Inside Sinan's masterpiece, a photo from Edirne, Marmara

Photographer's Note

Interior of Selimiye Camii:

In this mosque, master architect Mimar Sinan employed an octagonal supporting system that is created through eight pillars or columns incised in a square shell of walls. The most attractive part of Selimiye Mosque is its amazing dome with 43,25m height and 31,25m diameter. This huge dome weighing 2000 tons and which was considered as impossibility, stands on huge columns named “Fil Ayağı” which are joined by each other through arches with 6m width. This dome comparable to the one at Hagia Sophia, but bigger, was the dome with the largest diameter in the world for several centuries.

The dome, which hangs high over main hall, encloses a huge space which gives the place an expansive atmosphere. You can see roughly a quarter of the dome at the top right of the picture, with designs and calligraphy. The four semi domes at the corners of the square behind the arches that spring from the pillars, are massive intermediary sections and supports between the huge encompassing dome with spherical profile and the walls. You will notice one of the half domes in the middle of the frame.

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besnard (59196) 2014-09-09 1:20

Bonjour Anghuman
Une bonne prise de l'intérieur de cette mosquée. C'est fait avec beaucoup de recherche et un excellent résultat.
Bravo et bonne journée.
Nicole

dkmurphys (79209) 2014-09-09 1:23

Hello,
Superb decorations inside that spectacular mosque. I like the POV and the elegant frame. Good work!

Daniel

danos (110407) 2014-09-09 1:52

Hi Angshu,
very nice the interior view of Selimiye Camii,with the fascinating light and colour management to bring out its beauty as its colourful details
too.Impressive and alive the colours,its architectural style,as the presentation too.

Regards,Danos

Morac (27725) 2014-09-09 3:10

Bonjour Anghuman
Quel superbe résultat !
Félicitations
Marc

Nicou (193814) 2014-09-09 4:03

Hello

quelle image et compo superbe vue quel intérieur avec ces décoration ces dorures et dessins fantastique captage et vue superbe.
Bravo et amitié
Nicou

Sergiom (117241) 2014-09-09 5:33

Bonjour Angshuman,

Quelle belle photo. Le point de vue est bien choisit et va chercher le maximum de lumière pour faire ressortir les détails et les couleurs. Le cadrage est très original.

Amicalement

Serge

Giustiniani (3650) 2014-09-09 6:07

Bonjour Angshuman,
une très belle restitution de cet intérieur de mosquée. Une jolie composition qui met en valeur cette belle architecture et ses magnifiques couleurs.
Amicalement,
Magaly

shreya2000 (2815) 2014-09-09 6:28

Dear Dada,

This one is really wonderful pic from your gallery. Tightly cropped. I like your cropping. This is really a masterpiece building. Wonderful colours of the interiors of this building. I like it and the way you have taken this image. Congrats.
Regards,
joginder

holmertz (103762) 2014-09-09 8:28

Hello Angshuman,
This photo is quite incredible. I don't remember the light conditions of this mosque, but in any case I am astonished by the clarity and the intense colours you have achieved. The high quality gives full justice to the beautiful architecture and the fine paintings.
Kind regards,
Gert

carlo62 (81265) 2014-09-09 9:49

Questo è sicuramente un interno bellissimo e la tua foto ce lo mostra in modo fantastico.
Mi piace il taglio che gli hai dato e come hai composto l'immagine, c'è un magnifico gioco di archi e l'ottima esposizione ci fa amirare i dettagli e i colori di questa architettura.
Saluti
Carlo

cornejo (61504) 2014-09-09 11:05

Anghuman Hi, Excellent photo of this wonderful composition with beautiful architecture and decoration of this mosque, beautifully composed and captured in this lovely image with good sharpness, beautiful light, color and quality. Excellent and interesting job perfectly done, congratulations my friend. Thanks for sharing this beautiful work.

Good night and happy week.
Warm greetings from southern Spain.
Angel.

lousat (140082) 2014-09-09 12:38

Hi Angshu,the masterpiece is the architechture and your pic too! Fantastic perspective and spectacular quality of detail and colors despite the difficult interior light,another magnificent work,always a step ahead! Have a nice day and thanks,Luciano

Tue (93606) 2014-09-09 13:44

Hello Angshuman,
Great photo of the richly decorated interior of the mosque. Excellent light management, beautiful colours and great sharpness. Very successfully done!
Lars

npecanhuk (79329) 2014-09-09 19:23

Hello Angshuman!
Wonderful interior details!
Very beautiful, attractive and pleasant-looking picture!
Sharpness, exposure, colors, vertical format, chosen pov and composition are all excellent!
TFS - congrats,
Cheers,
Neyvan

abmdsudi (95869) 2014-09-09 20:11

Namaste Angshu
An absolutely delightful interior shot portraying the artistic patchworks! The combination of stunning colours, subtle clarity and minute detail are simply awe inspiring. A gorgeous architecture shot competently captured that screams out quality. Tfs
Best regards

jjcordier (79299) 2014-09-09 23:09

Angshuman
Magnifique photo de ce superbe intérieur de mosquée si superbement décoré.
Amicalement
JJ

Waylim (25436) 2014-09-09 23:11

Sabaidee Angshuman,

BEAUTIFUL. Lots to appreciate here of the interior of the mosque with so many colors and design and pattern. I see it is hard to include all the elements in here, but you did a really good job with the composition. It is like looking through a kaledascope.

Namaste.

Way

papagolf21 (152607) 2014-09-10 3:05

Bonjour, cher Angshu,
Munificence architecturale présentée à travers cette composition. Nous pouvons admirer les différentes fresques.
Une réussite, une fois de plus.
Amitiés.
Philippe

jhm (211738) 2014-09-10 4:07

Hello Angshu,

These architect has a wonderful choice of subject, very nice with a lot motives.
These picture cares for depth and perspective.
Also the colours and sharpness are very pleasant to look at.
Excellent composition, nice presentation.
Very well done, TFS.

Best regards,
John

pierrefonds (115705) 2014-09-10 5:37

Hi Angshuman,

The tight frame is outting this area of the mosque in evidence. The point of view is allowing me to admire the beauty of the architecture of this section of the mosque. The surrounding light has a good effect on the colors. Have a nice day.

Pierre

Fis2 (172115) 2014-09-10 7:31

Witaj Angshu!
Fantastic interior!
I like POV and superb colors.
Well done.
Have a nice evening
Krzysztof

pajaran (117233) 2014-09-10 9:00

Dobro vece.
Interesantan tekst o dzamiji sa opisom ...
Lep pogled na unutrasnjost i svodove ...
Dobar snimak i kontrast, lepo pokazan enterijer i detalji.
Lep enterijer.
Prijatno vece i mirna noc, sve najbolje.
Paja.

Good evening.
An interesting article on the mosque with a description ...
Nice view of the interior of the vaults ...
Good clip, and contrast nicely shown the interior and details.
Nice interior.
Good evening and peaceful night, all the best.
Paja.

ChrisJ (172466) 2014-09-10 10:21

Hi Anghuman

It looks quite similar to the more famous Blue Mosque in Istanbul, but without the tourist crowds I am sure! Good sharpness and well managed low light levels in the interior of this grand mosque. Good colour and sharpness. Tfs!

stego (24132) 2014-09-10 17:49

Hello Angshu,

Wow... How I envy you, because I have nothing alike this beauty and I also don't know this famous mosque! Maybe on my next trave to Turkey... :-) The light management is fabulous and so is the compo/POV, that explores very cleverly the beauty and elegance of the architecture.

TFS, regards, José.

rychem (72187) 2014-09-10 20:20

What a mosaic of shapes, colors and decorations, excellent interior photo with perfect management of light
regards Ryszard

Graal (103040) 2014-09-10 23:38

Hello Angshuman,
beautiful details. Amazing interior of mosque. Good shot and presentation here. Well done photo.
Have a nice day.
Aleksander

macjake (98544) 2014-09-18 16:25

Hi Angshu
yes I have to agree that the insides of these mosques are quite something aren't they!

and of course the upwards POV is the best way to show it off in all its glory.

attractive shot, it stands out well in your gallery.
lots to like here with the colors and architectural style.
see you around
Craig

sayeed_rahman (6461) 2014-09-25 10:48

Hello Anghsu,

this one much like the hagia sofia, what caught my eyes most was the natural light, designed in such a way, that it filled every corner of the mosque (or should i say a cathedral of a church first)..

Splendid details in this one ! gotta be HDR ?

sayeed

emka (158988) 2014-09-26 23:37

Hi dear Angshu,

Deniz recommended to go to Edirne and to see this mosque and one with inscription, but there were no bus tickets and we went to Bursa instead. And it was nice too. Splendid view of this magnificent mosque. Fantastic decorations.Great sharpness and colours.

WArm regrads MAlgo

adores (46979) 2014-10-08 8:19

Hi Angshuman!
Such a beautiful interior! You managed light really well and the details are magnificent. Very well framed.

I'm back already. The trip was great, there's always so much to see there! I didn't even get tired:)!

quovadis (5711) 2014-11-06 3:17

Hi Angshuman.

This is truly a unique interior, spectaculat looking in design, colour, and form.

Excellent light menagement, the supporting columns are in two different colour tone, maybe due to the natural light, give nice visual impression.

Thanks for sharing !!!