UAE - Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Mosque in Abu Dhabi
The majestic Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Mosque is probably the most imposing religious and national landmark in Abu Dhabi to date. It is also arguably one of the most important architectural treasures of the contemporary UAE society - and one of the most beautiful in the world - initiated no less by the late president HH Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who is fondly thought of as the father of UAE.
The Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Mosque, popularly called Grand Mosque by local residents, is seen as a “globally unifying” landmark from its conception to completion, bringing together designers, features, materials and suppliers from nearly every corner of the globe: Italy, Germany, Morocco, India, Turkey, Iran, China, Greece and the UAE.
The Mosque’s initial architectural design was Moroccan, but it evolved to include many global features, including exterior walls that are of traditional Turkish design. Natural materials were chosen for its design and construction, which include marble, stone, gold, semi-precious stones, crystals and ceramics.
Slightly different view at Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Mosque in Abu Dhabi than the one with desert foreground I posted few days ago. It is truly amazing place to visit and to take photos of. I have to admit that I have actually asked those two ladies to model for me to nicely balance the composition and also add more atmosphere to the shot. All ladies have to wear abaya and head cover when visiting this mosque, luckily you can borrow one at the mosque itself.
PENTAX K20D, f/8.0, 0.004 sec (1/250), ISO 100, 12 mm
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Yener ÖZTÜRK (40 months ago | reply)
Harika çekim arkadaşım.Eline sağlık.
José Miguel - www.josemiguelmartinez.es (40 months ago | reply)
Fantástica!!!!
ALtammar Q8 (40 months ago | reply)
beautiful shot nice work
Karims (40 months ago | reply)
Love the framing of whole mosque. Fabulous!
timo.frey (40 months ago | reply)
Amazing shot !
Sr.Pinzas (40 months ago | reply)
Gorgeous capture
SFB579 (40 months ago | reply)
A really nice image you have captured there, well done. Take care and have a lovely week.
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Filippo Manaresi (40 months ago | reply)
Wonderful! Love the contrast!
alicudi (40 months ago | reply)
belllaaaaaa
sun|moon (40 months ago | reply)
splendid, wish i could see it larger..
giusmelix (40 months ago | reply)
E' veramente bellissima,
complimenti, il gioco dei colori basato sul bianco della piazza e della moschea, le due donne vestite di nero ed il cielo azzurro, insomma un capolavoro !!
Jordan Lye (40 months ago | reply)
u got a very good contrast in this
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BB (O.ö) (40 months ago | reply)
Just AMAZING!!!
I was in New Delhi Mosque and it was nothing compared to this....
Congratulations!
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The Flying Pig (40 months ago | reply)
That's a really striking shot of a very interesting building, good work!
Ana Santos (40 months ago | reply)
Wow, this is gorgeous.
TomRaven (40 months ago | reply)
Superb shot!... just lovely
Menno van Winden (40 months ago | reply)
Gorgeous!
franciscopfont.com (40 months ago | reply)
Just one word, MAGNIFICENT!
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Maphi74 - www.marcphilipp-foto.de (40 months ago | reply)
cool shot
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Fabrizio DI PALMA (40 months ago | reply)
Molto bella. Complimenti. Ciao, fabrizio.
Shawn Bierman (40 months ago | reply)
Beautiful composition. A stunning structure. Looks a little sci-fi.
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JRodrigues. (40 months ago | reply)
Excellent capture!
:.Mustafa.: (40 months ago | reply)
This is an excellent capture , nice POV for this Islamic architecture. Love the composition .
Thanks for then info.
Q.T.R_B.o.y ▒ M.A.D.R.I.D.I ▒ (40 months ago | reply)
well taken. i like ur work my friend :)
Q.T.R_B.o.y ▒ M.A.D.R.I.D.I ▒ (40 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called www.flickr.com/groups/400939@N23/, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
david.bank (www.david-bank.com) (40 months ago | reply)
This is a brilliant picture with outstanding colours. As an architcts I would love to see the verticals straight though.
sunshinefotos (40 months ago | reply)
waaauu!
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saturn ♄ (40 months ago | reply)
really nice!
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alessandrogiraldi (40 months ago | reply)
wooooowww, wonderful shot!! Amazing contrast!!
Andrea Rapisarda (40 months ago | reply)
splendida e surreale!
Nick Coyne (40 months ago | reply)
Beautiful. As usual.
dr.zeppo (40 months ago | reply)
Majestic indeed!
Pez Brige (40 months ago | reply)
amazing shot... great composition...
delmez92 (40 months ago | reply)
excellent !
wilfried.thomas (40 months ago | reply)
Wonderful capture, the white are well done!!!
silentdream (40 months ago | reply)
Beautiful work Lucie... Wonderful contrast between the dark clothing and white walls of the mosque!
gabigabs1111 (40 months ago | reply)
Amazing shot.
Luis Marín (40 months ago | reply)
Encellent Lucie!
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BamaWester (40 months ago | reply)
Another incredible image...and thanks for the info on the mosque. That's very interesting.
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Outstanding !!!
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Simply wonderful !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nicolas Moulin (Nimou) (40 months ago | reply)
Impecable
ghulamyaseen (40 months ago | reply)
nice
hobbielancie [deleted] (40 months ago | reply)
Truly amazing and a fantastic interpretation with your camera, congrats Lucie.