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We'll periodically post images of vessels that drift past our perch on the Bosphorous. If you are a new arrival, the Bosphorous is the waterway (straits) that divides Europe from Asia and cuts right through the middle of Istanbul. You could swim from Europe to Asia (or vice versa) in about 30 minutes - if you could survive the boat traffic and/or the pollution.

The blog's perch is about half way up (or down) the Bosphorous - not the city's most supreme view. Yet, it's not too high, not too low - good enough to afford a decent view. Then again, anything better in terms of view will cost you upward of a million. Dollars. No... more. Much more. This view is free.

The aim here is to provide regular images and - where possible - further details regarding boat traffic between the Black Sea, the Marmara and points beyond.

It's not CIA - although they used to maintain a prominent viewing location (and probably still do) - The transit through the Bosphorous is Russia's traditional outlet to the world's oceans - most other Russian outlets ice over in the winter. But, there is no hidden blog agenda, no intent to spy. This is just our view and publicly available data related to those views: Boats on the Water. Passing by. Happened to catch them ....

Friday, December 4, 2015

Lens Change



When we moved to the spot that begat this blog about 5 months ago, everything got packed up. boxed and labeled: sheets, kitchen ...
In among the transferred consumer items was a box tagged as "Cameras". Somewhere in the back of our  mind it existed. More than once we looked, with an eye for potential use at this blog - seemed there was a decent camera that might make the task easier/better.
Honestly (consumerism at its worst!) we had forgotten the contents of the "cameras" box.
It contained - among other things - a Polaroid (!), several 35mm SLRs and the "old" Canon EOS Rebel. With a 300mm lens!
Until today, this blog has been obtaining close-up shots by placing the perfectly respectable Samsung NX behind the left lens of an old binocular(s?).
From here on out, the binoculars and Samsung will go into the cameras box!

Samsung NX above





Canon Rebel with 300mm zoom lens.

Spot the difference!
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