The Central Market at Monistraki, Athens Greece

chrisinhouston · 03-08-2009, 10:50 PM

I got up at 4 am and took a cap to the market to be there before the regular customers. The vendors were busy setting up. I highly recomend this place for anyone going on holiday to Greece.

You snooze, you loose!

TheMercenary · 03-08-2009, 10:53 PM

Hey I have seen those heads before!

xoxoxoBruce · 03-08-2009, 10:54 PM

Excellent, the pig on the left looks alive... they're like comedy and tragedy masks.

chrisinhouston · 03-08-2009, 10:55 PM

A fe more before I got o bed!

xoxoxoBruce · 03-08-2009, 10:58 PM

Were you behind the counter or do they work out front of the cases?

TheMercenary · 03-08-2009, 11:13 PM

That first pic begs for some photoshop comments.

jinx · 03-08-2009, 11:14 PM

These are all so fantastic... wow!

HungLikeJesus · 03-09-2009, 12:19 AM

Good pictures. What are you shooting with?

limey · 03-09-2009, 12:46 AM

Great Chris! Keep 'em coming!

chrisinhouston · 03-09-2009, 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Were you behind the counter or do they work out front of the cases?

No, the buthchers and fish mongers work out in front of the lighted displays. Most meats are in cases with glass fronts and most of the fish is just in big displays packed on ice. On the whole it was the freshest stuff I've ever seen! And the people were very nice and accomodating on having their pictures taken so early in the morning.

classicman · 03-09-2009, 07:51 AM

Wonderful insight into something most of us will never see. Great job.

chrisinhouston · 03-09-2009, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

Good pictures. What are you shooting with?

Right now I usually shoot with 2 camera bodies; a Canon 1Ds Mark II (16mp sensor) and also a Canon 5D (12mp). I use a wide variety of lenses, almost all Canon. 15mm fisheye, 16-24mm f2.8, 24-70mm f2.8, 80mm f1.2, 100mm Macro, 70-200mm f2.8, 100-400mm f4.5 and my newest lens is a Sigma 800mm f5.6. I'd like to retire the Canon 5D and go with another 1Ds Mark II or even a Mark III (21 mp).

I don't travel with everything but pick gear based on what I think my needs will be. For my upcoming trip to Africa I am trying to decide if I can take my 800mm lens as it is rather big for carryon and I need to pack my big Gitzo tripod in the checked gear. Decisions, decisisons!

Scriveyn · 03-09-2009, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by chrisinhouston

... For my upcoming trip to Africa I am trying to decide if I can take my 800mm lens as it is rather big for carrion ... Decisions, decisisons!

Fixed it for ya!

Oh, and good shots, did some nice shots in a fish market in Portugal myself. Not with "pro" gear though.

Sundae · 03-09-2009, 09:55 AM

Chris those are some glorious photos. You are a master.

On a more mundane level, they remind me of the meat & fish markets I saw as a child - Smithfields and Billingsgate respectively. We were always up early as children, similarly when staying with my Grandparents but never early enough to catch the men at the markets setting up - they worked through the night! The Upper Classes used to come out of Covent Garden Opera House and be able to go for a drink with the stall holders from the fruit & veg market, as they escaped England's punitive licensing laws due to the topsy turvy hours they kept.

And more recently it reminds me of Bradford meat & fish market, and Leicester covered market, much of both is now halal. Both lovely places to walk around (Bradford being far larger and therefore more time consuming) whether you are a shopper, a browser or just a sight-seer.

Thank you.

Cicero · 03-09-2009, 10:51 AM

Oh how splendid!! How jealous am I? Aaaah!

Great photos Chris....I might spend my spare time dreaming of being there and I might not. Ok I do.

Live it up for me!

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chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	A fe more before I got o bed! Attached Images

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xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Were you behind the counter or do they work out front of the cases? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Chris those are some glorious photos. You are a master. On a more mundane level, they remind me of the meat & fish markets I saw as a child - Smithfields and Billingsgate respectively. We were always up early as children, similarly when staying with my Grandparents but never early enough to catch the men at the markets setting up - they worked through the night! The Upper Classes used to come out of Covent Garden Opera House and be able to go for a drink with the stall holders from the fruit & veg market, as they escaped England's punitive licensing laws due to the topsy turvy hours they kept. And more recently it reminds me of Bradford meat & fish market, and Leicester covered market, much of both is now halal. Both lovely places to walk around (Bradford being far larger and therefore more time consuming) whether you are a shopper, a browser or just a sight-seer. Thank you. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

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Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Oh how splendid!! How jealous am I? Aaaah! Great photos Chris....I might spend my spare time dreaming of being there and I might not. Ok I do. Live it up for me! __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

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