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Sultanahmet


Sultanahmet
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Copyright: amos na (anadai) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 81 W: 0 N: 52] (2410)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-03-19
Categories: Architecture
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 4500
Exposure: f/4.2, 1/1.25 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2004-04-02 9:24
Viewed: 677
Points: 4
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
It was commissioned by Sultan Ahmet the 1st on the square with the same name in Istanbul between 1609 and 1616. Its architect is Sedefkar Mehmet Ağa. It’s the only mosque in Turkey with six minarets. The mosque part has dimension of 64x72. The diameter of its central dome has a diameter of 33.4 m and a height of 43 m and is 2.6 m greater than that of St. Sophia. The interior of the mosque is illuminated by 260 windows. Since it is beautifully adorned by blue, green and white encaustics, it was named by the Europeans as “Blue Mosque”. The inscriptions are made by Seyyid Kasım Gubari of Diyarbakır. It makes up a complex with the surrounding buildings.

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  • MARIUS Gold Star Critiquer [C: 95 W: 0 N: 0] (2240)
  • [2004-04-02 12:39]

Very well done...congrats

Very beautifully captured. The colors are great and so are the details. I like this off center angle you've chosen, too. It gives it a nice sense depth by changing perspective. It's a very graphical scene. All the lines of hanging cables I am guessing adds to that. Very nicely done. It's a beautiful dome. Very light in architecture and in decoration.

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