my name is sandy!

Posted by
Dimitrios (ATHENS, Greece) on 21 January 2007 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.

it is an amazing flower growing in the sand in the south beach of Rethimnon, in Crete. I was wearing shorts so bending on the hot sand was not very nice but it was worth it when I saw the pictures on my monitor. Enjoy it.

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Comments (16)

badala from Leiria, Portugal

A beautifully minimalist and fragile image.

21 Jan 2007 1:25pm

adalove from Alcala de Guadaira, Spain

It´s the kind of desktop image :) It´s really beautiful!

21 Jan 2007 1:50pm

@adalove: please use it, many thanks

Jen from United States

Knees in the hot sand were definitely worth it, beautiful shot.

21 Jan 2007 1:59pm

@Jen: glad you liked it

Jenny from Manchester, United Kingdom

Beautiful minimalism.

21 Jan 2007 2:29pm

shiqi from Singapore, Singapore

its really nice. stands out from the sand.

21 Jan 2007 2:35pm

Craiger from Vacaville, California, United States

Great exposure and minimalist shot!

21 Jan 2007 3:11pm

Colour blind from Tokyo, Japan

Yeah mate great job. The shadow compliments the picture very well I can't believe such a beautiful flower grows out of sand.

21 Jan 2007 3:43pm

@Colour blind: They grow in this area all summer, it is amazing that there is only sand there. The place is called AGIOS PAVLOS in Rethymnon, Crete island. People go there for meditation too!

Lyndsey Le from Houston, TX, United States

I never knew lilies can grow out of sand. At first I thought it was a lily you set up (i.e. stick it in the sand), but found it amazing after reading your title and comment. Fabulous idea and capture!

21 Jan 2007 6:57pm

@Lyndsey Le: no no , I wouldnt do such a thing. There are more than 300 plants in the sandy area on the side of the clifs. This place is not very touristic, everyone respects the flowers. Kind regards Dimitrios

jelb from France

Bonjour,
Nice photos on your blog! Bravo!

21 Jan 2007 8:34pm

@jelb: merci bien

Still from Valence, France

Beautiful image !

21 Jan 2007 9:02pm

Ahraht from Loures, Portugal

the marvelous nature in it utmost splendor, a flower growing in the sand, who could imagine a thing like that. Thank you for sharing this beautiful image with us all. It's terrific.

21 Jan 2007 9:31pm

@Ahraht: happy that you liked it

Martine Lapointe from Québec, Canada

I know Snowdrop but I don't know «Sanddrop»! Beautiful flower.

22 Jan 2007 1:07am

Mammoth in Chief from Naperville, United States

Nice composition+perspective.

22 Jan 2007 1:32am

Prashanth from Bengalooru, India

nice framing... worth the effort :)

22 Jan 2007 12:24pm

@Prashanth: thank you

Lightwalker from Budapest, Hungary

Great shadows! A good one.

1 Aug 2007 11:31pm

@Lightwalker: Thank you Lightwalker, you have looked way back, regards D

Evi from Athens, Greece

The power of nature / God is always amazing. Don't you think?

28 Oct 2007 8:01pm

@Evi: NATURE IS PART OF GOD, GOD IS PART OF OUR NATURE. REGARDS D

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