There's peacefulness when there's no rage... Day 95

Full title: There's peacefulness when there's no rage, there's love when there's no hate, there's joy when there's no suffering, there's equality when there's no ego trip, there's a humble human saying grace at the end of the day, believer or not it does not matter, I wish extremists would remember the fundamental values.

What a title, I must be very tired =P

Changed WB on this one, original is very gray. I like the 4 different strips of "activity". Will I every tire of the sea? Probably not =D

Optical illusions of the Bosphorus luncheon places Day 94

Perfect place to hold a photo club meeting, don't you agree? ;-D
I promise we did some work! =D

I played with the tint section of the Aperture 2 that lets you change the black, grey and white tint separately in one RAW file. I wanted to get an older-print-memories-of-sunny-days kind of look.

Oh yes, of course this is one ship and its partial reflection. I'm glad no magenta was present in the mirror part of the photo so the difference between the real view and it's reflection is obvious enough =)

Shadowstories and distant dreams Day 93

Flying would be my favourite sport if I had wings. Such freedom! Day 92

The most iconic Istanbuli transport - ferries.

Alternative Day 91

Trust me to mess up the shot of the day. Well it was bound to happen in 365 days. The story? I've got a new camera and what I didn't know was that its program button is very weak. You see I walk around with fixed start settings of A set to f/7.1 I always adjust ISO according to the light conditions and the rest I adjust without looking at the camera. What I didn't realize was that the button moved while camera experienced some friction in my bag =( With an extremely high ISO I could not save the shot since the setting was severely underexposed M. I started to pay attention and since then I caught that #@^!! button slipping every time! But since I know now, I'll always check (I hope). Yeah I know, I should always read the setting reflected in the viewfinder - hmm but what's the point if you know your setting by heart, right? Wrong.

Why I'm I sharing my story? It might help somebody someday... who knows?!

I'm offering an alternate shot. Just a typical Istanbul click. This is the Galata bridge crossing the Golden Horn and the tall tower on the other side is called the Galata tower. This bridge is always packed with fishermen (yes, they do catch some fish!) and is also, in a way, a promenade for walkers.

I'm joining a photojournalism workshop. I'm so excited. I'm hoping that this shot gets someday replace by something that is really good not just OK-ish.

Documenting: crossing from Asia to Europe, Istanbul, late afternoon Day 90

Second Bosphorus bridge (FSM), direction towards Europe, on the right the skyscrapers of Levent are visible. Even though most tourists never really realize that (different part of town and Istanbul is often hazy) - the area boast the tallest European residential building, the 261m tall Sapphire, and several other giants.

Basel refreshed Day 89

My fun girlfriend showed my a fun part of otherwise stern looking town. Looking forward to seeing you soon, babe!