My bike: IDEAL PRO-RIDER ALL TERRAIN, CONVERTED FROM 18 TO 24 GEARS. DESIGNED IN THE U.S.A., MADE IN GREECE (1992).

Today (March 26th, 2016), I worked out at the OLYMPIC STADIUM premises. Distance covered 24 km.

Thanassis Fournarakos - Θανάσης Φουρναράκος

Professional Photographer, Athens, Greece

(retired in 2011, born in 1946).

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2014

www.inaturalist.org/observations/99390836

Taken on November 13, 2016.

AGRINION - ΑΓΡΙΝΙΟΝ

The largest city of the Aetolia-Acarnania region in Western Greece, population 106,053, is about 300 km from Athens.

Thanassis Fournarakos - Θανάσης Φουρναράκος

Professional Photographer, Athens, Greece

(retired in 2011, born in 1946).

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TROG 2022 Riverside Flabob airport

Health and Safety puzzler

After the light had gone

Looking in good condition too

Sunrise in the beech trees at Badbury Clump, Oxfordshire,

with a twist of mist.

It was there - had to be done - cliché or not

www.inaturalist.org/observations/92413090

Unstable Summer air can bring magical conditions - and rain. In WInter, with less heat from the sun, we have to wait for rarer, warmer and unstable air to blow in

Quite a weak sea with no drama - but still enjoyable

Lots of tourists were stopping with their phone cameras when the light came

I always enjoy a good holiday

There was no rain in the air as such but it was dripping out of the trees when you stood under them

Thanassis Fournarakos - Θανασης Φουρναρακος

Professional Photographer, retired.

Athens, Greece

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* SUPER-SIX THE ACADEMY

Wasn't open much the week I was there

A little fun with leaves.

Double bedded

I used a short focal length...

When the light turns up, so must you!

So I got this idea to use a slow shutter and a circular camera movement and this is what I got. Just snow falling on snow.

Looking at some newer compositions

Churches always have a specific orientation and layout

After several days with no photography I had to get out

I have tried doing this with a 70-200 in Autumn and maybe will again this year

Dedicated to all Greeks everywhere in the World.

Αφιερωμένη εις όλους τους Έλληνες παντού.

MONUMENT TO THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER, CONSTITUTION SQUARE, ATHENS.

Presidential Guard and me, taken on August 17, 2016.

(I am not a dwarf, he is a giant!)

Thanassis Fournarakos - Θανάσης Φουρναράκος

Professional Photographer, Athens, Greece

(retired in 2011, born in 1946).

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Flowers as gaudy as the door

I cut this one pretty low to bring into the stinkio. I like the curves in the stem and the leaves, and those details inside the blosom. It's a rather pink poppy, rather than a red one. A ten image focus stack, it should reward relatively close scrutiny.

Or the ubiquitous "Flock Off"

Or "Follow that Tractor"

I love this tree - so full of character

A day that gave some good, crisp light

This one was taken the old fashioned way: hand held, no stacking. I love the graphics, and that it's a poppy is almost incidental to me. Hope you like it too.

Taken during the long "May Day" weekend, while my beloved English wife Theresa Jane Brown and I were visiting friends on the beautiful island of Evia, Greece.

The island of Evia lies along the Eastern coast of Central Greece, and is accessible to the mainland via two bridges, an old wooden bridge and a contemporary suspension bridge. There are also frequent ferries to several parts of the island. It is 175 km long and is the second largest island in Greece, and the third largest in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Thanassis Fournarakos - Θανασης Φουρναρακος

Professional Photographer, retired.

Athens, Greece.

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Athens, Greece.

Thanassis Fournarakos - Θανασης Φουρναρακος

Professional Photographer, retired.

Athens, Greece

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Looking forward to it

"Don't even think about taking my fish!"

Apart from some light rain and cloud around midday, I did see an amount of sun

A long hike!

Photo taken on March 20th, 2016.

Today's outing with the Environmental Cultural Club of Attica www.peripolo.gr was to visit the Ancient quarries of Mount Pentelikon where the world renowned marble was taken from, which was used to build the Acropolis and other Ancient Monuments. The stone was moved down to the city with an intricate network of carts and pulleys.

The ancient quarry is protected by law, and used exclusively to obtain material for the Acropolis Restoration Project. This roadway, used to transport marble blocks from the quarry to the Acropolis in antiquity, is a continual downhill, and follows the natural lay of the land. It has been researched and fully documented by the chief Acropolis restoration architect, Professor Manolis Korres, in his award-winning book "From Pentelicon to the Parthenon". A monastery is also located in the middle of the mountain, north-east of city centre.

Thanassis Fournarakos - Θανάσης Φουρναράκος

Professional Photographer, Athens, Greece

(retired in 2011, born in 1946).

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The National Archaeological Museum of Athens is the largest archaeological museum in Greece and one of the most important museums in the world devoted to ancient Greek art. It was founded at the end of the 19th century to house and protect antiquities from all over Greece, thus displaying their historical, cultural and artistic value.

The construction of the museum's building began in 1866 and was completed in 1889, with the initial plan conceived by the architect Ludwig Lange. It was later modified by Panages Kalkos who was the main architect, Harmodios Vlachos and Ernst Ziller.

Thanassis Fournarakos - Θανασης Φουρναρακος

Professional Photographer, retired.

Athens, Greece

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One from a trip into Wensleydale last week