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During our two week explore of the Mediterranean island of Crete my wife Liz and I noticed three things in abundance, the first was olive trees, the second was windmills (both broken and working) and the third, and most striking, was the large number of small Greek Orthodox churches dotted around the landscape, usually in prominent positions on top of hills.
Such was the case as we drove down towards Milatos, a seaside village on the north coast of the island which was overlooked by the dramatically located white painted church of St Nektariosat.
Of course I had to stop by the side of the single track road and quickly take this picture of the church, shining in the sunlight and set against the deep blue of the Mediterranean, before jumping back in the car and driving off before another vehicle came along.
Filename - crete church 03.jpg
Camera - Canon 6D
Lens - 100-400mm zoom @ 400mm
Exposure - 1/800sec @ f8, ISO400
Filters - Polarising filter used to enhance colours.
Location - Milatos, Crete
This image - 800x533px JPEG
Conversion - Adobe Lightroom
Comments - Image deliberately underexposed to preserve highlights.
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