Amoudi Bay , Oia Sunset july 3 rd 2016

On our last evening on Santorini , we are going to take the bus to Oia again and go down to Amoudi bay .   It is a steep climb down 230 ish steps i believe or on a donkey!

                 Leaving the pool we are going to the bus station for the 20 minute journey to Oia.

   We are in Oia now, at the top of the steps near the ruined castle which go down to Amoudi bay

                               Down we go, the sun will be setting in about 40-50 minutes.

                 Looking up at the windmill i photographed from the castle the other evening.

                            Amoudi Bay , with its four very expensive restaurant's on the water front.

We have taken the left hand path around the harbour , think this will give the best view of the sunset.

                   But , just to make sure , a quick walk around to the opposite side to take a look.

                              The red cliffs are starting to light up with the low setting sun.

                                                Back to the previous location..................

                  Loads of boats have now arrived to watch the sun setting into the Aegean sea .

                                             Yes!   that is a dog on a surf board with a man   :)

                                                                Our last Santorini sunset :(

Looking up at Oia , with the white buildings turning pink by the low sun  , 5 frame panorama shot with 100-400mm lens.

                                                    Now to walk back up the 200+ steps!!!!!

Think will take a quick look at the view point on the castle as there is still some nice colour in the sky now the sun has set.

                                                                             Lights on.
                                                 Beautiful last evening on our honeymoon

                                         My last sunset image of the Windmills at Oia

Back to where we started,  the pool .............................

                                                       Tommorow we go home :(

The Blue Domes of Oia , Santorini july 2 nd 2016

This morning we are heading back to Oia  to take a good look around as we didn't see much in  the evening visits we have made.

                                 Another blue sky hot day, think its going to be mid thirties!

 Its a beautiful town ,   all the buildings are whitewashed and the paths are wonderfully laid out.

                                   There are very few plants , these balcony boxes look good

                       Oleander shrubs i think these are :)                        No buterflies though!

                                                        Beautiful clean stone pavements.

                                                        I Haven't a clue what this is for!

                                 The blue domes are in the distance, now how to get near them?

                                      Yay!    found a small set of steps leading past one.

                          Stunning with the Bougainvillea giving good contrast to the landscape.

                 At the far end near to the old ruined castle i photographed the sunset from.
                                                      love this huge Bourgainvillea

                 

                                              Panorama showing the beautiful buildings

                                       A small back yard, looks more like a tea house.

Its too hot now, after going into all the small shops to cool down under the air con we are going to make our way back to Fira now for a rest until it cools down a bit.

Santorini Oia sunset 30th June 2016

We have come back to Oia for the sunset again, but not early like last time.   It is  7.05 pm  so little more than an hour to sunset .  its crowded as we expected but we are going to have a look around the other side of the windmills first to see if can find a spot there to shoot from.

                   Love these white buildings contrasting with the bright Bougainvillea plants.

 At the back of the windmills now, but cant get any decent composition so will go back to the castle ruins.

 I have found a small spot on top of a wall with a huge drop on my right!     need to be very careful.

 3 Images Jan took on her phone as i am shooting a few panoramas with the 5dsr & 100-400mm Lens
 Its packed with people , more than the previous visit i think.

                                      There is a Lovely glow on the white buildings right now.

My First image is a panorama just as the sun illuminates a few parts of the white buildings and the sky is colouring up nicely.       this is the image i wanted to get .

 The sun has set lower and the highlights on the buildings has gone, it only lasted a couple of minutes, so lucky i got the above image.   its a more subtle colour now.

                                                                           a phone shot

                                                           Panorama  -   5dsr  100-400L

                                            The lights are coming on now as its getting dark

                                                         Almost everyone has left now.

                                                                       A final panorama