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Bartleby (13552) 2013-10-23 10:58

Salut Andrι,
ιtrange mιsaventure en effet! Je n'aurais pas ιtι rassurι! A part Istanbul, oω je n'ai pas eu du tout le sentiment dont tu parles, je ne connais pas le Turquie. Trθs belle image ΰ l'heure bleue en tout cas. J'ai d'abord cru que c'ιtait la mosquιe bleue. Pose juste longue comme il faut et le jaune des minarets pour le contraste. Top!

Philippe

daddo (28748) 2013-10-23 16:50

Hi Andre. Your experiences are the weirdest i have read about from people visiting Turkey. Reminds me of the fable of the blind wise men and the elephant, each grabbing a piece of the elephant and giving their interpretation of the whole animal. The one grabbing the tail came to the conclusion that an elephant is like a rope.
My wife and I have been to Turkey twice and visited remote places in Cappadocia and the along the Black Sea, in addition to the cities. Most of the interactions have been positive and many heartwarming, to the extent that we are planning to visit again. As for the locals' reaction to us as strangers, we received gestures of welcome or at the worst- indifference. Never intrusive or bemused behaviour. In Melbourne years ago I was in a queue at a coffee bar and saw a soldier in uniform masturbating and I could have been left in no doubt about the Australian servicemen and their morals and our society's sense of propriety!
It is a source of great amusement to me to see how different the experiences can be when people travel abroad. Your lot seemed to have been prepared to see only the negatives.
Regardless of all that, the photo is an accomplished one. Regards. Klaudio.

jcpix (14030) 2013-10-23 19:50

Hi Andre,

Well, sure enough...the title got my attention right away! :) Great story behind this shot, it adds even more interest and a touch of humor into the visual. Amazing what and who we come across in our travels, and I'm sure this is one you won't forget any time soon.

A lovely, sharp and detailed photo of this mosque. The timing enhances the entire appeal, you certainly caught that period of transition from day to night with precision. A small detail, but I really like the starburst effect from the lamps at the bank of the river...just that added touch of effect. A soothing display and range of blues, very well done! have a great day ahead.

All the best,

Jason

dkmurphys (79209) 2013-10-24 0:36

Hi Andre,
Perfect blue hour capture! I like what you did with the lights management. Great work!

Daniel

adidas5nb (5743) 2013-10-24 5:39

lovely light management and clean perspective .the frame is so attractive.
regards
dwaipayan

mesutilgim (0) 2013-10-24 11:51

Hello Andre,
Very nice capture from my country ! Good pov and layout.
I remember when this mossque was been built by one of the wealthiest families of the Country, the Sabance Family there was huge debates within architects countrywide, as it is a bad copy of the traditional mosque architecture of Turkey.
Very nice and interesting notes.
TFS and best regards
MESUT ILGIM

rigoletto (34279) 2013-10-24 16:40

I read (with lots of grins) the whole note and your typical long answers. Quite interesting as always. Considering all these things happened to you in different places on earth, i could say that, a walking lightning rod you should be to attract so many weirdos. You should come back to TR and i'll send you to a local witch who will cast away the bad luck hanging around you :))
And those locals from my land should be definitely crazy at least for the reason of trying to offend such a towering guy like you. Happy they should be for still being able to breathe... (don't worry, Midnight Express is a kinda fiction as LoTR is)
For the photo: one of the classiest sabanci mosque photos around...

emka (158644) 2013-10-26 12:16

Hi Andre,

beautiful photo of this big mosques with six minarets like by Sultanahmet. Splendid composition etc.
How much to read with this photo! I read your story, long critics and replies. It is really amazing and strange that so many weird things happened in short time and quite unexpectedly. But fortunately even it was for sure unpleasant and disgusting nothing serious happened. (with the story in hotel it was to be worry about). I was lucky that travelling to sometimes remote places and alone or with a small company I have only good memories. I found the people nice and helpful everywhere. Only once I was scared when I found myself in the middle of Gipsy settlement and the boys approached me with the small stones. It was in Slovakia. And one incident shouldn't make opinion about the people in the country. Mad people can be everywhere. As you noticed :) I have just returned from Turkey and I found the people there wonderful. And after this note I would be very curious to go to Adana. But I suppose that nothing weird would happen.
When everything ends well, you are safe back, it is something to tell the others to make the story exciting. What would be the travelling worth without some adventures?

Warm regrads

MAlgo