Kitchens on the Topkapı Palace grounds.

Eminönü pier next to the Galata bridge. Famous for fish sandwhiches.

the ferries churn up the water and that attracts the birds.

I liked the birds framing the mosque. I think the mosque is the Yavuz Sultan Selim Mosque. We were sitting on a ferry awaiting the start of our tour.

Atatürk Bridge as we leave the ferry dock.

The birds followed our ferry

half of a "vee" formation.

Galata tower from the ferry

The Yeni Camii (New Mosque)

Ghostly picture of Maiden Tower. I haven't quite figured out how the double exposure occurred.

A better image of the Maiden Tower. Patricia and I visited the tower, which is on a tiny island, a couple of years ago.

Dolmabahçe Palace along the Bosphorus

Headed toward the international bridge

The gulls followed closely

It was fun to try to capture the birds in flight.

It was fun to try to capture the birds in flight.

Looking back at the Sultanahmet district

Going under the International Bridge.

Another impressive building along the strait.

There is a lot of merchant traffic on the strait.

It looked like each small locality had a mosque

A government building

Rumeli Hisari (Fortress of Europe) built in less than a year in 1451-1452