Category Archives: Travel

An abandoned vilage

A few photos taken at an abandoned village called Gavros, near the city of Kastoria, Greece. You can see the GPS location by visiting this Panoramio page. (Nikon D800E, Nikon 28-300 f/3.5-5.6 lens, panoramic crop). The good thing with having … Continue reading

Posted in Travel | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Shooting angle with the Nikon 14-24 f/2.8 lens (part II)

More images with the Nikon 14-24. This time a few travel photos at a beautiful old church located at the city of Kastoria, Greece. The fast aperture of the 14-24 allowed me to shoot at 1/40 shutter speed (ISO 3200), … Continue reading

Posted in Lenses, Travel | Tagged , | Leave a comment

At Mornos lake

For today’s post, a few images shot at Mornos lake (Greece), a beautiful location for landscape photography. All images taken with the Fuji GSW690iii and Kodak Portra 160VC. I also made some images with the Leica M6 and Mamiya 645 … Continue reading

Posted in Analog, Travel | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Ancient theater under infrared light

Back to infrared photography, and a few images of an ancient theater. Shot with the Leica M8, Voigtlander Skopar 21mm f/4 and B+W 092 IR filter. (c)2013 Konstantinos Besios. All Rights reserved.

Posted in Infrared, Travel | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

A winter’s day at the beach

I enjoy taking walks on a beach during a winter day. Usually, there are very few people around and that presents a great opportunity for some interesting photos. The weather forecast had predicted a rainy day so I loaded a … Continue reading

Posted in Travel | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Infrared photos of Meteora

This is the first post of 2013, and I am back with a few infrared images taken at Meteora, Greece. I’ve taken hundreds of photos on this location, so I thought this time I should try some IR photography in … Continue reading

Posted in Infrared, Travel | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

A taste of Christmas

Christmas is near so what’s better than getting a first taste by visiting a beautiful Christmas village. Located at Trikala, Greece its a wondeful place to visit with your family (you can find more info here). I took with me … Continue reading

Posted in Analog, Travel | Tagged , , , , , , | 3 Comments

At Meteora with Plaubel Makina 67

I have posted many times images taken at the wonderful location of Meteora (Greece), and written about this unique place. You can see a list of these post here. With the exception of infrared images and a few other occasions, … Continue reading

Posted in Analog, Travel | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

A beautiful place

Last year, I had the chance to visit a beautiful location at the city of Livadeia (Greece). It’s really one of those places you don’t expect to see inside a town, and a wondeful location to enjoy a cup of … Continue reading

Posted in Travel | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Images from Meteora

Meteora is a unique location with huge rock formations and beautiful monasteries built on them. I visit this location often and I consider it to be one of the most beautiful sceneries I have ever seen. I have taken literally … Continue reading

Posted in Analog, Travel | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment