NG Crete April 2017

[Andrea B.]

All those lovely flowers!

I like that goat in the meadow by the water. Very picturesque.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

This is Mythos the cat, who already had curled up on a chair at any table Elias and I selected at our favourite Old Town restaurant in Chania. Three times in a row, in fact. How he did that remains a mystery. Hence the cat's name. He had a distinct scar across the nose that immediately identified him from all  the other stray cats around.

Snapshot the old way (i.e. not looking in the finder) with the D5300 and 16/2.8 Fisheye-Nikkor.

(I know Andrea loves cats, and the cat loves to eat the power cords of her Mac)

[Thomas Stellwag]

the facial expression of this cat is great
looking at her ear, she already got some basic experience in live

[elsid]

Mythos just after Bjorn took his shot.
The menu at our favorite restaurant
in the old town

[elsid]

ffish restaurants in Rethymnon

[elsid]

Chania, old town

[elsid]

Today we visited a moumtain village. Spili. We had lunch at a small tavern. Here is how it looked on the outside.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Local guys discuss the next car tune-up project.

Spili. Nikon Df, 24/2 Nikkor

[Bent Hjarbo]

On our way back from Spili, we visited the old habour of Rethymnon. Was very small and underwhelming
I had anyway to do an pano while the "crew" paused to see what I did.

[Gunver Hjarbo]

Yesterdays flower photo-shoot.
Not easy to get the angle you want, Bent trying the get Cyclamen from below.

[elsid]

the inside

[Bjørn Rørslett]

I visited Rethymnion (Rethymnio) first time in 1982, and made the following shot of the nice beach in the Old Port at that time. Now, contrast this with 2017 to see what has become of this once pretty seaside town. Rows of studios and hotels along the shoreline, a harbour for pleasure crafts, and the signs of heavily commercialised tourism strewn all over the place.

I think the '82 setting is better, but those times are now already memories of a past long gone.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

The main street of Spili. Small mopeds and scooters are all over the place and they certainly can make impressive noise.

Nikon Df, 24/2

[elsid]

Spili is known for its waters. What you see is running 24/7 all year. There are 25 heads in the centre of the village.

[Nasos Kosmas]

Nice photos, remindes me what I lost I didn't came to Chania
Spilli is the village of a very good friend we work together
Did you visit  Kourna lake near Georgioupoli? I shot some very nice photos some years ago it's a quiet place
Have fun