yerebatan Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

Beneath Istanbul lie hundreds of gloomy Byzantine cisterns. They're left from the days of Constantinople.

The grandest of all is Yerebatan Saray Sarnici, called the Sunken Palace Cistern because of its size (70 x 140 meters, or 2.4 acres), its capacity (80,000 cubic meters--over 21 million US gallons) and its 336 marble columns.

Remember the scene in the old James Bond movie From Russia With Love when Bond is rowing in a small boat through a forest of marble columns? That scene was filmed in Yerebatan.

Walkways and atmospheric lighting were installed during the 1990s so you can see all its curious corners.

I know that my photo's technic is not good.During the end of 2004 i took that photo and i saw great composition inside of it and i would like to share with TE community.

hyasar, turkamerikali, rozy975, aliya_hd, dasdisdos, kayaduygu, anney has marked this note useful

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mdo (1150) 2006-01-19 15:36

Fotografın üzerindeki on yüz milyon bin baloncuk nedir?

hyasar (7333) 2006-01-19 15:52

Merhaba Mahmut,

Harika olmus. Isik kosullari seni biraz zora sokmus sanirim ama inanilmaz surrealist bir fotograf olmus. Ellerine saglik.

selamlar,
Hakan

rertan (32) 2006-01-19 16:14

Mahmut, bu fotografta ayak kullanman gerekirmis. 1 saniye cok uzun zaman. Makineyi titretmeden tutabilmek cok zor.

turkamerikali (4772) 2006-01-19 17:25

Merhaba Mahmut,
Aaacayip ucuk ve Hakaninda soyledigi gibi Surrealist bir calisma olmus:)
Derinlik,not ve isik cok guzel:)
Eline Saglik,Tesekkurler:)
CT

sarhanp (122) 2006-01-20 0:59

Selamlar Mahmut,

not güzelolmuş cidden ama fotoğraf biraz notun gölgesinde kalmış.

Ellerine sağlık,

Sarhan.

hdl (6735) 2006-01-20 7:27

Hi Mahmut. the composition as such is very good and original; light too. However, unfortunately the image is not very sharp. A tripod would have been very useful here. thanks for sharing and have a nice weekend.

Dionysos (1232) 2006-01-20 8:21

Merhaba,
Bu haliyle bile iyi bir kompozisyon ve gercek ustu bir goruntu ile hos bir tat birakiyor.

Herkes tripod kullansaydin v.s. demis ama bence bu netsizlik sallantidan degil, o durumda daha farkli bir netlik problemi olurdu, buradaki problem gercekten net ayar problemi.
Ben sevdim.

TeresaT (10733) 2006-01-20 14:18

Hello Mahmut

Very nice and diferent composition.
Once more you bet on warm colors, what creates a splendid atmosfhere.
Congratulations
Regards
Teresa

recepyuksel (17786) 2006-01-20 18:01

gerçeküstü, nefis bir fotoğraf
çok hoş
eline sağlık

rozy975 (3047) 2006-01-23 11:47

Yerebatan Sarayi benim en cok sevdigim yerlerindendir Istanbul'un. Sende burayi bu balonlarla dolu haliyle cok guzel yakalamissin. Bence tripod kullanmaman biraz daha masalimsi bir hava vermis. Ellerine saglik!

aliya_hd (83) 2006-01-24 20:55 [Comment]

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kayaduygu (159) 2006-03-13 3:56