Mouse Island Dawn
This small Island of Pontikonisi is better known as Mouse Island and is located at the mouth of the Halkiopoulos lagoon in Corfu Greece.
According to the legend, Pontikonissi was Odysseus’s ship, the vessel that brought the legendary king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer’s epic poem the Odyssey to the island of the Phaeacians.
It was during a terrible storm that the boat was washed out on the shores of the island, and god Poseidon turned his boat into this green rock, giving it his name.
The small church on the island is called Panagia Vlacherna.
I had already captured the island from a high vantage point from the cliffs at dusk.
For this image I wanted to get much closer and a more intimate angle of the Panagia Vlacherna church.
Getting to walkway that lead to the island was going to be my first obstacle.
I had no car having returned it to the hire company a day or so earlier so I was looking to walk to the location.
This meant a long walk on the road or apparently told a short walk via the beach
The beach was my first choice but only if the tide was low enough allow me access and I definitely didn't fancy a swim with a 4ib tripod in tow!
Fortunately tide and light were in my favour and I reached the walkway leading to the church just as the sun rose above the horizon and began to burn the mist off the distant mountains It looked spectacular, I setup the tripod and camera and began to shoot.
My job was easy I simply had to set up my composition and enjoy the unfolding of the sun upon the scene. It was breathtaking.
Mouse Island is probably the most famous landmark of Corfu and this fine art print has been a popular addition to my art gallery.
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