Steep stairs, a photo from Lakonia, Peloponnesus

Photographer's Note

The Monemvasia rock on which the upper town is built rises to 300 m and the inhabitants could get to their houses only by climbing such steep stairs (today's tourists also have to climb).
The biggest problem was the food and water supplay. All food reserves inhabitants had to bring up the stairs on their backs, so in the upper city a huge water tank was built, rain water was collected there and the supplies were enough for many months.

Two photos in WS:
1. the ruins of the upper city and the 13th-century church of St. Sophia (Agia Sofia), standing at the highest point of the rock.
2. abandoned houses, in the picture you can see how the walls of houses were connected with rocks.

COSTANTINO, papagolf21, macjake, Fis2, snunney, jhm, ChrisJ, maloutim oznaczył to zdjęcie jeko użyteczne

Critiques | Translate

ifege (19705) 2019-02-11 21:33

Hi Ryszard
Superb quality photo of these steep stairs, especially in the large view - great detail.
cheers
Ian

COSTANTINO (92058) 2019-02-11 22:24

Hello dear friend and have a nice day
and a happy time
you are the first in the gallery now
with pretty photo as always presenting
one of the most places in Greece
Monemvasia
welldone and wellseen
regards
Costantino

carlo62 (80711) 2019-02-11 22:39

Ciao Ryszard
un vero e proprio mondo di pietra, l'elemento principale e quasi unico che si ritrova in tutte le foto.
Le foto sono tutte belle, difficile scegliere la migliore.
Saluti
Carlo

papagolf21 (143942) 2019-02-11 22:43

Bonjour, cher Ryszard,
L'endroit est superbe et la mise en image est de toute beauté.
L'on prend plaisir ŕ contempler ce lieu.
Trčs belle réalisation.
Amitiés.
Philippe

macjake (91783) 2019-02-12 0:18

Hi Ryszard
excellent WS photos to bring it all together, great to see abandoned homes. the only thing missing is a lady in red walking up the steps :) your shot has so much light, so much life and its perfectly sharp and focused. really like these 3 photos. cheers
Craig

Tue (70388) 2019-02-12 0:54

Hello Ryszard,
The house stands out so beautifully from the steep cliffs behind it. Also the darker tones make a good backdrop for the sunlit walls. Excellent vertical composition, too.
Lars

Fis2 (140827) 2019-02-12 1:20

Czesc Ryszard!
"Kamienne schodki... tak mi se skojarzylo.
Piekne miejsce na spacer.
Super kadr, kolory i switalo.
Milego dnia.
Pozdrawiam.
Krzysztof

holmertz (82222) 2019-02-12 1:46

Hello Ryszard,
You have posted quite many photos from this rock, and I understand your fascination with this place. Every new photo reveals something new that wasn't possible to imagine when we saw the first ones. This photo is very well composed and gives us an idea of the hard life here. Again the colours and light are beautifully handled.
Kind regards,
Gert

Silvio1953 (189317) 2019-02-12 2:04

Ciao Ryszard, lovely composition with beautiful stairway, wonderful colors, excellent perspective, good clarity and splendid light, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

snunney (130965) 2019-02-12 2:21

Hello Ryszard,
A well framed composition with beautiful warm colours and lots of delightful textural detail. Perfect clarity.

Nicou (186690) 2019-02-12 2:56

Hello

Merveilleux escaliers de pierre quel rendu sur la pierre et la roche quelles marches et couleur de la pierre ce mur avec les herbe jaunies et cette falaise en fond quelle image et la cheminée quir ressort des maisons sueprbe cadrage de bas en haut trčs recherché.
Bravo et amitié
Nicou

Sergiom (114371) 2019-02-12 4:49

Bonjour Ryszard,

J'aime beaucoup la construction de cette image. Le regard suit naturellement les marches qui montent et qui montent vers cette trčs belle maison de pierres qui domine le paysage.

Amicalement

Serge

jhm (189863) 2019-02-12 5:54

Hello Ryszard,

Your two additional picture make your main picture still more attractive.
Create nice depth and perspective.
Composition and presentation are excellent made.
Very well done, TFS.

Best regards,
John.

rbassin (27386) 2019-02-12 8:14

hello Ryszard
Bonne composition de ce coin de Grčce, belle mise en valeur de la construction de murs en pierres.
Amicalement
Roland

jemaflor (124551) 2019-02-12 8:59

Hi Ryszard,
Well framed, good effect with stairs in the FG, good management for the contrast of light, interesting architecture and landscape, tfs.

ChrisJ (150708) 2019-02-12 21:57

Hi Ryszard

The RSPCA would have a field day in Greece and Jordan with overweight tourists using skinny donkeys to get up steep stairs like this. There are some controls in Jordan at least with tourists being encouraged to report whipping of donkeys by the Jordanian riders that causes bleeding. Their license is then revoked. Anyway good sharpness and color & I am glad I do not have to carry my groceries up there! Tfs!

abmdsudi (80786) 2019-02-13 3:45

Hi Ryszard
Such a rugged place this helps me to imagine how they can live and survive in such a condition. I love the condensed story you provide, it's superbly captured in a peaceful setting taken from a well considered viewpoint. The appealing green and blue sky help to boost the warm colour with crisp detail of the stonework. It's harsh but extremely a very restful place and calm away from hustle and bustle, it seems to ooze out of this image. So very well captured documentary shot, Congrats, TFS
Best regards

Cricri (176) 2019-02-13 4:28

Hi Ryszard
Bonne montée des escaliers de vielles pierres, la texture et les couleurs sont bien rendues, la présentation est belle tout comme celle en WS
Bonne journée
cricri

Iwon (6943) 2019-04-04 10:40

Piękna ta Twoja Grecja :-)
Pionowy kadr, aż zaprasza, by wspiąć się na szczyt.
Pozdrawiam
Iwona