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The Metéora (Greek: Μετέωρα, "suspended rocks", "suspended in the air" or "in the heavens above") is one of the largest and most important complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Greece, second only to Mount Athos. The six monasteries are built on natural sandstone rock pillars, at the northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly near the Pineios river and Pindus Mountains, in central Greece."

… a low mist was the kind of weather I had hoped for even before we set off for that surreal place. But after having spent 4 afternoons and 4 mornings at the same chosen spot, having to deal with light but annoying showers for the most part, after witnessing rainbows materialize in all the wrong spots (over my companions head), after watching a wonderful cloud formation changing colors over the wrong spot (the road), I went to bed on our last night there having already put this place in my “to re-visit” list and I would have gladly stayed in bed on the following morning, dreaming about this shot rather than be mocked by the weather once again. Fortunately *KirlianCamera wasn’t ready to give up and it was on that fifth morning that the rising sun worked its magic and created the low mist I was hoping for.

Been a while since my last submission, hope you’re all doing great

Location: Meteora, Greece

tech stuff

Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikkor 18-200mm @150mm
Aperture: f/11
Shutter Speed: 1/2
ISO: 200
Filters: Lee 2 stops soft grad ND (0.6), Hoya ND8

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THE BRETHREN SENTINEL

Lo! In the heaven’s reared a throne
In misty skies there stand alone
The brethren sentinel aloft
Enshrouded by the verdure soft
– Envelopped in the verdure soft –
Alone they stand, alone:

And on their shoulders do they bear
– Approached by many a winding stair –
And on their shoulders brothers wear
A haubergeon of mail.

This poem was inspired by and written for this image by ~Eateh The whole poem is here
Thank you Timeastor

Description
The Metéora (Greek: Μετέωρα, "suspended rocks", "suspended in the air" or "in the heavens above") is one of the largest and most important complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Greece, second only to Mount Athos. The six monasteries are built on natural sandstone rock pillars, at the northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly near the Pineios river and Pindus Mountains, in central Greece."

… a low mist was the kind of weather I had hoped for even before we set off for that surreal place. But after having spent 4 afternoons and 4 mornings at the same chosen spot, having to deal with light but annoying showers for the most part, after witnessing rainbows materialize in all the wrong spots (over my companions head), after watching a wonderful cloud formation changing colors over the wrong spot (the road), I went to bed on our last night there having already put this place in my “to re-visit” list and I would have gladly stayed in bed on the following morning, dreaming about this shot rather than be mocked by the weather once again. Fortunately *KirlianCamera wasn’t ready to give up and it was on that fifth morning that the rising sun worked its magic and created the low mist I was hoping for.

Been a while since my last submission, hope you’re all doing great

Location: Meteora, Greece

tech stuff

Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikkor 18-200mm @150mm
Aperture: f/11
Shutter Speed: 1/2
ISO: 200
Filters: Lee 2 stops soft grad ND (0.6), Hoya ND8

_________________________

THE BRETHREN SENTINEL

Lo! In the heaven’s reared a throne
In misty skies there stand alone
The brethren sentinel aloft
Enshrouded by the verdure soft
– Envelopped in the verdure soft –
Alone they stand, alone:

And on their shoulders do they bear
– Approached by many a winding stair –
And on their shoulders brothers wear
A haubergeon of mail.

This poem was inspired by and written for this image by ~Eateh The whole poem is here
Thank you Timeastor