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Santorini - Traditional Windmills and Houses in Oia

Traditional Windmills and Houses, after sunset - Oia - Santorini, Greece.

 

It was extremely gusty while I was in Santorini, so I had to go for the shortest exposure that I could afford. Definitely not the best conditions I was in but in times like these, I always console myself with my favorite Roosevelt quote: "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”

 

It is common to see incave village homes along the cliff of Oia. These houses have been embedded into the porous volcanic rock that was left over from a large volcanic explosion many years ago that sunk the center of the island. The town, noted for its picturesque and mostly blue and white architecture, also combines medieval Venetian houses which used to belong to the captains during the Venetian rule. To maintain and protect the beauty of this unique architecture, there are laws that control modernism of the village. It is no doubt that Oia remains one of the foremost tourist attractions of the Aegean Sea.

 

Camera/Lens: Nikon D700; 24-70mm f/2.8;

Exposure: 5 sec Aperture: f/14; ISO: 400;

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Uploaded on September 11, 2012
Taken on May 16, 2012