Crystal Snowflake, a photo from Istanbul, Marmara

Photographer's Note

I took this photo in Dolmabahce Palace, Istanbul. This is one of four hundred something magnificent chandeliers in Dolmabahce.
Dolmabahçe Palace on the Bosphorus shore in Istanbul is a fitting symbol of the magnificence and decadence of the 19th-century Ottoman Empire.
It's just as a sultan's palace should be: huge and sumptuous, with 285 rooms, 43 large salons, a 4000 kg Bohemian glass chandelier (not the one in the photo), and a Bosphorus-shore facade nearly a quarter mile (1/2 km) long. It's the grandest of Ottoman imperial palaces.
The palace was designed by Ottoman Armenian architects Karabet and Nikogos Balian for Sultan Abdulmecit (1839-61). When it was finished in 1856, the imperial family moved out of medieval Topkapi Palace to live in European-style opulence.

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sun_web (665) 2006-01-19 0:50

Nice shot Asli. I liked the symmetry and colors. Though I would have like to see a larger image. Good POV and job.

canan (989) 2006-01-19 2:23

bayılırım avizelerin altından bakmaya, derinlik hissi nasıl sürükler insanı değil mi... renkler de harika....ışığın sadece tavanda bir bölgeyi diğerleinden ayıran etkisi de...elinize sağlık...

capthaddock (28790) 2006-01-19 11:11 [Comment]

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Tezic (17867) 2006-01-19 12:17

Aslı merhaba ... çok değişik ve başarılı.. tebrikler...
coşkun

pastadog (13111) 2006-02-15 8:01

Hi Alina, I stopped by and found this beauty, clever shot, I wonder if the designer of the chandelier really got inspiration from snowflakes; it also looks like kind of explosion in crystal, TFS, Daniel

keribar (43841) 2006-04-01 0:09

Hello Asli,

Altgouh not perfect as far as noise and tight angle are concerned, this picture is very inspiring for me. I intend to visit the palace shortly in spring, and you have just shown me a very good angle. I usually search for " Under the chandelier " sights but apparently I had missed this one until now.
Many thanks - Izzet

Many thanks

Leo71538 (555) 2013-09-05 14:34