Fall 2010

Istanbul

Istanbul

Our Fall 2010 vacation began with a stay in Istanbul

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Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T1i | Date: 9/13/10, 3:41 PM | ISO: 400 | Exposure: 1/80s | Aperture: ƒ/5.6 | Focal Length: 55mm

We stayed close enough to the Bazaar to see the construction work on the tower at the Grand Bazaar from our hotel.

Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T1i | Date: 9/13/10, 3:50 PM | ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/200s | Aperture: ƒ/11.0 | Focal Length: 29mm

We stayed close enough to the Bazaar to see the construction work on the tower at the Grand Bazaar from our hotel.

We spent far too little time in the Hagia Sophia

Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T1i | Date: 9/14/10, 9:46 AM | ISO: 1600 | Exposure: 1/1250s | Aperture: ƒ/6.3 | Focal Length: 55mm

We spent far too little time in the Hagia Sophia

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Outside the Hagia Sophia

Camera: NIKON COOLPIX S8000 | Date: 9/14/10, 9:15 AM | ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/80s | Aperture: ƒ/3.5 | Focal Length: 5mm | Focal Length (35mm): 30mm

Outside the Hagia Sophia

This original fresco over the main inside door at the Hagia Sophia was hidden for hundreds of years, which is why it looks so fresh today.

Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T1i | Date: 9/14/10, 9:23 AM | ISO: 400 | Exposure: 1/60s | Aperture: ƒ/4.0 | Focal Length: 55mm

This original fresco over the main inside door at the Hagia Sophia was hidden for hundreds of years, which is why it looks so fresh today.

The main dome inside the Hagia Sophia

Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T1i | Date: 9/14/10, 9:28 AM | ISO: 1600 | Exposure: 1/4s | Aperture: ƒ/6.3 | Focal Length: 55mm

The main dome inside the Hagia Sophia

Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T1i | Date: 9/14/10, 9:29 AM | ISO: 1600 | Exposure: 1/20s | Aperture: ƒ/6.3 | Focal Length: 55mm

Some of the frescos are better preserved than others. The Hagia Sophia was once a church, then a mosque and now a museum.

Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T1i | Date: 9/14/10, 9:31 AM | ISO: 1600 | Exposure: 1/15s | Aperture: ƒ/6.3 | Focal Length: 55mm

Some of the frescos are better preserved than others. The Hagia Sophia was once a church, then a mosque and now a museum.

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Camera: NIKON COOLPIX S8000 | Date: 9/14/10, 9:34 AM | ISO: 1000 | Exposure: 1/100s | Aperture: ƒ/5.1 | Focal Length: 47mm | Focal Length (35mm): 262mm

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Camera: NIKON COOLPIX S8000 | Date: 9/14/10, 9:36 AM | ISO: 1000 | Exposure: 1/50s | Aperture: ƒ/4.4 | Focal Length: 16mm | Focal Length (35mm): 89mm

The screened area where the guy in charge would attend services

Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T1i | Date: 9/14/10, 9:37 AM | ISO: 1600 | Exposure: 1/15s | Aperture: ƒ/6.3 | Focal Length: 65mm

The screened area where the guy in charge would attend services

Real marble, not a paint job

Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T1i | Date: 9/14/10, 9:40 AM | ISO: 1600 | Exposure: 1/8s | Aperture: ƒ/6.3 | Focal Length: 79mm

Real marble, not a paint job

I don't have a feel for how much of what we see today is origninal and how much has been added on or repaired since the 4th century.

Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T1i | Date: 9/14/10, 9:48 AM | ISO: 1600 | Exposure: 1/3200s | Aperture: ƒ/6.3 | Focal Length: 55mm

I don't have a feel for how much of what we see today is origninal and how much has been added on or repaired since the 4th century.

From the Hagia Sophia we raced down to the ferry dock for a ride up the Bosphorus

Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T1i | Date: 9/14/10, 10:12 AM | ISO: 1600 | Exposure: 1/4000s | Aperture: ƒ/6.3 | Focal Length: 60mm

From the Hagia Sophia we raced down to the ferry dock for a ride up the Bosphorus

From the ferry

Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T1i | Date: 9/14/10, 10:13 AM | ISO: 400 | Exposure: 1/200s | Aperture: ƒ/14.0 | Focal Length: 60mm

From the ferry

Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T1i | Date: 9/14/10, 10:47 AM | ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/400s | Aperture: ƒ/9.0 | Focal Length: 96mm

Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T1i | Date: 9/14/10, 10:47 AM | ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/500s | Aperture: ƒ/8.0 | Focal Length: 171mm

Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T1i | Date: 9/14/10, 10:54 AM | ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/400s | Aperture: ƒ/8.0 | Focal Length: 163mm

A private yacht anchored in the Bosphorus. We saw several.

Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T1i | Date: 9/14/10, 10:56 AM | ISO: 1600 | Exposure: 1/4000s | Aperture: ƒ/6.3 | Focal Length: 65mm

A private yacht anchored in the Bosphorus. We saw several.

Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T1i | Date: 9/14/10, 10:59 AM | ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/400s | Aperture: ƒ/8.0 | Focal Length: 109mm

Supposedly, this complex was built in 3 months. I doubt it.

Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T1i | Date: 9/14/10, 11:19 AM | ISO: 400 | Exposure: 1/200s | Aperture: ƒ/18.0 | Focal Length: 131mm

Supposedly, this complex was built in 3 months. I doubt it.

Under one of the bridges that spans from Europe to Asia.

Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T1i | Date: 9/14/10, 11:19 AM | ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/250s | Aperture: ƒ/8.0 | Focal Length: 55mm

Under one of the bridges that spans from Europe to Asia.

This has the look of a Norman-style fortification. More research necessary.

Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T1i | Date: 9/14/10, 11:19 AM | ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/320s | Aperture: ƒ/6.3 | Focal Length: 250mm

This has the look of a Norman-style fortification. More research necessary.

Not a real person greeting the ferry but a mannequin at a private home next to the ferry stop.

Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T1i | Date: 9/14/10, 11:25 AM | ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/400s | Aperture: ƒ/6.3 | Focal Length: 250mm

Not a real person greeting the ferry but a mannequin at a private home next to the ferry stop.

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