Bahrain - Mysterious Woman in Manama's Al Fateh Grand Mosque

The Al-Fateh Mosque (also known as Al-Fateh Islamic Center & Al Fateh Grand Mosque) (Arabic: مسجد الفاتح‎; transliterated: Masjid al-Fatih) is one of the largest mosques in the world, capable of accommodating over 7,000 worshipers at a time. The mosque is the largest place of worship in Bahrain. It is located next to the King Faisal Highway in Juffair, which is a town located in the capital city of Manama. The mosque is very close to the Royal Bahraini Palace, the residence of the king of Bahrain Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah. The huge dome built on top of the Al-Fatih Mosque is made of pure fiberglass. Weighting over 60 t (60,000 kg), the dome is currently the worlds largest fibreglass dome. Al-Fateh now includes the new National Library which opened to the public in 2006. The mosque was built by the late Sheikh Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifa in 1987. It is named after Ahmed Al Fateh, the conqueror of Bahrain.

We got to the grand mosque late afternoon when the sun was already relatively low. The light in the mosque was really amazing, deep yellow that was coming through the windows created amazing play of shadow and light. All women entering a mosque are requested to wear abaya, however if you dont have your own, you can always borrow one at the entrance.

Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Lens's focal length: 17.00 - 40.00 mm, Photo Focal length: 26.00 mm, Aperture: 5.6, Exposure time: 1/60 s, ISO: 640

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  1. Giorgio Ghezzi, DarkFrame, Paul, UrbanColumbus, and 224 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. Giorgio Ghezzi (32 months ago | reply)

    wonderful light and mysterious lady!!!!

  3. Paul (32 months ago | reply)

    awesome natural light!

  4. EdinburghGary (32 months ago | reply)

    Excellent as always.

  5. F.Harmaly (32 months ago | reply)

    Excellent shot, love it!!!!
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  6. ufo79 [crashed] on earth (32 months ago | reply)

    Wow that's photography :)

  7. druidabruxux (32 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called VISIONES DIFERENTES/DIFFERENT VISIONS , and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  8. Anas Ahmad (32 months ago | reply)

    Excellent
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  9. M.alkanderi (32 months ago | reply)

    beautifull model

  10. ibrahem N. ALNassar (32 months ago | reply)

    beautiful capture nice shot

  11. ☆Mi☺Λmor☆ (32 months ago | reply)

    wow free model and such great light :) nice work Lucie

  12. RkRao (32 months ago | reply)

    Excellent as always. . .

    Great work!

  13. ©Helminadia Ranford (32 months ago | reply)

    LOL :-))

    I really Like the light here awwwwww

  14. biologo (32 months ago | reply)

    amazing mood!

  15. Onironauta... (32 months ago | reply)

    Wonderful shot Lucie

    Greetings from Buenos Aires
    Sergio

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  16. jpmiss (32 months ago | reply)

    Amazing light and tones!

  17. Prashant.Bhatnagar (32 months ago | reply)

    beautiful lights, excellent composition

  18. Giuseppe Toscano (32 months ago | reply)

    Lucie, great picture and a marvellous mood, fine work, lg helmut

  19. filtran (32 months ago | reply)

    I bet it's you and your timer again!

  20. noompty (32 months ago | reply)

    Simply superb.

  21. Domi Rolland  (32 months ago | reply)

    *** Merveilleusement Jolie ***

    Domi

  22. © David J Peacock - www.davidjpeacock.ca [deleted] (32 months ago | reply)

    This is just spectacular. Do you read the comments? I'm never sure if I should just fave or comment.

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  23. Christopher Chan (32 months ago | reply)

    Superb capture !

  24. Pixelicus (32 months ago | reply)

    impressive!

  25. Romeodesign (32 months ago | reply)

    I have a bit Star Wars feeling :-)

  26. Darrell Godliman (32 months ago | reply)

    Very cinematic, would make a great opening shot to a movie.

  27. Pedro Arellano Bustos (32 months ago | reply)

    Great picture, good light and composition

    Nominated

    I pick this photograph to be on the cover of National Geographic
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  28. juliusson photo (32 months ago | reply)

    Love the light - beatiful work!

  29. Jonsworth (32 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called A Cinematic World (Admin Invited Photos Only), and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  30. juntos ( MOSTLY OFF) (32 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Vision Quality Group / Invite only, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  31. Matt Champlin (32 months ago | reply)

    great shot! - perfect composition
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  32. wazari (32 months ago | reply)

    Fantastic...

  33. Arpad Lukacs Photography (32 months ago | reply)

    One of your best, magical!

    Arpad

  34. Arpad Lukacs Photography (32 months ago | reply)

    I would like to see this one in B&W too!

    Arpad

  35. Laurent T (aka thery_lg) (32 months ago | reply)

    Nominated

    I pick this photograph to be on the cover of National Geographic
    National Geographic: Are You Good Enough?

  36. ~AntZ~ (32 months ago | reply)

    Beautiful. Lovely lighting.

  37. nkgux (32 months ago | reply)

    nice one

  38. Sadr Oman (32 months ago | reply)

    u r doing great...

  39. Edgar Mendoza [deleted] (32 months ago | reply)

    Excelente foto muy gregoriana=)

  40. Pappu | Photography Love  :: NIKON (32 months ago | reply)

    excellent love the light and shades stunting...

  41. Chee Seong (32 months ago | reply)

    Wonderful lighting.

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  42. tobey308 (32 months ago | reply)

    Very mysterious .... excellent image!

  43. twopics (32 months ago | reply)

    Fantastic! Love your work!

  44. Justin Smith - Photography (32 months ago | reply)

    fantastic lighting, you always work magic in your shots.

  45. Raymond Larose (32 months ago | reply)

    This just blows me away. Wow, that's good.

  46. Abdulhadi Al-hajji ( www.hadi-photo.net ) (32 months ago | reply)

    Amazing one lusie .. i like this place

  47. Ting 婷 (32 months ago | reply)

    omg.... this is too cool

  48. Needs a hug (32 months ago | reply)

    stunning work

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