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Photographer's Note

Built on a high plateau in eastern Turkey through the end of eighteenth century, Ishak Pasa Palace is a big complex whose construction started under the local governor Ishak Pasa, and finished 95 years later by his grandson Mehmet Pasha.

The palace with a dimension of 50m x 115m, is as large as a soccer field and includes a big courtyard, over 100 rooms and a mosque which can be seen on the picture. It is a mixture of many styles: Ottoman with respect to its plan, Seljukid with its front door and Turkestani with its dome.

Due to its proximity to the Russian and Persian borders of the empire, Ishak Pasa Palace suffered serious damage during several wars, beginning with the Russian seige in 1828. It went several restauration projects in recent years.

See also the first and the second shot.

Scanned from slide, converted into b&w, cropped, increased sharpness, shades and contrast, applied Neat Image & framing.

Source: Ishak Pasa

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guld (1042) 2012-07-18 4:34

Fevkalade bir B&W. her ne kadar cevirme olsa da isik kontrolu cok guzel. POV de benim cok hosuma gitti. Selamlar.

HimalAnda (10671) 2012-07-18 4:46

Hello Erdem,

Good composition and beautiful BW treatment: congratulations for this photography!

Stéphane

leo61 (0) 2012-07-18 10:24

Hi Erdem!
Well done in B&W and taken from a good POV.
Technical perfect and good depth with these mountains.
Excellent B&W contrast!
Regards,leo

Vato_Law (12732) 2012-07-18 13:08

Hello Erdem.

good choice for B&W to focus the eye on the shapes of the mountains and the architecture of this mosque.

The exposure is flawless, and also the sharpness is, you did well on scaning this one.

Cheers.
Paulo

hookah (18) 2012-07-19 4:20