in memory of..., a photo from Ilia, Peloponnesus

Photographer's Note

I took this picture near the village of Artemida where 23 people died during the recent fires in Peloponnisos,Greece. I was in the area those days spending my holidays, as my father's village Milea is very near (see my previous TE post) and Artemida is actually my mother's village.

well,here's the story behind the photo:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=478363&in_page_id=1811

-- now an important note about the image itself:

I shot 3 NEFs of the scene (no manipulation there,of course) and tonemapped them lightly in Photomatix. I then adjusted contrast, resized, sharpened and posted the photo. nothing else.

this spooky brownish tone was the original tint of the land and the air those days and anyone who was in the area can prove that.

the problem is that when i uploaded on TE a similar photo from the very same place a couple weeks ago, shot again for HDR and treated exactly the same like this one, it was removed by TE officials as "violating the TE rules of service" for "excessive post-processing". I replied explaining my procedure, which in fact complies to these Terms (http://www.trekearth.com/terms.php , #3) but i got no answer.

i believe it was 'reported' by someone who had never been in a similar situation to know what it really looks like ;)

thank you.

vbourrut, alainh, German74, delic, claudio74, CatherineD, MayaG, stelli, kroupis, hispic, stam, ktanska, lilimih33, doubay, abulafia, cherryripe, yogi32 ha puntuado esta nota como útil.

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cak (4931) 2007-10-18 10:42

you was take good to this disaster moment.it is impressive guite.

Morac (27725) 2007-10-18 10:45

Hello Kostas,

Beautiful photograph which makes it possible to remember this catastrophe which was this fire in Péloponèse.
Thank you for the 23 people deceased.
Regards
Marc

alainh (33209) 2007-10-18 10:46

hello Kostas
terrible summer in your country ! tragedy was here.
i hope all the better for the people of these villages.
all my best
regards of France
alain

German74 (777) 2007-10-18 10:54

Hola Kostas, la foto es sumamente impresionante, tanto como su historia...

Éxitos y un mejor futuro...

delic (6735) 2007-10-18 11:04

Hello Kostas,
It does look otherworldly, but I still can't understand why anyone would complain for excessive processing here. That aside, you have captured the tragedy with an image of great impact. Excellent piece of photojournalism. Regards,
Hakan

Lee30 (78) 2007-10-18 11:31

What a chilling scene, Hope it won't happen again.

claudio74 (7263) 2007-10-18 11:50

Hello Kostas
really impressive picture,a very good picture to imagne the tragedy.
A thinking for all the victims.
regards
Claude

lukie (0) 2007-10-18 12:09

Hello,

a dramatic and a very good photo ! I don't understand why someone should ask to remove such a shot...

regards,

Luc.

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CatherineD (4864) 2007-10-18 13:27

Γεια σου Κώστα,
We can feel again sadness and remember the tradedy. I am sure it is real colours after all this destruction by fire.
Thanks for sharing,
Καταρίνα

fryz (1735) 2007-10-18 14:17

tres émouvant et tres bon effet
20/20
a+ Kostas
Vincent

stelli (3009) 2007-10-18 15:21

This is a chilling picture but very well composed! We should not forget but we will because we do not care enough, it seems! FILIKA Stella

kroupis (664) 2007-10-18 16:30

Δεν υπάρχουν λόγια, μόνο η εικόνα μπορεί να περιγράψει . . .

Να σαι καλά ηλίας.

PixelTerror (0) 2007-10-19 1:26

Hi Kostas,
We have all heard about the fires this summer, your photo comes to remind us that and show the disaster it leaves afterwards, I do not think your PP is overdone but thanks to the microcontrast boosts it certainly contributes to give your photo a more dramatic impression, I like the result a lot.
Have a nice day,
Jean-Yves

stam (267) 2007-10-19 1:40

Kalispera Kosta!

Distixos mia eikona frikis pou den 8eloume na ksanazisoume pote...

Apsogo to note kai euxaristo pou eksigises tin texniki pou xrisimopoiises leptomeros!

Se xaireto,
Giannis

hispic (9658) 2007-10-19 2:24

The tragedy of the fire was expressed very well. The composition is wonderful, and the way of lighting is very skillful.
Offering a silent prayer for the souls of the victims.
Regards,
Hisashi

ktanska (44838) 2007-10-19 2:41

Hi Kostas,
I guess the problem was and is that with this kind of process it's hard to say whether the impression is because of apocalyctic conditions after fire or strong processing. Nevertheless one of the most artistic and hard to forget scenes on this forum. And a sad story behind it. Strong sharp contrasts combined with uniform ash colours. Any chance to see one of originals as a WS?
To the favourites.
Edit: OK, I saw the picture behind the news link.
Kari

gbeli (1970) 2007-10-19 12:06

Geia sou Kosta
Poli omorfi eikona pou apotiponei me ton pio dramatiko tropo tis sinepies ton prosfaton pirkagion stin Peloponiso.
San fotografia einai poli kali.
Xereto

lilimih33 (9918) 2007-10-20 4:33

Hello Kostas!
Incredible composition!
I like very much this effect!
Fantastic work!!!
PERFECT, for my point of view!
Excellent done!
Best regards!
Lili

...I return... :)

savask (1891) 2007-10-21 2:22

It is ashocking picture that depicts perfectly the catastrophe occured. I admire your journalistic approach

doubay (674) 2007-10-22 1:27

Gia su Kosta!
Mu thimizi ikones apo ton proto polemo ston Kolpo apo ta sindirmia enos convoi Irakinon, pu ichan prospathisi na apodrasun apo to Kuweit ke pu i amerikaniki aeroporia tus iche piasi ston dromo. To sikiniko ine apla asilipto.
Chereto
Andreas

PS: Tus kanonismus edo pera min tus psachnis. I efarmogi tus ine akros afthereti. Iparchun ena soro fotografies i opies tus paraviazun choris na simveni tipota, eno ales diagrafondes gia logus agnostus. Genika to site afto apoteli usiastika mia apolitarchiki monarchia pu charaktirizete apo ena kathestos aftarchikis aftheresias.

abulafia (4900) 2007-12-14 0:31

Hi Kostas
I just saw a link to this one in the forum, and i must admit that i was amazed when i saw it!
It is great!! I can understand why someone could have thought that it was because of post processing:)
So detailed and with all the burnt brownish colors.
Great stuff
Harry

ajujot (91) 2008-01-30 4:39

Hii Kostas :

Awesome photograph...When i saw this at first ,thought it was a painting or an un-realistic photograph or a HD pic...excellent capture!

cherryripe (21033) 2008-04-16 5:53

Hi Kostas
This photo is so dynamic with the burnt cars so well placed and the framing is perfect. That tipped up truck is so striking Your HDR treatment really brings out the textures so well.
Regards
Nikki

arturo (31) 2008-07-23 12:45 [Comment]

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gmg (4202) 2008-12-03 13:01

Awful the disaster, but good the photo
TFS
gmg