Gulf of Fethiye

Dawn, looking from Kucuk Sarsala towards Gocek, on the north end of the Gulf of Fethiye, Turkey. Fethiye is on the south west coast of Turkey and very popular for sailing. Fethiye Marina can be seen here. The rising sun made the hills surrounding the bay a gentle shade of blue. I've always liked the shots of layers of hills and colours and here was my attempt. I think the silhouette of the tree gives it a oriental landscape feel as well, though the swing hanging off it doesn't help.

I think this was taken off the bow of our yacht but the sea, as you can see was very calm which But I still had to worry about the boat's motion when taking this photo. However, as the sun was quite bright I could push the shutter speed up and still have a decent aperture.

1/250s at f/14 99 mm ISO 160

The Blue Mosque

Moving to Europe/Asia, the Blue Mosque taken from a second floor window in the Hagia Sofia. The issue I had taking this photo was that the window was quite high up and i had to stand on tip toe to avoid converging lines and about three feet away to get the window frame. Unfortunately, other tourists would see what you were looking at and place their cameras on the windowsill to take a photo, invariably then going into a lengthy conversation before moving away, and then another person comes and blocks your view. It took me about ten minutes of waiting for a decent gap for this one...