CAPE MATAPAN
MANI PENINSULA, GREECE
Image Numbers 341, 342, 343
Although not far from Athens, the Mani peninsula in the south of the Pelopponese has been remote for centuries. Until recently its villages could be reached only by boat. The residents are characteristically gruff, tough, resistant to strangers (both Greek and foreign) and fiercely independent. However even they are forced to admit the tourists who are now bused into their enclave mostly against their will. The tourists, who expect to be welcomed throughout Greece, are shocked by the sullen Maniots. However, the Mani Peninsula offers some of the most spectacular architecture and coastal scenery in Greece. So Atticus, along with everyone else, went there just the same. This image shows Cape Matapan at the southern extremity of the peninsula.
TECHNICAL NOTES
Image 341 (upper)
The image was taken with a tripod-mounted Phase One 645 Camera at ISO 200. Exposure of 1/160th of a second and aperture F14. 45mm Phase One lens with focal plane shutter. The image was captured on a Phase One IQ180 80 megapixel digital back.
Image 342 (middle)
The image was taken with a tripod-mounted Phase One 645 Camera at ISO 200. Exposure of 1/160th of a second and aperture F14. 45mm Phase One lens with focal plane shutter. The image was captured on a Phase One IQ180 80 megapixel digital back.
Image 343 (lower)
The image was taken with a tripod-mounted Phase One 645 Camera at ISO 35. Exposure of 1/8th of a second and aperture F22. 45mm Phase One lens with focal plane shutter. The image was captured on a Phase One IQ180 80 megapixel digital back.