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Title: Sunset
Post by: blondegirl on May 23, 2008, 08:11:20 PM: Theres a brilliant sunset on the webcam... absolutely fantastic!
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Post by: TerryW on May 23, 2008, 09:33:09 PM: The sunset tonight really makes you want to be there. When I see the sunset like that I can almost sense the sounds and smells that go with it ....... priceless.
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Post by: Marika on May 23, 2008, 10:16:59 PM: I have seen it too.
I agree with both of you!
I started dreaming :)

Marika x x x
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Post by: JohnTheRef&Dot on May 24, 2008, 01:20:26 AM: First sunset of holiday May12th 2008
(http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/9785/sl370028jc5.jpg)
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Post by: Marika on May 24, 2008, 01:28:44 AM: Wow John, that is a very nice sunset :)

Marika x x x
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Post by: JohnTheRef&Dot on May 24, 2008, 01:28:54 AM: And another
(http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/2594/sl370029xt5.jpg)
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Post by: dimitris on May 24, 2008, 01:41:02 AM: Nice One John!
The sunsets of Arillas are too good to be missed!
I have just been finishing the new "latest sunset" sequence , which is a script that takes the last hour of the sunset pictures of our webcam and shows it to the people that have not had the time to see it "live" ( including my self)
the video will be showing any time until the following sunset.
http://www.arillas.com/sunset

enjoy!!!

This one is for Terry!
You may download all these pictures from the best sunsets and compose a nice video with some music and then post it on you tube for us to see it.
I hope you know what I mean?
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Post by: Marika on May 24, 2008, 01:53:49 AM: Ohhh Dimitris,

That is beautiful :-)

Marika x x x
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Post by: Lindypops on May 24, 2008, 02:48:00 AM: Very nice Dimitris.
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Post by: riggers on May 24, 2008, 02:55:45 AM: Wow what beauties, Not long for me now............................

riggers....................
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Post by: Lindypops on May 24, 2008, 03:06:37 AM: I still need to sort.
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Post by: vivian on May 24, 2008, 08:51:07 AM: Here's 2 that I took I think they show how it can change within 5 mins. Viv
(http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g262/viviankizzysmum/IMGP0765.jpg)

(http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g262/viviankizzysmum/IMGP0750.jpg)
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Post by: Erja on May 24, 2008, 09:26:31 AM: Nice ones Viv! It is sometimes a case of blink and miss it especially after couple of drinks ;)
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Post by: TerryW on May 24, 2008, 09:48:47 AM: I am absolutely stunned after seeing the sunrise sequence, its brilliant Dimitris. As you know I filmed a few sunsets, last year but its impossible to capture the best ones in two weeks.

I only have a few minutes to type this reply so I will post another later. I will be thinking of music all day now. How about some suggestions as to what the best music would be to accompany the sunsets?
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Post by: blondegirl on May 24, 2008, 10:09:35 AM: Super photos... wish I was there.
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Post by: justphil on May 24, 2008, 11:53:53 AM: What amazing pictures. Everyone loves the Arillas sunsets, and Dimitris, you have done us proud with your sequence. ευχαριστώ!!

I particularly love the webcam pics when the sun appears to be shooting a ray of light into the sea, and it then stretches all the way to the beach. I saved one of the webcam pics like this on 8th May.

(http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/4001/arillas05kl8.jpg)

Fantastic!
Phil
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Post by: riggers on May 24, 2008, 03:09:10 PM: Yes very nice indeed Phil, soon be seeing them for real. My tickets came this morning. Not long now. :) :) :D :D

riggers.........
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Post by: justphil on May 24, 2008, 05:39:40 PM: Fantastic riggers! I've only got half term (now) and four weeks of college until it is goodbye Strode College, Hello Arillas.

Might not be watching the sunsets from Thalassa though. What a b****r. Hope it gets fixed.

all the best
Phil
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Post by: justphil on May 24, 2008, 08:08:22 PM: Jen just showed me another one at 1940 today. The ray of light goes past the sea, all the way up the beach. Breathtaking!

if you missed it, see the sequence tomorrow before sunset!

Phil
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Post by: TerryW on May 25, 2008, 12:40:32 AM: Excellent photos John and Viv, thanks for posting them
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Post by: riggers on May 25, 2008, 01:02:09 AM: I have just been going back through these photos' wow thanks. they are great........

riggers...... :)
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Post by: TerryW on May 25, 2008, 01:07:25 AM: Hi Dimitris,

These sunsets really are amazing. Are you able to save each sunset or is the previous evenings sequence over written? I only ask because it would be nice to compare the sunsets and see all of the variations which are transformed by cloud and weather conditions.

This forum and website just gets better and better!!!!!!!!
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Post by: TerryW on May 26, 2008, 12:38:55 AM: This is a just a test - Yesterdays sunset speeded up

(http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/606/sunset1xbo9.flv.th.jpg) (http://img532.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sunset1xbo9.flv)
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Post by: justlynn on May 26, 2008, 07:21:00 PM: (http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/9896/20080519smc0010ro2.jpg)

Colin took this photo this year - shame we had to come home!
Lynn x
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Post by: PaulnMaria on May 26, 2008, 07:49:22 PM: Great photo Lynne/Colin. I've just about managed to digest the last of that Chef's Salad from the Marina by the way !! :) :)
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Post by: justphil on May 26, 2008, 07:57:14 PM: Apparently my last attempt got crowded out - did get a red error message but post got lost. Hope this isn't a repeat.

Lynn that was a special picture. Jen and me could sit and watch that sunset for hours.

We know exactly where you were standing. On the way to Coconut, Thalassa, Graziella or Brouklis for another Arillas evening?

best wishes
Phil
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Post by: TerryW on May 26, 2008, 09:56:58 PM: Lovely colours on that photo Lynn/Colin, another lovely sunset.
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Post by: justlynn on May 27, 2008, 01:48:23 AM: Thanks to all for nice comments.

Paul, I never did see such a big plate full before - it was massive! Did you get back without getting drenched? We didn't!

Phil, you're right, it was one of those! But not Thalassa, as they were shut :(
Yammas,
Lynn x
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Post by: PaulnMaria on May 27, 2008, 10:09:15 PM: Lynn/Colin
The waiter in the Marina took pity on us and offerred us a lift back to our studios (having an old lady in tow has it's benefits) - of course it would have been rude to refuse !! Enjoyed the night
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Post by: justphil on May 27, 2008, 10:29:22 PM: Paul and Maria - Jen and me just been debating this one.

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having an old lady in tow has it's benefits

She said "don't you dare! what about an old man like you - that should work...."

D'ya reckon I'd qualify?? I dislike pickled onions and jelly babies..

lol
Phil
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Post by: PaulnMaria on May 28, 2008, 12:13:58 AM: Methinks I need to clarify a couple of points here. Firstly when I said that had just finished digesting my salad from the Marina, it wasn't a comment on the quality of the food (it was delicious !), it was a comment, as I'm sure Lynn & Colin will verify, on the size of it. When it arrived I wasn't sure wether I should eat it, climb it or jog round it !!!!!
Secondly, the old lady in tow wasn't Maria, but Maria's mother. Hopefully that's me out of the doghouse & back in the big bed ;)
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Post by: justphil on May 28, 2008, 02:31:11 AM: Paul, you shouldn't have anything to worry about. I also wonder whether to eat, dance around or climb onto the large portions of food. I never want to upset my hosts so I eat three times as much as I usually do. So does Jen. It's why we always put on so much weight in Arillas!

Jen and me are getting to be the old lady/old man. Quite often we'd love to be towed! So we just keep joking about it. Seems the best way....

As for the big bed, we've got our stories, but they're for us....
lol
Phil
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Post by: TerryW on May 28, 2008, 06:31:11 PM: Sunset Video Number 1 with music
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Post by: dimitris on May 28, 2008, 07:10:36 PM: Quote from: TerryW on May 28, 2008, 06:31:11 PM
Sunset Video Number 1 with music

VEry nice Terry,

As far your question is concerned,
The images are not saved but overwritten every day,
so it would be nice to if you ( or anyone else) could do this in a regular basis so that we can have an arillas sunset video gallery in youtube!!!

Ill will be posting this links to the Video section of our website too.

Regards,,
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Post by: riggers on May 28, 2008, 07:40:00 PM: That is really clever Terry, well done..

Great to watch.........

riggers....
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Post by: vivian on May 28, 2008, 08:23:41 PM: Well done Terry, can you please tell me what the piece of music is called, it just won't come to me. Viv
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Post by: TerryW on May 28, 2008, 10:54:07 PM: Viv,

I am still trying to find out the title of the music. I know the composer is George Kolias. He was born in Cyprus and now lives in New York. http://georgekolias.com

EEG sent me two fantastic Greek songs but it was difficult to make them fit the length of the video because of the lyrics. An instrumental is easy to edit to fit the duration of the film.

Dimitris,

I have saved four sunsets so far, and I will try to save as many as possible.
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Post by: Eleni on May 28, 2008, 11:55:31 PM: Hello mr Terry,

thank you very much fot the nice sunset and for the fullmoon reflection of
some time ago!

Although i m extremely busy as you guessed i always find time to have a
quick look in the forum and apreciate your valuable contribution !

See you soon

Eleni
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Post by: TerryW on May 29, 2008, 12:12:50 AM: Thanks Eleni,

See you in 5 weeks time

TerryW
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Post by: martin-w on May 29, 2008, 01:13:05 AM: Hi,
Some excellent work on those stunning sunsets. They are not the easiest things to capture on film/digicard as they vary so much. Well done!
Whilst I was in Arillas I obtained a C.D. called 'Anthology of Greek Music', instrumental 25 bouzouki hits, from a gift shop near Malibu Bar. There are some great tracks suitable for background music or just getting into the atmosphere of Arillas when viewing you photos!
They had a good selection of music and as far as I could tell, the only ones selling C.D.S.
Yammas,
Martin.
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Post by: Cheryl2307 on May 29, 2008, 09:48:06 AM: That was lovely Terry, thank you! Together with the music, it gave me goosebumps! Wish I was as good as you with computers!
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Post by: TerryW on May 29, 2008, 12:07:47 PM: Cheryl

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Wish I was as good as you with computers!

To be honest Cheryl I am not that good, its just that I have spent many hours a day from the late 1980's "messing" and I am lucky that a major part of my job is to use the internet and to try out new software. Helen has always said that she feels as if she is a computer widow due to all the time I spend using one, and I am often "in trouble" :-(

I loved doing the sunset video because I love Arillas, I love sunsets and I love music, and I must admit that I did actually get goosebumps myself. Its also been very enjoyable, over the last few days, listening to lots of Greek music.

Martin,

Thanks for the info about the CD and I hope they have some left when I go in five weeks time.
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Post by: TerryW on May 29, 2008, 06:23:01 PM: I had another play at lunchtime. I have speeded up the first three sunset videos and combined them. The music has three phases that I have nearly managed to fit the three videos. Have a look at the vapour trail on the last video that looks like a shooting star.
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Post by: Paul C on May 29, 2008, 07:56:28 PM: Well done Terry.Really enjoyed those sunsets and the music. Putting the video on full screen makes it even better.
Paul
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Post by: Erja on May 29, 2008, 09:48:21 PM: Nice one terry :) Keep up the creativity and can't wait for the next one!
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Post by: blondegirl on May 30, 2008, 12:43:53 PM: Brilliant as usual!
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Post by: TerryW on May 30, 2008, 11:15:12 PM: Tonights Sunset (30th May) is the best one so far - magical.

Isn't nature wonderful that something as beautiful as that can be created and never be the same as any others.
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Post by: justphil on May 30, 2008, 11:22:06 PM: I agree Terry. Breathtaking. Hope you got it saved for another video...

best wishes
phil
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Post by: riggers on May 31, 2008, 03:06:41 AM: Just got an email from Roula- Kaloudis tonight, saying saving me room above shop.
Lovely Sunsets. Can't wait, not long now..........................

riggers............
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Post by: kevin.g on May 31, 2008, 09:15:48 PM: i love chilling out on the horizon raised deck to watch the sunset ...magical...with a ouzo in hand.....yammas
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Post by: TerryW on June 04, 2008, 06:30:32 PM: I have just completed another sunset video with some amazing music. The music is by Eleni Vitali and is called "Ksafnikos Erotas" (Sudden Love). I have looked for a translation of the lyrics but I haven't found any. I am hoping that someone (Eleni, Dimitris, Nikos, etc) can find a translation for me. It is a lovely song and it gives me goose pimples.

After three listens I kept humming the tune in my head so I guess it passed "The Old Grey Humming Test"

Try to watch in full screen mode as you get a better view of the people walking along the pier.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iCthLoRO48

(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/_iCthLoRO48/default.jpg)
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Post by: riggers on June 04, 2008, 06:44:39 PM: Brilliant Terry.

I have just viewed it twice..........

riggers............
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Post by: kevin.g on June 04, 2008, 07:47:02 PM: i got that wonderful chill feeling down my spine ...thanks terry, well see it for real soon together .....yammas
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Post by: Paul C on June 04, 2008, 08:25:02 PM: Terry

Another masterpiece. No more to be said.

Paul
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Post by: justphil on June 05, 2008, 02:30:13 AM: Paul - you said it - that one is a masterpiece

Phil
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Post by: JohnTheRef&Dot on June 09, 2008, 11:59:42 PM: Sunset tonight was fantastic
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Post by: TerryW on June 10, 2008, 12:32:33 AM: I agree John it was a lovely sunset.

Does anyone else want to save some of the sunsets? I am still saving them when I can but I would hate to miss a really good one.

There is some very good free software here ...

http://camstudio.org/

It is easy to use and there is no malware or spyware linked to it. If anybody does fancy having a go and they are not sure how to use it just let me know and I will help.

A good challenge for Eileen. She would do it easily and a sunset video would look good on her website.

Come on Eileen !!!!!!!!!
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Post by: Eileen on June 10, 2008, 01:45:47 AM: Eeks...why pick on me??? I've had a peek and my mind boggles....I'll look at it tomorrow with a fresher head!! (Remember I'm the one with about 30 camcorder discs waiting to be downloaded onto DVD's...it would be cheaper for me to get my head around it than buying all these little discs!)

Eileenx
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Post by: dimitris on June 10, 2008, 03:19:57 PM: I'm trying to save the whole day's pictures in to a local folder in my pc .
Then I make them all to a video file in fast forward.
the above link is the result.
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Post by: TerryW on June 10, 2008, 03:36:07 PM: That is amazing Dimitris. Maybe there is a way to automate the process. If there was software available I suppose storage space would probably be a constraint.

It would be really good though if we could download a video of a day that we were in Arillas.

I think this is a great idea, and I love seeing the movement of the clouds.
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Post by: justphil on June 10, 2008, 04:17:17 PM: Fantastic Dimitris. Just watched it 3 times.

I'd hate my days in Arillas to pass by so fast though! lol

Phil
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Post by: Eleni on June 23, 2008, 11:57:00 PM: I totaly agree!
The problem is that it s not only the days that are passing so quicly but out hall life
as well1

Forgive me to say,but i didn t like it!

I know that people can do many things with technology and computer knowledge
but if you notice better you ll realise that as much as something can be apeared technically as a masterpiece,as less it "taulks to the heart and the soul.
After all ,time is important to give the space needed in everything around us and inside us.

Videos that are "killing" the time may show the result of a natural procedure like a
joke mostly than a real fact...

I liked the chosen song very much !

Could you put it on together with a sunshine procedure in "almost" real time???
I d love that! It would give me the needed time to "feel" and realy relax .....

Eleni
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Post by: TerryW on June 24, 2008, 10:49:02 PM: Eleni's post has reminded me of a day last year, when I picked up a publication from the reception at the Horizon. It was called "Real Corfu - Discover North Corfu" and it was published by CPA Real Estate Agents.

On the second page was a short article written by Torsten Tilmans, a physiotherapist who lives in Afionis. I am sure that many forum members will be able to relate to the last paragraph.

Dear Readers

I would like to share some thoughts about living the moment. I am living in the old part of Afionas, a beautiful village in the north west of Corfu island, which is located on the top of a hill. To the south you have a breathtaking view down to the large bay of St George and looking to the north you face the wideness of the sea with the five Diapontia Islands of Othonoi, Erikousa, Mathraki, Diabolo and Gravia

These surroundings make it already very easy to be in the moment; sitting down, getting calm, watching the environment, hearing the sounds of the sea and the birds, feeling the sun and the wind, smelling the herbs and the flowers.

Spending a lot of time caring for my garden and renovating the house, I realized that it is good to be "living in the moment" while you are active. Being in the moment means that you are highly concentrated and therefore you are highly efficient in whatever you do.

In turn, this means you lose the feeling of time. When you do this you are never in a hurry, which in turn means you make less mistakes and you minimize the risk of getting injured or having an accident.

Also you are aware of your senses; being aware of your senses means you are receptive to receive plenty of information giving you new ideas for the next step of your activity or even unexpected insights about other topics you were dealing with in your mind.

Living in the moment means you are connected "with your body and therefore you feel immediately when you are overdoing your work or activity by receiving information if things start to feel uncomfortable or painful. For example in your back, your head, your hands or your joints. This again gives you the chance to stop, or to change the way you do your work or activity in order to avoid having physical problems.

Maybe now you can understand the benefits we achieve by just living in the moment?

It feels like sitting on top of a hill in Afionas, getting calm, watching the environment, hearing the sounds of the sea and the birds, feeling the sun and the wind, smelling the herbs and flowers ...........

Thank you for listening. Torsten Tilmans,

Physiotherapist 0030 6938799723
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Post by: justphil on June 24, 2008, 11:01:04 PM: thanks for reminding me Terry. I sat in Thalassa last summer reading that article about four times. He is so eloquent.

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In turn, this means you lose the feeling of time. When you do this you are never in a hurry, which in turn means you make less mistakes and you minimize the risk of getting injured or having an accident.

I think that is what our Eleni was saying. A sunset in 60 seconds does not help you lose the feeling of time. I feel sure she is right about it, but somehow not being able to see it at all is even worse. Or is it?

I know that Jen and me have sat for hours planning who will see, when we will go here or there or everywhere when we get out to Arillas. Expect you and Helen are the same. I just know that when we get there it will all go out of the window, and we will just take it as it comes. What lovely thoughtful posts from you both

Phil