Well done.

MarekP (4750) 2006-01-28 4:58

Hi John,
This is a very good and appealing composition, even though I like the colour effect on the sky a little less this time -- perhaps because of too dark foreground. Anyway, a beautiful shot. Well done.

Thanks,
Marek

greg64g (11193) 2006-01-28 7:35

Hi John

A good try with the script, i still think the colors are a little bit saturated bur the effect and little blur is excellent
cheers
greg

cherubin (1971) 2006-01-28 8:02

αλησπέρα Γιάννη,
άλλη μια όμορφη φωτό. στη συγκεκριμένη πιστεύω ότι "πάει" καλύτερα το εφφέ.
φιλικά,
Χερουβείμ

gaby (19819) 2006-01-28 11:45

Ionnanis bonsoir - I like the shot (and I like your note) - superb sky and clouds and great technical quality -
well done
Thanks
Gaby

Xalkida (11744) 2006-01-28 14:05

Γειά σου Γιάννη

Εξαιρετική κι αυτή με όμορφο εφφέ. Ωστόσο πιστεύω ότι μάλλον άφησες λίγο παραπάνω το κάτω σκοτεινό μέρος, το οποίο προφανώς έγινε σκοτεινότερο λόγω του εφφέ;

Tue (93530) 2006-01-28 15:56

Hej John,
Very nice capture of this village with such a sad history. You captured the ruins from a good POV and I like the composition too. Good work indeed!
Hilsner,
Lars

syd1946 (1167) 2006-01-28 17:07

Γεια σου Γιάννη,
Πολυ ομορφη και προσεγμενη συνθεση.Μ΄αρεσει
η γωνια ληψης που διαλεξες και το μυστηριο που εκπεμπει η φωτογραφια.

Φιλικα
Θωμάς

alvaraalto (42844) 2006-01-28 17:35

Hi John,
The sadness of the story of this picture is very well illustrated in this moody picture. I hope we can get once a more happy image of the new village.
groet Rob

john_c (24666) 2006-01-28 20:17

Hi John,
An eerie, well composed shot where the silhouetted tree perfectly balances the ancient structure. I like the dark foreground contrasted with the lovely blue sky. The shot does justice to your note and the general feel of abandonment. Very well captured. I like the ambience, even though it is historically depressing.
John

sixTL (8596) 2006-01-30 5:40

Kalimera John, The soft colors looks like a paint. Well done.

Regards Artur

lukie (0) 2006-01-30 8:16

Hello Ioannis,

again a picture with that special mood. I think people like it. A new style on TE ! Not bad at all.

regards,

Luc.

capthaddock (28790) 2006-01-31 10:00

Hi John - excellent combination of sharpness and blur, and interesting spooky composition, the haunted atmosphere is clearly detectable here.

jemaflor (148306) 2006-01-31 12:18

Hi Ioannis,
Well done this dramatic effect, good idea for this presentation and interesting note.

Vato_Law (12732) 2006-01-31 15:48

Hello Ioannis,
I like the atmosphere you got with this photo. Good colors and composition and tones on the sky.
Well done.
Paulo

Fixfocus (9385) 2006-02-01 12:23

Hi John,
Another one with superb pp-work.I like the mood here a lot.Good compo and framing too.
Greetings,
Hermann

Maritsa (358) 2006-02-02 15:23

Πραγματικά θλιβερή η ιστορία του χωριού αυτού. Εγώ πιστεύω ότι μ΄ αυτή σου την φωτογραφία αποτυπώνεις όλα αυτά τα θλιβερά γεγονότα μαζί. Μπράβο!

aloyho (6798) 2006-02-04 21:04

Hi Aleksander,
Sorry for not being in action for a few days.
The tree and the ruin speaks loud and clear the events that happened in this place and you have cleverly used all the availble resourses to project this atmosphere here. The visual effect is most effective and I always enjoyed the delicate and fine details of the branches of the dead tree and the little shrubs which you have put your focus on. Congratulations. All the best.

kent_s (1911) 2006-02-06 8:01

Hi John
What a great shot on this old ruin. From dark silhoutte to the great blue polarized sky. A great note also.
Well done
Hälsningar
Kent

markpanos (1977) 2006-02-13 14:06

Gia sou Yani

Poli kali...
Exi kati afti i ikona, se prokali na mathis kai alla gia aftin,sou ksipnai tin periergia,... kai xari stin endiaferon Note sou mas linis kai tin aporia.

Eksipno POV, omorfi sinthesi.
Ta xromata episis ine kapos... san zografismena,glika,apala.
Ta leme

Albrecht (11283) 2006-03-01 9:35

Hi Ioannis
Also this one is realy good although I would have cropped just a little bit more of the bottem;but the POV and colours are wonderful.
-greetings Albrecht-

rahul__rahul__ (2250) 2006-07-02 10:58

Hi Ioannis,
nice picture, I like the colors in the sky, maybe the softness is a bit overdone, but it is still a good image.

TFS
rahul