A pleasing night shot in the city. What I like best is the softened reflection in the pool, with the muted colors and blurred details.
June 17, 2026
41
-
-
By presenting a foreshortened section we are forced to observe the domes, arches, curved supporting walls the details and the colours - deep blue and gold, which combine to form the Blue Mosque. A straightforward shot showing the whole thing shows its beauty too, but does not necessarily trigger the thought processes that this shot does.
-
This has an archaic feel, way beyond the date it was taken, but also a streak of brutality. It is a great documentary study.
-
The bench is very lonely and not instantly noticeable, but as a reward it is in the only bit of shade visible! It is such a still and peaceful scene. Even the water is barely moving and there is hardly a sign of humanity, so disturbances from a fellow human looks remote. I really like the colour transitions through greens and blues. They are cool colours and their harmony adds to the tranquility of the scene.
-
I love this. It is very surreal with shadowy, blurry plants, which suggest motion and something, which turns out to be a door fitting, is very sharp and suggests static immovability. Their opposite input to the brain causes us to study the image.
-
You make an interesting point. The unusually strong vignette is actually the first thing I noticed about this image. That said, I don’t mind it, as it reminds me of a torch beam finding something in the shadows, and gives it an element of gothic horror.
Now I realise I have only talked about the vignette, which rather illustrates Minnie’s point. -
They are both good interior shots, which capture the mosque‘s beauty. It’s intricacy could result in a messy result, but by avoiding anything large in the foreground, the resulting flat perspective shows off the lines and colours really well.
-
The highlights are not burnt out, the shadows show detail and the colours are strong. All these are easy to mess up with a night shot, but not here. It results in a fine city night scene at blue hour.