Eid in the rain

The following four images, although suitable for "Buildings", are not allowed because they were taken four years ago. Hence the November post of an October subject. Madame and I spent Eid in Istanbul in 2005. Most of the shops were shut because it was Eid, although museums and places of worship were generally open, as were the Turkish baths.

I've posted these simply because I like the black backdrops. It's not often that the subject is lit by the sun, the cloudy background is as black as your hat, and I have a camera to hand.

Need I say that the rain threw down almost continuously throughout our stay?

Paul's 'Buildings'

Although there are plans for a couple of specific shots, I've not been in the right place with a camera yet, so I reserve the right to present additional photos before the end of the month.

Another problem that I'm currently experiencing is Blogger's complete inability to upload photos. The page churns and churns for aeons and then decides that 'the document has no data'. I'm fed up with wasting most of my evening doing this, so please feel free to imagine the images below.

Updated early the following morning. I've uploaded the photos now that I'm not competing with the entire UAE and USA for bandwidth.

All the following were shot from more or less the same viewpoint: the top of a 10-storey office block in Sharjah.

Crystal

Nikon D70s
Nikkor 18-200 @ 75mm
F5.6
1/1500

This shows the very posh end of Sharjah's real estate. All mirrored glass, shine and gleam, and with expensively irrigated grass in the foreground. Very much for society's upper echelons.

Worship

Nikon D70s
Nikkor 18-200 @ 35mm
F8
1/1000

Framed between the two minarets, the skyline shows many, many high-rise buildings. From a photography point of view, I was, just for once, able to catch a reasonable blue sky without resorting to Photoshop.

Rooftops

Nikon D70s
Nikkor 18-200 @ 26mm
F27
1/90

Here we see what we're not supposed to see. The top of a flat roof is a great place to hide stuff from everyone except the occupants of adjacent, higher buildings. Shot straight into the sun, the sky is an unfortunate flat white - sorry about that - and I couldn't include the left corner of the building because of my position on the roof.

This one has been Photoshopped. I used the Transform tool to reduce converging verticals, at a fraction of the cost of a tilt-shift lens (which I don't have anyway).

Next Assignement - Buildings

Hi All,

It's that time of month again, it's assignment time.

Paul has picked NINE and the random topic generator has given BUILDINGS as the topic, DUE 1/11/2009.

Have fun and get snapping.

Cheers,

Richard B.