Symi Light
That’s Symi Light, not Lite as in sugar-free and chemical-packed. I was trying to get some shots of the changing early morning light as seen from the house and came up with a few photos, shown here today.
I was out on the balcony at six in the morning when it was still dark and could see the stars. I’ve still not worked out how to get good night sky images, so maybe that’s a project for the winter. Later, the sun came up over the Pedi hills, as seen through the cables and poles. As the dawn continues, the light changes and casts on different places which, after sunrise, fall into their usual colour scheme and lighting pattern.
At certain times of the day, you can see things in the rocks… Did you know that if you stand on St Nicholas beach at the right time of day and year, you can see a sleeping dragon? The headland opposite, around to Agia Marina, ends with a dragon’s snout in the water. If you use your imagination, you can see a closed eye and the top of its head, all the way back to a humped body and closed wings. Honest. I have seen it, and I had not even been on the ouzo at the time.
And, if you are in Nimborio at a certain time of day (evening is best) you can see a sleeping Titan on Nimos. You can, again with some imagination, make him out from across the bay in Horio. See the image below and look for his chin, which extends just beyond the left of the frame. To the right of it you can make out a closed mouth and a nose, and one closed eye above the water; the rest of his face is under the sea, so maybe this is Poseidon having a kip. He has a parting in his hair, and he is moulded into the rocks behind him. Again, no ouzo involved, just a bit of imagination.
Anyway, that’s what I was doing yesterday morning before going to work.
