The Aya Sofia Turkey

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• shelbeesmom (32302)
• [2007-05-22 12:54]

Very nice shot here John! You must have TONS of pictures to process! A nightmare for sure! But it is so nice to see these! Great shot!
Linda
B-)

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• jityna (1073)
• [2007-05-22 12:58]

Hi John, you caught this architectural monument in the full beauty.
Great work!
TFS
Jityna

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• joopschotsman (3496)
• [2007-05-22 13:12]

Hoi John,
Indeed, Istanbul is good enough to spent more time. We spent a full week overthere (12 years ago) and could even spent more time. So much to see and so much to do.
Good capture of this building. The fontains look like waterfalls. Good clearity, colors and sharpness.
greetings,
Joop!

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• HaBeMa (3048)
• [2007-05-22 13:14]
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Hi dear my master John;thank you very much for my country-visit,good shot....
Habema.
:-]

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• twin (7083)
• [2007-05-22 13:19]
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welcome to my town John,
hope you enjoy the trip...
very nice pic of aya sofya...
waiting for other pics as well...

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• wolfy75 (505)
• [2007-05-22 13:25]

Hi John
I agree, I was lucky enough to see this place in 2004. It is an absolutely awesome incredible structure. When I was there they still working on restoring the dome, is that work completed now?? Thanks for good memory...
Cheers

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• rokoslav (1739)
• [2007-05-22 13:27]

Very nice picture of a monumental building. Great colours and fine details. Very sharp.

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• c_rapp (6462)
• [2007-05-22 13:27]

What a beautiful shot great pov looks like an absolutely amazing place to visit! TFS
Christan

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• vandana2923 (22070)
• [2007-05-22 13:39]
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Hello Johnny,

Another wonderful architecture presetned from your trip. Well composed and nice colors. TFS

Vandana

ps: Was reading the notes, and you said it is a church. It looks like mosque as far as architecture goes.

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• vsinopoulos (13062)
• [2007-05-22 13:41]
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Hello John,

Great shot of this majestic architectural structure! Great POV,well balanced composition and great DOF.
Well done my friend.
TFS,
Greetings (*&*)
Vassilis

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• wishnugaruda (12004)
• [2007-05-22 13:49]

Hi John,
now I know where you have been - oooohhh, I'm a little jealous, what a trip!
I love Istambul and this shot is marvelous.
I haven't seen the Hagia with the flags, sooooo beautiful. Thanks and greetings
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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• stevkds (1598)
• [2007-05-22 14:41]

Hi John.
Nice shot, nice places. Good composition, good colour presentation. Excellent work. tfs. Stev

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• riverfriends (6674)
• [2007-05-22 14:42]

Simply outstanding:
Excellent composition...
Amazing details...
at 1/320 it stopped everything in view...
Great exposures to balance the shades & lighted...
Perefect communication between the MASTER & the Slave in Turkistan:)
David p

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• Manjee (0)
• [2007-05-22 14:49]

excellent shot

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• limba3 (10635)
• [2007-05-22 15:10]

Hi John
You have the interesting way of presenting the topic. The photograph is very dynamic.
Anna

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• coquelicot79 (7560)
• [2007-05-22 15:55]

Hello John,
Wow, really impressive your picture.
Great colours and POV with your great angle. There is a great atmsphere communicated by our picture. Its an effective POV and very fine details. Very good shot. The lightness and the nice sky they accompany the nice mosque give this excellent result.
Heartily, Corinne.

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• jan515 (13908)
• [2007-05-22 16:20]

WOW Jonhn.
Fantastic Mosque.Excellent view.
Best wishes.
Janusz

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• sugah_bear69 (4354)
• [2007-05-22 17:06]

Hi John,
This is beautiful, a wonderful pov of the fountain with the Aya Sofia in the background. The architecture of this building is amazing, and to think it has stood all these years!
Thanks for sharing,
Fran

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• izmirli (14771)
• [2007-05-22 18:42]

merhaba dear john
welcome to Istanbul my friend.
very good aya sofia and composition.
best regards.
gürkan akçakır.

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• s_a_s_h_a (2180)
• [2007-05-22 18:52]

Hello John,
This is a great shot and very nice composition of this majestic Aya Sofia. Very creative work with beautiful colors.

Regards,
Alex

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• Beger (14628)
• [2007-05-22 19:34]

Hi John,
Very good photo for a great historic place. Good lighting reflection in the dome on frontage. Excellent POV! Bravo! Annie

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• kurekpit (2747)
• [2007-05-23 4:31]

Hi John.
Very nice capture,good details and composition.Well presented.Good work.
Best Regards
TFS

* Piotr *

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• moli (7065)
• [2007-05-23 5:15]

Hello John.
Very interesting composition here. Good looking view and perspective is top class. Nice and effective.
My compliments.
Janek J-23

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• jawa (10681)
• [2007-05-23 6:34]

Hallo John
Hoort helemaal in de serie.Mooi shot.
Gr Jos

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• deains (4571)
• [2007-05-23 11:53]

Great photo, nice of you to share some beauty from yout trip with us. Very warm here today about 90 deg F. Have a good week my friend! Don

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• kokos101 (24746)
• [2007-05-23 12:31]

hello john!!!
this is wonderful shot of aya sofia, excellent.
great angle, wonderful compositionand very nice sky and colors.
i like it.
tfs
zoran

pt

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• Janone (17527)
• [2007-05-23 14:06]

Is this, what ze noemen, 'Water naar de Bosporus brengen' ?
Very good pov, John. Great looking picture of that famous Church.
Jan

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• alitheniceguy (418)
• [2007-05-23 14:20]

Hi John,

Good Capture. Nice Framing and really detailed picture.

It looks like a pathway to the castle behind those fountains.

Well done.

With best regards,
Muhammad Usman Ali

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• Silvio2006 (24838)
• [2007-05-23 15:17]

Hi John, wonderful view of great architecture, I like it, ciao Silvio

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• Patricia (3388)
• [2007-05-23 15:22]

Hello John, We visited in Autumn of 2005 and were amazed with beauty of this ancient building. You have captured it well and I like the fountain in the foreground. Looks as though you are having a wonderful trip. TFS. Cheers Pat.

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• juyona (12762)
• [2007-05-23 15:26]

Hola John,
hermosa vista,
un excelente pov, dof.
exquisita presentación.
saludos amigo,
PT

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• norenastramus (20218)
• [2007-05-23 15:44]

Hi John,
This is a very nice composition of this beautiful Aya Sofia.Beautiful composition and colours. very creative and detail very nicely done great frame, excellent work.
Thanks.
Greetings.
H.Ayhan

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• TheMystic (5754)
• [2007-05-23 16:24]

....and the technical immensity of the dome is still an architectural marvel to this day! To truly appreciate such a structure, we have to realize that there were no engineering drawings and computer calculated models available then....
Nicely put together, and if there wasn't a palm frond in the upper right, you would have had to clone one in to give it the depth it attained.
Cheers
Otto

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• BMYNBR (1084)
• [2007-05-23 18:12]

Great shot, looks like a really cool place to see.
I need to travel more :7(
TFS Dave

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• pozaru (15853)
• [2007-05-24 2:37]

Wonderful POV and compo for the "portrait" of this great building.
It looks like coming out from the water !

v

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• Refugee (24180)
• [2007-05-24 5:45]

Excellent John. With all our Turkish friends that I keep and eye on it is nice to see Istanbul through a Dutch camera. Well composed, lovely capture of the water and good natural colours. TFS,
David

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• SkyF (6138)
• [2007-05-24 8:14]

Hi John,
great POV to get a nice view of the building and the fountain in the FG. Details are nice and sharp and the colors are look great.
Nice getting a history and geography lesson at the same time
TFS..Sky

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• Mitra (7204)
• [2007-05-24 11:20]

Hope you had wonderful time in Turkey. I saw Istanbul too and it's amazing place with lots of historical places.
Beautiful shot of Aya Sofia. Well done.
Mitra

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• Viking (4383)
• [2007-05-26 0:27]

Hoi John
Hele fraaie foto, POV & PP. Goed gezien!
Rob

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• tomek_wap (4488)
• [2007-05-27 5:54]

Nice shot, good catch of those vertical towers, the photo looks a bit symetrical.
Well it gives that some kind of impression.

Tom
:-)

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• Josine (4069)
• [2007-05-30 6:11]

To much for one day all your splendour, I LOVE this one too!!
Joos

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• Photograph2u (14500)
• [2007-05-31 7:54]

Hi bro! superb shot of the mosk with the fountain in the fg and the water. Very well framed by the trees, nice symetrical photo! Great work! Very sharp!
and a great light coming through the clouds even if it is a cloudy day! Great work!

Your trip is so nice to follow in your foot step!

Take care, sis :)

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• denizler (10717)
• [2007-06-11 6:57]

Merhaba Dear john,
welcome to my town:)Very Beautiful photo of aya sofya.Congrats!!
Cordial Greetings,
Deniz:)