Persongalleriet #589: Istanbul Snacks

Här kommer några bilder för den som behöver få igång aptiten!

Får det vara friterade degbollar på turkiskt vis?

Eller kanske grillad majskolv?

Rostade kastanjer?

Goda bröd...

...där jag fått lära mig att dessa här nedan heter Simit:

Mums!

Ha en bra vecka, alla!

/Niklas

Persongalleriet #588: New Scotland Yard

April blev en bloggfri månad för min del. Kände helt enkelt inte för det. Energin fanns inte riktigt. Lade ut en del singelbilder i pooler, på deviant art och på facebook i stället.

Nu tänkte jag ta tag i bloggen igen så att jag kommer igång inför Pekingresan i juni/juli. Om bara Kinas internet tillåter, med censur och allmänt låg hastighet som kan ställa till det, så kommer jag att live-blogga även från den resan.

Under blogguppehållet har jag bildbehandlat en del nytagna bilder och även från Istanbulresorna i mars och april -15. De senaste dagarna har jag suttit med bilder från London i juli -15. Så då vet ni vad ni har att vänta er framöver. Dvs ganska likt som tidigare...  ;-)

Mjukstartar idag med bara en bild:

Ha en fin söndag, alla!

/Niklas

Persongalleriet #586: Istanbul Up Close, Pt 1

March 12th, 2016.
On my last day of this trip  I was back at the spot with the amazingly dramatic light at the spice market. It was a Saturday and it was crazy how many people passed! Here are just a few of my shots:

Be well, everybody!

/Niklas

Persongalleriet #583: Red Wall - Green Carpet - Blue Sky

Istanbul. March 11th, 2016.

Be well, everybody!

/Niklas

Persongalleriet #582: More Istanbul Ramblings

March 10th, 2016.
On my own again yesterday, I rambled, after blogging etcetera for the better part of the morning. After a few minutes in "my" neighborhood, I took the tram west to Yusufpaşa to retrace some steps from last year. Couldn't really find the inspiration. Had two cups of çay in an alley and decided to go ride the ferries instead. Walked to Aksaray tram stop and found this:

Rode the tram to Eminönu to catch a ferry. When I got there I felt a hunger pang already, since I had such a late start to the day. I remembered seeing the fish sandwich seller from last year close to Karaköy and decided to walk across Galata bridge to try some! Saw my own shadow as I was walking down the stairs and waited a little while to get something interesting:

At least interesting to me!  :-)

The fish sandwich guy wasn't there today, but I found a simple little restaurant which made a damn good one! Shooting didn't stop just because I was having lunch:

Here's another shot from 50 meters away:

Beyoğlu is the part of central Istanbul where I have found the most graffiti. Here's a shot where I found a "Blue" theme:

Got on the Kadıköy ferry at Karaköy (finally getting the hang of which is which!!!) Walked around for a while getting som quick shots of the passengers. Sat down with the camera in my lap to enjoy the sea view. Looked down at my tiltscreen and found something to shoot a little bit closer than that:

Getting off at Kadıköy there were some police with uzi-like machine guns. Finger on the trigger and all, so I decided to go straight back with the ferry, now to Eminönu. I don't mind police with holstered pistols, but when carrying guns like this, it seems to me a shot could go off at any moment, by mistake or otherwise.

After resting my legs for a while I took the tour of the ferry. A small band was playing the most beautiful music you can imagine!

I talked to them after. Their name is Ateş Band and HERE is their facebook page. They didn't have any record to sell at the moment, but there are some mobile phone videos on there that will give you an idea, although the super talented girl singing and playing flute is not featured in any of them. I also always love a mandolin played so well as this! I shot a short video and will post it later, but I'll first need to convert it to a format youtube accepts.

Found some more geometry I liked on this ferry:

As I was getting off the ferry I saw the people waiting to get on behind closed doors. Then I saw the reflection.

As I was buying some simit for a simple dinner in my room, these two young women started chatting me up. Of course I asked to get a picture, with simit and all!

This was turning out to be a it of a geometry day and I found one more shot like that before calling it a day:

Be well, everybody!

/Niklas