Istanbul, I need to go back.

Jacobovs · Oct-28-2009, 05:51 AM

Spent 4 days in Istanbul and needed so much more. This was a great time of year to avoid the crowda and still have decent weather. I have lots of shots so hang on.

1 The Blue Mosque

2 Haig Sophia used to be a church and then converted to be a mosque

Inside:

This is inside the mosque, you can see the mosaic of Jesus and Mary at the top.

Two of the Christian mosaics in the moscque

3 The Blue Mosque at sunset

Inside:

Mosaic tiles

4 Small mosque in Sultanhamet square

5 Cool juxtapositioned mosque along the Bosphorus

6 Baroque mosque along the Bosphorus

7 An unexpected find was Sultan Hamet's toumb in Sultanhamet square. It's nice and almost no one goes there. Don't adjust your screens, it's a funky green

8 The Topkapi Palace Harem rooms are the highlight. Take a wide angle lens, the ceilings are astounding!

9 The views at night were also amazing

Night view from Galata tower

10 The Markets are a feast for the eyes, mouth and walet.

No joke, the kibble and pet market

you an get anything from this bird( he had his eye on me too)

to leaches ( not sure they make good pets)

The Spice Market

The Grand Bazaar

Main street in the bazaar, it's enormous

11. The people are the highlight. They were very friendly and helpful

The Dervish, no trip to Turkey would be complete without them

Local talent was nice

No trip would be complete without street people.

Sorry for the length but I just got back and am still very enthusiastic.

All CC is always welcome.

adbsgicom · Oct-28-2009, 12:42 PM

What a great set of memories. Loved the Blue Mosque at sunset, gorgeous!!! The B/W in the mosque is wonderful. Your street shots are fantastic as well, esp the couple of older ladies in the park, those three gents and the guy washing his feet. You should post some of the street shots in the steet/pj for better feedback on those. Wow.

grimace · Oct-28-2009, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adbsgicom

Loved the Blue Mosque at sunset, gorgeous!!!

I agree. The lighting and color on the Blue Mosque is perfect. Wonderful, wonderful series.

Awais Yaqub · Oct-28-2009, 01:25 PM

Amazing Photography !

You can publish whole book on Turkey using these photos.

dadwtwins · Oct-28-2009, 03:13 PM

Thank you for posting, great images

t-rev · Oct-28-2009, 04:36 PM

Awesome!

Justiceiro · Oct-29-2009, 12:34 PM

Fantastic stuff. I just got back from Istanbul 3 days ago, and I'm looking throuhg my photos- they just can't compare. How did you get that great, noise freeil ghting inside Aya Sofya? That place is a bear to shoot, particularly now with all the scaffolding. Dark as can be. What's your technique?

ChatKat · Oct-29-2009, 02:13 PM

Istanbul was one of my very favorite places to shoot. I hope to go back again someday.

Loved your images. Thanks for the mini-vacation.

Art Scott · Oct-29-2009, 03:30 PM

WOW great images......I would be in HOOKAH heaven in the grand bazaar.......

Jacobovs · Oct-29-2009, 07:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Justiceiro

Fantastic stuff. I just got back from Istanbul 3 days ago, and I'm looking throuhg my photos- they just can't compare. How did you get that great, noise freeil ghting inside Aya Sofya? That place is a bear to shoot, particularly now with all the scaffolding. Dark as can be. What's your technique?

You are so right. I had a hard time with the lighting. Way too dark in some places and too bright in others. I took a few pictures with out good results. So, out of frustration I decided to bracket the shots and tonemap them later. So All of my ceiling shots and the shots in the mosques are HDR( hand held). I used the bracketing feature in my D3 set the frame rate to 9fps and did a 5 frame burst. Later i combined them in photomix HDR, sharpened and NR in Noise Ninja and Voila. Hope this helps.

Ed911 · Oct-29-2009, 11:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jacobovs

You are so right. I had a hard time with the lighting. Way too dark in some places and too bright in others. I took a few pictures with out good results. So, out of frustration I decided to bracket the shots and tonemap them later. So All of my ceiling shots and the shots in the mosques are HDR( hand held). I used the bracketing feature in my D3 set the frame rate to 9fps and did a 5 frame burst. Later i combined them in photomix HDR, sharpened and NR in Noise Ninja and Voila. Hope this helps.

These are incredible images. What a treat. A very nice documentary. I was looking at your shots and wondered if you had used an HDR trechnique...evident in some of them. It's nice to see that you didn't over do it...most people are familiar with the artsy side of HDR. I agree that you could do a book on Istanbul. And, by the way, I didn't think you posted too many images.

What ISO's were you using for the HDR'd images? Did you ever use flash? Was flash even allowed in the mosques?

Thanks for sharing.

RuiMLopes · Oct-30-2009, 05:22 AM

Really great stuff! Your Istanbul images are among the best I ever seen from there, so far.
I can see that you visited a big part of the places I sugested some weeks ago. I hope that my information has been useful!

Jacobovs · Nov-01-2009, 07:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ed911

These are incredible images. What a treat. A very nice documentary. I was looking at your shots and wondered if you had used an HDR trechnique...evident in some of them. It's nice to see that you didn't over do it...most people are familiar with the artsy side of HDR. I agree that you could do a book on Istanbul. And, by the way, I didn't think you posted too many images.

What ISO's were you using for the HDR'd images? Did you ever use flash? Was flash even allowed in the mosques?

Thanks for sharing.

Thanks, I used iso 200 with no flash. People used flashes in the mosques but i did not think it was necessary.

choudhrysaab · Nov-02-2009, 03:23 PM

SUPERB pictures - loved every single shot.
def. one of the places on my "to visit" list

thank you for sharing.

Jacobovs · Nov-02-2009, 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RuiMLopes

Really great stuff! Your Istanbul images are among the best I ever seen from there, so far.
I can see that you visited a big part of the places I sugested some weeks ago. I hope that my information has been useful!

Thanks for all of the tips!!! I used them as a guide for my trip. Your tips saved me a lot of time.

dlplumer · Nov-03-2009, 04:45 AM

Fabulous shots.

Might I suggest you straighten some of your verticals. A few of them are quite slanted.

Jacobovs · Nov-03-2009, 06:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dlplumer

Fabulous shots.

Might I suggest you straighten some of your verticals. A few of them are quite slanted.

Thanks, I appreciate the CC.

Jacobovs · Nov-13-2009, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RuiMLopes

Really great stuff! Your Istanbul images are among the best I ever seen from there, so far.
I can see that you visited a big part of the places I sugested some weeks ago. I hope that my information has been useful!

I did go to the places you mentioned. your ideas were very helpful.

justin24 · Nov-16-2009, 08:44 PM

I need to visit turkey now after seeing those!

Jacobovs · Nov-19-2009, 05:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by justin24

I need to visit turkey now after seeing those!

And I need to go back. There was so much more, and I did not even get to the Asia side of Istanbul.

Oct-28-2009, 05:51 AM	#1
Jacobovs Major grins Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Hillsborough, CA Posts: 359	Istanbul, I need to go back. Spent 4 days in Istanbul and needed so much more. This was a great time of year to avoid the crowda and still have decent weather. I have lots of shots so hang on. 1 The Blue Mosque 2 Haig Sophia used to be a church and then converted to be a mosque Inside: This is inside the mosque, you can see the mosaic of Jesus and Mary at the top. Two of the Christian mosaics in the moscque 3 The Blue Mosque at sunset Inside: Mosaic tiles 4 Small mosque in Sultanhamet square 5 Cool juxtapositioned mosque along the Bosphorus 6 Baroque mosque along the Bosphorus 7 An unexpected find was Sultan Hamet's toumb in Sultanhamet square. It's nice and almost no one goes there. Don't adjust your screens, it's a funky green 8 The Topkapi Palace Harem rooms are the highlight. Take a wide angle lens, the ceilings are astounding! 9 The views at night were also amazing Night view from Galata tower 10 The Markets are a feast for the eyes, mouth and walet. No joke, the kibble and pet market you an get anything from this bird( he had his eye on me too) to leaches ( not sure they make good pets) The Spice Market The Grand Bazaar Main street in the bazaar, it's enormous 11. The people are the highlight. They were very friendly and helpful The Dervish, no trip to Turkey would be complete without them Local talent was nice No trip would be complete without street people. Sorry for the length but I just got back and am still very enthusiastic. All CC is always welcome. __________________ www.jacobovitz.smugmug.com D3's, D700 Nikon 14-24mmf2.8, 24-70mm f2.8, 70-200 f2.8, 200mm f2, 135mm f2 DC, 50mm f1.4, 400mm f2.8, 45mm f2.8 PCE 600mm f4

Oct-28-2009, 12:42 PM	#2
adbsgicom Texas-Sized Grins Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 2,917	What a great set of memories. Loved the Blue Mosque at sunset, gorgeous!!! The B/W in the mosque is wonderful. Your street shots are fantastic as well, esp the couple of older ladies in the park, those three gents and the guy washing his feet. You should post some of the street shots in the steet/pj for better feedback on those. Wow. __________________ - Andrew Who is wise? He who learns from everyone. My SmugMug Site

Oct-28-2009, 01:25 PM	#4
Awais Yaqub One Inspired soul Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Pakistan /Islamabad Posts: 9,803	Amazing Photography ! You can publish whole book on Turkey using these photos. __________________ My Website \| Twitter Thine is the beauty of light; mine is the song of fire. Thy beauty exalts the heart; my song inspires the soul iqbal

Oct-28-2009, 03:13 PM	#5
dadwtwins Forever a Novice Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 738	Thank you for posting, great images __________________ My Homepage -->http://dthorp.smugmug.com My Photo Blog -->http://dthorpphoto.blogspot.com/

Oct-29-2009, 12:34 PM	#7
Justiceiro E clunibus tractum Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Mannheim, Germany Posts: 1,061	Fantastic stuff. I just got back from Istanbul 3 days ago, and I'm looking throuhg my photos- they just can't compare. How did you get that great, noise freeil ghting inside Aya Sofya? That place is a bear to shoot, particularly now with all the scaffolding. Dark as can be. What's your technique? __________________ Cave ab homine unius libri

Oct-28-2009, 04:36 PM	#6
t-rev Big grins Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 75	Awesome!

Oct-29-2009, 02:13 PM	#8
ChatKat flash frozen photographer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Woodland Hills, California. Posts: 1,295	Istanbul Istanbul was one of my very favorite places to shoot. I hope to go back again someday. Loved your images. Thanks for the mini-vacation. __________________ Kathy Rappaport *Flash Frozen Photography, Inc.* Flash Frozen Moments to remember your day... My galleries: www.flashfrozenphotography.com My Blog: http://blog.flashfrozenphotography.com/ Tweet me @FlashFrozenFoto Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/L.A.Portrait.Photographer FlashFrozenPhotography.com\|LA-Thousand Oaks-Woodland Hills-Beverly Hills-Hollywood, CA

Oct-29-2009, 03:30 PM	#9
Art Scott Have PASSPORT will TRAVEL Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: WICHITA, KS USA Posts: 6,765	WOW great images......I would be in HOOKAH heaven in the grand bazaar....... __________________ Art Scott My Twitter MY FaceBook My WEBSITE Photo Blog Reiki Blog I am shooting the world with Sigma Lenses, Konica Minolta 7D's, Kiev med. Format & Nikon D300's "Genuine Fractals was, is and will always be the best solution for ENLARGING DIGITAL PHOTOS"...Vincent Versace ResellarRatings: where to go before purchasing online USE this code ( mQ3IQYcfdGPyJ ) for a $5.00 discount on your first year subscription to SmugMug. A great place to get your domain name...... GODADDY

Oct-30-2009, 05:22 AM	#12
RuiMLopes Major grins Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 334	Really great stuff! Your Istanbul images are among the best I ever seen from there, so far. I can see that you visited a big part of the places I sugested some weeks ago. I hope that my information has been useful! __________________ *Rui* D300, D200 coupled with some fine *Nikon* glass My Smugmug galleries: http://ruilopes.smugmug.com/

Nov-02-2009, 03:23 PM	#14
choudhrysaab fotografer Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Toronto Posts: 54	SUPERB pictures - loved every single shot. def. one of the places on my "to visit" list thank you for sharing. __________________ Canon 40D body Canon 24-105mm f/4 IS L lens Canon 50mm f/1.8 II lens Sigma 55-200mm f/4-5.6 DC lens Hoya UV filter Giotto's VT 809 tripod LowePro bag http://choudhrysaab.smugmug.com

Nov-03-2009, 04:45 AM	#16
dlplumer Coachable Join Date: May 2008 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 6,519	Fabulous shots. Might I suggest you straighten some of your verticals. A few of them are quite slanted. __________________ Dan http://dlplumer.smugmug.com/

Nov-16-2009, 08:44 PM	#19
justin24 Major grins Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 147	I need to visit turkey now after seeing those!

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode