Canon 5D, 40 mm, ISO 800, 1/4000 sec @ f/9
On 23rd June 2016 the UK narrowly voted to leave the European Union. In a quirk of fate I happened to be in Istanbul that day, a city that straddles The Bosphorus Strait and as such both European and Asian continents. In a feeble effort to mark the occasion I decided to take a trip to the Asian side of the city and take a picture of Europe from the outside.
The journey was made on the Marmaray underground system from Sirkeci on the European side to Üsküdar on the Asian side before heading back across by ferry.
Canon 5D, 40 mm, ISO 800, 1/15 sec @ f/8
I hereby declare that day to be both the start and end of my photo-journalism career!
On the trip I had taken a reduced set of equipment and stuck with a single lens – my Canon EF 40 mm f/2.8 STM pancake in an attempt to satisfy a ‘single focal length’ challenge to myself, inspired by Sean Tucker. The results of the challenge were somewhat varied which is fine by me as I am happy to continue learning.