In these days of turmoil, what you need is a nice cat to cuddle and care for. They’ll get rid of any vermin too!
| Aperture | ƒ/6.3 |
| Camera | ILCE-7RM5 |
| Focal length | 240mm |
| ISO | 2500 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
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King of the Hill
A cat on Çamlıca Hill was very affectionate and controlled everything he saw. With a meow, he caught our attention and walked back and forth, granting us permission to rub him until he got bored and wandered away.
Better to have an orange kitty as king than an orange man.
Aperture ƒ/8 Camera ILCE-7RM5 Focal length 25mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 1/80s -
A Watchful Tabby
A very alert cat watched me carefully as I walked past in that graveyard in Istanbul where I photographed another cat shown here recently.
Most of the cats look like they’re really well cared for, but they’re probably all fairly young. I can’t imagine life on the street is easy for them.
Aperture ƒ/3.5 Camera ILCE-7RM5 Focal length 24mm ISO 1250 Shutter speed 1/500s -
A cat family in a box
There’s one thing I loved about Istanbul, and that was all the cats. Some streets had many cats, some had none. Others had a cat wandering across the road, near a dog sprawled out in the sun, asleep. It was lovely seeing all the animals.
This feline family was photographed on the wall of the graveyard near Eyüp Sultan Mosque in the city. There were loads more about too!
Before and After Aperture ƒ/5 Camera ILCE-7RM5 Focal length 58mm ISO 2000 Shutter speed 1/500s Fediverse reactions
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The Istanbul Skyline
This is part of the Asian side of Istanbul in Turkey. My first time in Asia too, even if I only ventured a few kilometres in!
Our guide said they’re trying to encourage more people to live on this side of the city, but from what I could see, it stretched on almost to distant hills and I wondered how big a city could be.
Cats? I’ve loads of cat photos. I think they’ll need their own “Cats of Istanbul” tag on here!
Aperture ƒ/8 Camera ILCE-7RM5 Focal length 122mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 1/500s -
Scooter Delivery Through Historic Streets
We were walking up a narrow street near the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul when I heard a bell of a scooter ring out. The crowds parted and a young man on a scooter with a foot on heavy looking bags zipped past at speed!
I can’t imagine that was a smooth ride on those cobbles…
Aperture ƒ/4 Camera ILCE-7RM5 Focal length 16mm ISO 1600 Shutter speed 1/500s -
Under a Turkish Sky
We visited the Çamlıca Tepesi yl (Çamlıca Hill) in Istanbul last week. It’s a hill on the eastern side of the city. There is a huge Turkish flag flying from a massively tall flagpole, and you can see out over the Asian side of the city from the nearby park. The city just seems to go on and on.
Thanks, Peter, for showing me the yellow lines on the ground make for good leading lines. I’d originally shot this much closer to the taxi.
See where I took this photo on Google Maps here.
Aperture ƒ/2.2 Camera Galaxy S23 Ultra Focal length 2.2mm ISO 50 Shutter speed 1/2900s
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