A Time To Look Back © Julia Anna Gospodarou 2012

Temple of Poseidon – Cape Sounio, near Athens

Merry Christmas!!
We shouldn’t be waiting for Christmas to wish beautiful things to each other, we should do that every day. But Christmas is a good occasion to do it, so I’m using it to wish you love and happiness in your life, to realize all your dreams, to be wise (I’m always wiser around Christmas, problem is it doesn’t last too long :), to see the world in better colors (or in B&W, to each his own) and to be able to do tomorrow what you weren’t able to do yesterday.
This is a shot I took during the Athens Architectural Workshop (more to come after Christmas) processed in LR4 & NIK SEP2. Not exactly what you’re used to see from me probably, but hey, it’s good to try something new from time to time and especially when the year is changing.

Technical Details

Camera Settings
332 sec. @ f/8, Nikon 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5 @ 10mm, ISO 100,10+6-stops ND filters (Hoya Pro 1 Digital ND64 & B+W ND110)

Processing

LR4, PS CS6, SilverEfex Pro2, Topaz B&W Effects  (Topaz Labs B&W Effects 2 Full Review) +Topaz DeNoise + Topaz Detail 

Julia Anna Gospodarou – (en)Visionographer

Julia Anna Gospodarou is an architect with a Master degree and a Multiple Award-Winning Black and WHite Fine Art Architectural photographer (en)Visionographer, creator of (en)Visionography™ and Photography Drawing™, author of the book From Basics to Fine Art – Black and White Photography (co-author Joel Tjintjelaar), with high distinctions in the most important photography competitions worldwide (SWPA, IPA, PX3, IFPA, B&W Spider Awards etc.), published internationally in numerous books and magazines, passionate about beauty and  trying to spread it into the world.