My Hometown (panoramics)

[dimman]

These are two panoramic pictures of my hometown Mytilene, Lesvos Island, NE_Greece, I made.
1st Flying2mytilene http://www.wingssystems.com/ns/flying2mytilene-b3.jpg
is taken very early in the morning 05:45 during my arrival with the ship for my Easter vacations there. The seagulls appeared in the photo is actually one which moved faster than the shooting and captured in both sequential shots.
Tech Aspects: Model - Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL DateTime – Apr 26 2005 05:47:54
ExposureTime - 1/80 seconds FNumber - 7.10 ISOSpeedRatings – 400 FocalLength - 35 mm White Balance - Auto

2nd Mytilene-north-view http://www.wingssystems.com/ns/mytilene-north-view.jpg
is taken from the ship again showing the North part of the town and the old port at the bottom of the fortress. Here is another post of mine http://www.wingssystems.com/ns/fortress_of_mytilene.jpg .
The two red/white pipes on the right are the electricity-power supply factory plant of the whole island.
Kind of weird the mixture of architecture and technology over time ha?
Tech Aspects: Model - Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL DateTime – Aug 07 2005 17:15:56
ExposureTime - 1/640 seconds FNumber - 10.00 ISOSpeedRatings – 200 FocalLength - 120 mm WhiteBalance – Auto

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[dimman]

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[ElleG83]

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i saw it... the pictures are beautiful. are they actual panoramic pictures or are they stitched together?

[dimman]

i saw it... the pictures are beautiful. are they actual panoramic pictures or are they stitched together?

They are manually stitched together in Photoshop CSII without the use of any plug-in.
I had some trouble stitching the two of them (not the flying2mytilene) because being on a moving ship, I shoot them in RAW and my Canon turned to me with the “busy” note during the pasting from the buffer to memory card so I waited to flush the buffer to continue, while the ship was moving!!
I should save them in JPG!!

dimman:)

[bikerider]

Nice compositions and good panos'.......the lighting is a little flat for my taste, a little later in the day would have been better.
Roger.

[kbreit]

On the second picture, on the left, there appears to be a fort of some sort. What is this?

[dimman]

On the second picture, on the left, there appears to be a fort of some sort. What is this?

FORTRESS of Mytilene
The castle of Mytilene is built on a low hill between the north and the south harbour of the city, and was one of the largest and strongest fortresses in the eastern Mediterranean. It comprises three main parts: a) the Acropolis (Upper Castle) on the higher, south part of the hill, b) the main wall (Middle Castle), the largest part of which was built by the Genoese Gatiluzzi and c) the lower wall (Lower Castle) on the north-east side, which was constructed during the Turkish occupation.

The nucleus of the fortress was formed in the Byzantine period and it is widely accepted that it was built over the ancient Greek acropolis. The first extensive interventions on the castle were made by the Gatiluzzi, and more specifically by the archon Francisco Gatiluzzo, in 1373. Several more phases of interventions and additions followed, the most significant being the construction by the Turks in 1677 of the lower northern part of the fortification. After the liberation of Lesbos (1912) the castle was used by the Greeks as a barracks.
Building material from the castle has been unthinkingly used for the construction of houses for the refugees, especially after 1922, resulting to the gradual damage of the monument.
Excavations inside the castle are carried out by the Canadian Archaeological Institute in Athens. So far, they have revealed buildings of the Archaic and Classical periods and various remains of Medieval times.
In the early 1960's the "Medrese" building (moslem seminary) was consolidated. In the early 1970's the polygonal tower was also consolidated, butresses were constructed to support the crumbling parts of the walls, and the destroyed battlements were restored. The central defensive tower was cleared and the interior fill was removed in 1986. In 1995 a building inside the castle (the old gun-powder storeroom) was restored, in order to be used for the accomodation of the visitors.