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Photographer’s Note

The same place in my "Lonely Sunday" photo...

This time visited with my TE friends Mesut Ilgim, Isabela Sorescu and Anellise Lucu...

Those people and a stray dog are just a conicidence to come together in the cadrage, they look like lost in the labyrinth-like streets of Fener district.

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The district of Fener, known to the Byzantines as Fanarion and to the Ottoman Greeks as Fanaraki. The Jews were settled after their expulsion from Spain, enlarging a community which had lived here since Byzantine times. In the 19th century it was famous for its masonry houses with richly decorated interiors in Turkish style and for its taverns. Today it is a dilapidated but quaint area of steep cobbled streets and old stone houses with bay windows, where it is a pleasure to wander around, getting lost and discovering the many historic buildings here.

doubay, bostankorkulugu, InasiaJones, Tezic, evanrizo, horatiuTT, papagolf21, PixelTerror, gokanlam, kapt73, TopGeo, isabela_sor, pasternak, salvator, cemsultan, Vato_Law has marked this note useful

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aadilj (17950) 2008-02-09 3:08

thats superb. looks like they have no where to go. I like the pebbled street and the wonderful composition of the architecture around them.

horatiuTT (4566) 2008-02-09 3:15

Hehe...what a great capture...excellent observed.How
beautiful these streets are! incredible colorful and unbelievable
textures,the dream of any photographer definitely.A priority
indeed for me this city.The light again marvelous especially
in the background,stay well pal,enjoy your W-end.
H.

papagolf21 (56765) 2008-02-09 3:16

Bonjour, cher Deniz,
Inquiétant quand on ne connaît pas la ville ! voie en impasse ! Toutefois, cela permet d'admirer l'architecture et la vieille ville. La photo est excellente !
J'aime beaucoup.
Amitiés.
Philippe

PixelTerror (86861) 2008-02-09 3:30

Merhaba Deniz,
This image delivers a good luminous impression despite being mostly in the shade, nice comprehensive composition of the people discovering this street full of nice details, we can see the man is very didactic in his approach but the womandoes not seem to be interested that much... somehow she has felt the presence of this band of maniacs... I like your note a lot, in the details we can see that you are a real TE veteran ;-)
Have a nice week end JY

cak (3902) 2008-02-09 3:51

bakalım bu sokaklar çamaşırların ağırlığına daha nekadar dayanacak.ne boya ne badana ne tamirat gerektirmeyen ,İstanbuun öksüz semti.

gokanlam (6431) 2008-02-09 3:52

Selam Deniz,
Renkleri, netligi ve isigi ile cok guzel olmus yine.. Evlerin yapisi da cok guzel.. Gercekten de kaybolmus gibiler..Dikey kadraj cok yakismis,
Tebrikler:)
ReLa
(bolu'ya geliyo musunuz?)

mesutilgim (37324) 2008-02-09 4:17

Selam sevgili Deniz,
Salvator olsam, bu kareyi görünce "heeeeeeyt" filan gibi sesler çıkartırdım ama, Salvatordan sahne çalmayayım.
Aslında o gün dolaşırken pek farkında değildim ama çok iyi ışık varmış.
Burada en hoşuma giden ayrıntı, karedeki üç canlının da yollarını kaybetmiş halleri. Quo Vadis ?
Tebrikler
Selam ve sevgiler
MESUT ILGIM

kapt73 (444) 2008-02-09 4:38

merhaba
yine balattan harika bir kare. bu semte duyarsız kalamıyorum, çok etkileyici. hayat tarzı, renkleri hepsi bir bütün. bir önceki istanbul seyahatimde acemiliğime geldi. başarılı kareler çıkmadı ama umarım birdahaki sefere
tebrikler ...
zeynep

TopGeo (22249) 2008-02-09 5:25

Hi Deniz! excellent shots! I begin with that you say in the end in note sas! (many historic buildings here.) Each piece and each narrow and each house from old it should it can say something, in order to it remains to the history! if they are maintained and suitably they exploit it is treasure?-))
Georgios

isabela_sor (42493) 2008-02-09 5:32 [Comment]

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pasternak (13688) 2008-02-09 5:41

Nice one, Deniz, although I think you forgot to change the portrait lens, f/1.8 is not very appropriate here as the people are unsharp... but the claustrophobic composition is first class with the people seeming to be lost in the narrow street... hope that the dog will not bother the moderators...:))

Cheers
Alexander

bobocortis (14144) 2008-02-09 7:01

Hi Deniz.
Very nice shot, as a painting.
It does'n matter that human figures are out of focus, it's however a great pic.
Kind regards.
Bobo

salvator (18943) 2008-02-09 7:05

Selam Rigocan,
Nefis netlik ve nefis keskin detaylar. Arka taraftaki isik kaldirimin uzerine gelen isik da cok guzel.
Eline saglik. Selamlar. Salvator.

cemsultan (4604) 2008-02-09 7:40

Merhaba
Özellikle kadraj ve kompozisyonu çok beğendim
Renkler de bir o kadar iyi
Ellerinize sağlık
FATİH

okahraman (4576) 2008-02-09 9:11

Merhaba Deniz ;

yaşamın içinden çok hoş bir kare netlik harika elinize sağlık

Önder Kahraman

bantonbuju (48796) 2008-02-09 10:27

fener...an endless photo pleasure and photo opportunity...
what i like here most is the "compressed" perspective with thos people standing out from the surroundings...
so you were the guide again? i envy you guys...
best, j.

bostankorkulugu (33984) 2008-02-09 15:33

anneannelerinin evini arayan yunanlı turistler mi eski istanbulun kozmopolit lezzetini arayan ispanyol turistler mi bilemedim... ama nedense yüzlerinde "aman allaam ne güzel mahalle, ne medeni insanlar" ifadesi göremiyorum... olsa olsa bu "tanrım, canım semti ne hale getirmişler, aslında nasıl da şahane biryer olabilirdi" tarzı şaşkın bir ifade...

fotoğraf çok güzel o başka...

doubay (5043) 2008-02-09 16:54

The fusion of the colourful chaos of the present and the architectural legacy of the faded away multiculturalism, which existed at this place once, make this sokak unique indeed. Fener and Balat are certainly among the most photogenic neighbourhoods of Istanbul. Very beautiful photo.
Cheers
Andreas

Valerka (8159) 2008-02-10 0:33

Hi,Deniz,
A very nice capture of one of the little streets making a genuine labyrinth. I like the daily look of this otherwise drowsing street.
Very nice.
TFS
Valerka:)

jonathan_hart (22627) 2008-02-10 1:14

hi Deniz
good exposure and sharpness, nice street,
regards
jo

setenay (7604) 2008-02-10 8:18

Merhaba Deniz,
Bütün detayların aynı netlikte oluşu renklerin doygunluğu ışığın mükemmel kullanımı ve özgün sokakmanzarası ile çok güzel bir çalışma .Kutlarım
setenay

Silvio1953 (42911) 2008-02-10 11:22

Hi Deniz, great view of this narrow street full of colors, splendd composition with couple and lovely dog, very well done, ciao Silvio

Vasa (6373) 2008-02-10 12:45

Hi Denis,

this is for my soul. I like very much the old part of cities. With the more skill in Photoshop that could be very good combination. But, your idea is excellent.

Best regards .....Branko

barrufeto_77 (25943) 2008-02-10 14:39

Merhaba Deniz.

The colours are...excellent! If was there I didn't know where to go...argggggg

Rgs, Oscar

alibasarir (14497) 2008-02-11 5:21

merhaba deniz bey
çok güzel,net ve berrak bir görüntü.özellikle müthiş bir keskinliğe sahip aynı zamanda renk tonlarıda nefis.kompozisyon olarakta çok güzel insanların ama en güzelide köpeğin duruşu harika.bana çok yakın olmasına rağmen oralarda fazla çekim yapmadım ama bir ara bu sokakları dolaşacağım.çünkü çocukluğumda buralara gelirdim çok arkadaşım vardı bu semtlerde.tabi zaman akıp gidiyor şimdi ise eskilerden fazla kimseler kalmadı artık.
selamlar
Ali

gezimania (5774) 2008-02-11 7:22

Merabalar,
Işığın dağılımını yansıtma gerçekten çok başarılı, doğru ışık zamanında yakalamış olmalısınız, adamın kaybolmuş havasını da kaçırmayınca , dili olan bir fotoğraf çıkmış ortaya, elinize sağlık..

Selnur

tehanu_f (6874) 2008-02-11 7:43

Bunlar kesinlikle pazarlari otobusler dolusu Balat'a gelen Yunanli turistlerden diiller. Bunca senedir onlarin icinde siyah giyen hic gormedim, hep rengarenkler masallah. Bunlar kesin Ispanyol. Yuz ifadelerine bakilirsa adresi de yanlis almislar. Senin Balat sokaklari fotograflarin hep guzel olur zaten, bu da oyle. Yoksa hikmet sende diil de sokaklarda mi? ))

evanrizo (456) 2008-02-11 11:04

Hi dear Deniz,
what a nice and very impressive old neighborhood, the young couple with the dog add the today life in this very picturesque place.
There is a place for sure where you can look around without end and can see interesting views.
Have a nice night.
Vangelis

Tezic (16927) 2008-02-11 12:20

tam benlik ... enfes olmuş....

anes_lc (14776) 2008-02-11 14:48

i did shot the same place.....:D should i post it ? :D...no way ..yours is to gooddddddd :D
you and your camera ...:( not good have you around:D
hugsssss

InasiaJones (20705) 2008-02-11 20:04

Hi Deniz,

So this is where you bring your friends! In dead ends with nowhere to go... They must trust you very much!... LOL!

Well, if I was visiting Istanbul with you, this is where I would like to go, in places where we can get inspired, in the real world where people hang out their clothes to make it dry. I remember a lesson from brother Luko, who once told me "Found the location first, than the subjects will appears by themselves"...

So this is what you have spontaneously done, you have found the right spot and then, some people decided to get lost in front of your camera. And as a bonus, you even got a dog for the same price.

Cheers!

André

oochappan (22032) 2008-02-14 5:04

Very detailled, light and colorful street, we can even count the cobble-stones, suspecting you threw a stone that made her look around ... the perfect antagonist TE-dog shows us masterly where to look at, this beauty ... of the old street, the laundry up to the satelite antennes, all is there, proof of colorful life as a journey through time, maaarvelous !
Henk ,sticky sweat-fingers on the keyboard, ... sent ...

Vato_Law (11696) 2008-03-09 14:28

Hello Deniz,
This reminds me a bit the streets of some cities in Portugal, with the clothes hanging on the facades, those colours and also the textures of the walls.
I like this kind of streets shooting mixing human elements but with great proemninence to the architectural environmente and you mixed it well here.
Their expressions are quite funny and fit well with your title.
Cheers.
Paulo