I was wandering through my folders on the PC yesterday when I came across a large collection of photos taken by Neil. These are from a couple of years ago, but they are mainly landscapes, and as Symi’s landscape hasn’t changed much in thousands of years (sea, sky, rocks, plants), the age of the image makes no difference. So, today, I’ll start sharing some of these shots, and I’m starting with three that stood out for me because of the colours involved.
First of all, a dramatic sky.
This is early in the morning, and I’d say early in the year, spring possibly, because the sun is coming up to the left of Pedi, which faces east. Later in the year, from the same location, the sun would be coming up more to the right, behind the hills beyond St Nicholas Beach.
The next could be called some colours of the sea. This shot wasn’t taken on St Nick’s beach, because it’s sandy, and this is clearly pebbly. It’s here because there is an amount of grey, cream, and a slight green, which, strangely, reminded me of the hillside, which starts out green in spring and ends up a kind of light umber colour mixed with grey rocks, and red-brown vegetation.
This last one, though, you could call your classic Greek blue. The summer sky, the calm Aegean, a shot of white from the boat and some houses, the colours of the Greek flag.
And together, they go to show the variety you find on an island like Symi, and the spectacle it often is. There will be more of these in due course. Today, I will be mainly editing the two writing projects I currently have on the go, taking a short, early walk before keeping out of the sun, and reading about life in Victorian London which was very colourful indeed.
