here are some monochrome pictures I took whiles staying in Turkey. It had been a while since I had travelled in the Orient – from waking up to the sound of the Imam chanting, to the red sunsets, the impressions I gathered were beautiful – I tried capturing these impressions with my lens.

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    the fishing rod

    Image by: travelens

    the kid cycling along the narrow pier is what first caught my attention.

    the sun of the orient

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    the sun’s reflection

    the three women in the wind

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    the separation of the sexes is very obvious in these countries. none the less, I found these three women laughing away a beautiful and comedic sight.

    evening serenades

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    Image by: travelens

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    gone with the light

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    I stood there, and I found the scene to have a “caspar david friedrich” like quality. a sad romanticism.

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    flooded with light

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    the kid

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    a lonely child is always a good photo subject.