Crete, Greece, 12 October 2018.
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An olive tree, 2,000 years old.
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The Church of Agios Georgios Phalandras.
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Road and remains of adjacent buildings, ancient Minoan “Palace” of Phaestos.
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View of the plain below Phaestos.
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Northwest Courtyard.
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Another of the wonderful miniature roadside shrines.
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A distant church on top of a hill.
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The harbour, Hora Sfakion.
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Inside FrangoKastello.
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Looking up inside one of the towers of FrangoKastello.
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A view from the road from Chania to Sougia.
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On the walk from Sougia to Lissos.
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A view from the walk from Sougia to Lissos.
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Roman tombs in the necropolis at Lissos, on the far side of the valley, from the walk in.
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Remaining walls and mosaic floor, Temple of Asklepios.
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Ancient olive tree.
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Ancient wood.
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Small ruined chamber in Roman Necropolis.
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Panagia Chapel.
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Inside Panagia Chapel.
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Captain George arrrives to take us back to Sougia.
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Ancient city of Syia, on the outskirts of Sougia.
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A distant church on a remote peak.
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A house and a small church, with a man, a utility, a small flock of sheep and very small village in the background.
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A duplex half occupied and half ruined.
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A church overlooking an ancient coastline.
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Villages on hard times.
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Murray Foote 
Beautiful photos as always! X
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Thanks heaps Anna!
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I especially like the patchwork look of the plain.
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There was another Minoan city down there in the distance, a commercial rather than a ceremonial one. It must have been cultivated for four thousand years or more.
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The images are wonderful, are you still shooting Fuji? You sure have honed your eye for monochrome.
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Thanks heaps George. Yes, my travel shots are now all Fuji, though I still use Nikon for live music. These were taken with an X-T2 and 10-24mm or 100-400mm, plus one 23mm f2 and one 56mm f1.2.
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I love Fuji gear. I had the XPro3 and the XT3 before I retired, with the 16-55, 50-140, 8-16 and 200 f/2. Now I’m retired I only have the X100V left and I love it to bits 😀 Your monochromes are just wonderful.
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Thanks very much again George. One more post of monochromes from Crete to go.
Then I might do a live music post (Nikon) but apart from that I’ll next start on my recent trip to North Queensland. For that I took X-E4, X-T2, X-T2 IR, 4mm Laowa Fisheye (but hardly used), 8-16mm, 14mm (because 8-16mm was not supposed to be good for IR), 23mm f2, 35mm f1.4, 56mm (not good for IR), 80mm macro, 70-300mm and 200mm f2. I had intended to take the 27mm f2.8 instead of the 23, 35 and 56 but then discovered it was no good for IR.
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