Sultan Ahmed III library, Topkapi palace, Istanbul, Turkey.
The Neo-classical Enderûn Library (built in 1718), also known as Library of Sultan Ahmed III, is situated directly behind the Audience Chamber (Arz Odası) in the centre of the Third Court of the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul.
Restaurants under the Galata bridge and Rüstem Pasha mosque at night. Istanbul, Turkey.
Hagia Sophia is a former Orthodox patriarchal basilica (church), later a mosque, and now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. From the date of its dedication in 360 until 1453, it served as an Eastern Orthodox cathedral and seat of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, except between 1204 and 1261, when it was converted to a Roman Catholic cathedral under the Latin Empire. The building was a mosque from 29 May 1453 until 1931, when it was secularized. It was opened as a museum on 1 February 1935.
Container ship on the Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey.
HDR from one shot.
The Basilica Cistern (Turkish: Yerebatan Sarayi – "Sunken Palace", or Yerebatan Sarnici – "Sunken Cistern"), is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Istanbul, Turkey. The cistern, located 150m southwest of the Hagia Sophia, was built in the 6th century during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I.
I’ve had the chance to use a tripod to take this shot, before being reprimanded by a guard because it was not allowed. It is an HDR from 3 shots, tone mapped using Photomatix.
Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey.
This mosque is also known as the Blue Mosque, for the blue tiles adorning the walls of its interior. It was built from 1609 to 1616, during the rule of sultan Ahmed I.
Lens: Tamron 10-24.