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A good excuse by fotostef

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A good excuse
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I woke up just after dawn and I went to the window, as I do every morning, to take a look at the park and the old castle. Two young fellows were sitting on a bench, drinking the last beer of the night. I reminisced the years that this was a normality in my life too. Staying up all night and drinking till the dawn before I finally hit the bed.  It felt right back then, when I was like that, as it also feels right nowadays, that I prefer to respect my body and follow a more natural sleeping pattern. 


But what about exceptions?  


Carnival is definitely a good excuse to get out of the ordinary and get a little crazy! After all that's the whole purpose of it :)

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And Nafplio has not one but two carnivals.  A small one at Saturday night and the main one, on Sunday afternoon! As you can imagine this weekend was all about festivities! The town was overflowed with visitors and only the castle on the top of the hill, seemed to remain indifferent and calm!


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For one more time I was amazed by the excessive use of mobile phones as cameras. As if the presence of people in the carnival would be questioned, if they haven't any video to prove it. I was watching  many of them as they were filming instead of living the moment. They never took their eyes from the screen. They were right in front of the parade and they only saw it, through the tiny screen of their phone.

I wonder how many of them, have even realised it.

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As for myself, I may haven't stayed up all night, drinking and dancing till the morning but it was a fun weekend, with many friends around and I even took a few photos for you :) 

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<center><sub>The camera that I used is a Canon EOS 850D with an EF-S 18-135mm lens attached. I edited the photographs in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic</sub>

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<center>**All the pictures  and the words are mine.**

*Thank you for reading and if you want to know more about me you can check out my [introduction post.](https://peakd.com/hive-174578/@fotostef/my-introduction-to-the-hive-community)*

**Commenting, upvoting and rebloging are highly appreciated!**</center>

















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@gatubela ·
Ώστε ποτό και ξενύχτια όλα τα βράδια ε; 🤭🍷🥃🍹🍸🥂🍻 Καλά έκανες 😂😂😂
Ωραίες φωτογραφίες, δεν βλέπω όμως να έχεις ντυθεί καρνάβαλος 🙄🤣🤣🤣
Εμένα μου αρέσει πάρα πολύ το καρναβάλι 🥳🎭, και να το βλέπω αλλά πιο πολύ να ντύνομαι εγώ 🤩🧜🏻‍♀️🧚🏻‍♀️🧞‍♀️🦹🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️🧛🏻‍♀️🧟‍♀️ χεχεχε 
Δεν ήξερα ότι στο Ναύπλιο κάνανε τέτοια καρναβάλια, νόμιζα ότι μόνο στην Πάτρα 🤭🤭, εδώ είχαμε καρναβάλια τον Φλεβάρη, την επόμενη εβδομάδα έχουμε Πάσχα 🐰🥚✝️
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@fotostef ·
Το πιο μεγάλο και γνωστό είναι στην Πάτρα, αλλά όλες οι πόλεις κάνουν μικρότερα καρναβάλια! Εγώ έχω χρόνια να ντυθώ αποκριάτικα. Λείπει η παρέα για να με παρασύρει :)
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@gatubela ·
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Χαχαχα, μα δεν χρειάζεται παρέα, άμα δεν βρίσκεις ανθρώπινη παρέα ντύσου μόνος σου, ντύσε και τον Μάρκο και listo! Όπως λέμε εδώ 🥳💃🏻🕺🏻🦹🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️🧛🏻‍♀️🧟‍♀️🤭🤭🤭
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@genesisledger ·
I remember in high school we had a philosophy class where the question was why people are constantly taking photos/videos of everything in important moments instead of living in the moment. 

What I'm about to say is entirely my own. But to put it very simply, I ended up saying that in our society, image is very important. Taking photos and videos of yourself at the festival is a way of showing off and showing others that you're having an extraordinary time.

I can't remember what I was quoting, but it doesn't date back to the advent of the telephone. The importance attached to image and the way we present ourselves to others was already a central preoccupation in ancient times. The telephone is just a new way of realizing and emphasizing this. 
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@fotostef ·
I haven't thought of it like that but you are probably right. The "image" was important, even from the ancient times. And people do care what the others think of them. It is just too bad to give our energy to the image of our life instead of actually living it! 
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@genesisledger ·
I agree with you. But then again, it depends on schools of thought. In stoicism - of which, without knowing it, you may be a member just like me, at a high percentage rate - we advocate authenticity and virtuous living, independent of the gaze of others. From this perspective, one's image is not a priority, since what counts is living in accordance with one's own values.

Confucianism, on the other hand, emphasizes social harmony and respect for others. As a result, giving a good image is seen as a duty to society.

I don't know if everything can be reduced to philosphy. But I do think it's an excellent way of gaining a better understanding of the world around us, and a better grasp of how people behave.
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@ibbtammy ·
>They never took their eyes from the screen.

Like they say "all for the gram", everyone wants to capture the moment so they can post it on their various social media platforms. 
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@fotostef ·
That's right, paying too much attention on the online world and forgetting the real one!

Thank you for stopping by :)
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@jacey.boldart ·
Looks like a LOT of fun going on there.

That is a neat photo of someone else phone taking a shot of what is ahead of you. 
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@fotostef ·
A lot of fun indeed!

Thank you for stopping by @jacey.boldart  :)
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@nanixxx ·
> They were right in front of the parade and they only saw it, through the tiny screen of their phone.

If that was their job, to document the carnival, that's something else, isn't it?

Do you think they stop enjoying carnival for doing this? Or has the form of enjoyment changed? 

I honestly hate crowds and noise. But these pictures are great.  
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@fotostef ·
I hate crowds too but this one wasn't too crowded!

>Do you think they stop enjoying carnival for doing this? 


I honestly do. But maybe it's because I am like that. When there is a viewfinder or a screen or whatever of the kind between myself and an event, I always feel that I am not really living the event but I am a distant observer, no matter how close I actually am! 
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