Month: October 2004

Parade at Makarious III avenue

Today, as I’ve mentioned before, is a national holiday in Cyprus – “Oxi day” which came from Greece. Limassol was celebrating with a huge parade. Many schools and colleges participated as well as military, police, and other government organizations. The demonstration took place at Makarious III avenue, which is one of the central streets of the city.

The show started at around 11:30. Everything was very well organized, as usual. There were safety zones marked with ropes, and there were lots of guards and policemen who maintained the order. There were plenty of spectators as well. Many of them came with children.

If you missed the event, there will be some television coverage on local news. Additionally, you can see a whole bunch of pictures that I took.

The Hurricane

Watched “The Hurricane” on DVD. I’ve seen it before, but I totally forgot about it. It is an excellent movie where Denzel Washington plays a wrongly convicted boxing champion who is innocent and wants to get out of jail. It takes him 22 years, but succeeds. The film is based on a true story. And a great story that is.

Good acting, attention to details and excellent music push this film as high as 9 out of 10 in my ratings. It is a good one to watch when thinking on the issues of racism and law of justice.

Dmitry

It’s been a while since I photographed any people, so I consider a portrait to be worthy for today. It was too dark to see the noisy background before the shot, but flash did bring it out nicely. I like light worked for the face. I should practice more of this.

Album location: /photos/2004/2004-10-28_POTD

Levity

Watched “Levity” on DVD. It is film which is way way way way too slow and boring. It has an idea, but it is too simple and unfullfilling for the movie of this length.

There are a lot of stars, including Billy Bob Thornton, Morgan Freeman, and Kirsten Dunst (also known as Spiderman’s girlfriend). The movie didn’t require any sort of serious performance from anyone, so the celebrities were kind of wasted.

This film needs a hell of a lot more action or philosophy. Either one a mixture of two could have made it into a something really serios. As it is, I will give it a 5 out of 10. Boring.

Moon

Today the Moon was even bigger than yesterday and the clouds were much more interesting. They were this patchy kind. Unfortunately they moved way too fast to be photographed as they were.

I have used the tripod to get the shots right. Out of 20 or so pictures, I have selected only 5. Full Moon is very interesting and documentary. The rest are very atmospheric.

Album location: /photos/2004/2004-10-27_POTD