Between Europe and Asia, a photo from Istanbul, Marmara

Photographer's Note

This is the famous Bosphorus Bridge of Istanbul, connecting both parts (Asian and Eruopean parts) of thic city.
Untill it's construction the connections was been made with a huge fleet of boats and ferryboats, which took at those days a time of almost 45 minutes.
Nowadays you are only within 5 minutes either in Europe or Asia.

The construction begun in the year 1970 and was finished in 1973. The ceremonial opening took place on 29 October 1973, the most important holiday of Turkey the foundation day of the modern Turkish Republic.
Nowadays about 200.000 vehicles are travelling every day on that bridge.
Nowadays 3 spanning bridges are connecting two parts of the city.

When the first bridge was finished I was on a business trip in Japan.
On a dinner we were enjoying Sake and discussing different matters.
When I mentioned the bridge, my Japanes friend said : "Well you're now a frequent traveller between Europe and Asia". Aren't you ?

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pajaran (92281) 2019-09-24 1:26

Pozdrav.
Interesantan i lep pogled, dobar tekst ...
Lep most i deo grada u pozadini.
Lepo pokazano sa dobrom perspektivom, dobro uhvacen trenutak.
Zelim vam lep i uspesan dan, sve najbolje.
Paja.

Greeting.
Interesting and nice view, good text ...
Nice bridge and part of the city in the background.
Beautifully shown with good perspective, well captured moment.
I wish you a nice and successful day, all the best.

Silvio1953 (191407) 2019-09-24 2:55

Ciao Mesut, great perspective on fantastic bridge, wonderful colors and splendid last evening lightlight, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

sacimar (36909) 2019-09-24 5:44

Hello Mesut,

you chose an interesting point of view to show this impressive bridge, I also like the moment of the day you took the picture, well seen,

Best regards,

Sergio

jhm (191505) 2019-09-24 7:43

Hello Mesut,

Five minutes of the new world to the old world.
The picture is not best of quality but the darkness was maybe the cause.
But wonderful pictures
An excellent composition.
Very well done, TFS.

Best regards,
John.

PaulVDV (49028) 2019-09-24 12:11

Hello Mesut,
Ten years after the bridge was opened to traffic I was on a night bus from Ankara to Istanbul. I sat at a window on the left and remember that I wanted to wake up early because I absolutely wanted to see the view of Eminönü. Of course, the bus drove over the bridge way too fast to my liking.
Many photos of the first bridge over the Bosphorus have already been shown, but I don't remember any taken from the same point of view.
It looks like you were standing very close to the waterfront.
Can you remember how many times in your life you've travelled from Europe to Asia and vice versa?
Best regards, Paul

ifege (21043) 2019-09-24 23:46

Hi Mesut
Great one of this huge bridge. It is best viewed from the ferry.
Cheers
Ian

carlo62 (81031) 2019-09-25 5:27

Ciao Mesut
bella e lunga diagonale immersa tra i dolci colori del cielo, mentre in lontananza la città ci offre la sua silhouette.
Saluti
Carlo

BennyV (30480) 2019-09-25 5:31

Hello Mesut

Not ultrasharp, but what it lacks there, it makes up in atmosphere, so I do like the end result.

Benny

cornejo (61232) 2019-11-30 10:11

Merhaba Mesut, very good photograph of this beautiful and interesting composition with the long bridge at sunset, very well captured in this beautiful image, with good sharpness, light, color and quality. Very good and interesting work perfectly done, my congratulations my friend. Thank you for sharing this beautiful work.

Good night and happy Sunday.
Best wishes from southern Spain.
Angel.