Adbul Gafoor mosque interior

Taken this afternoon on a hot day with natural lighting. There were a

few tired travelers dozing off on the cool carpeted floor. Managed to

avoid them. Lovely Moorish architecture.

Nice symmetry.

Great shot. 6/6

pity about the guy on the phone

Thanks Guillermo, Christopher. Well Andrew the guy gives us a scale of the place. No problem in replacing another shot without him but I think better with him.

Love this interior.

Alec... you've been trigger happy again..!!

Excellent exposure and clarity. I really like the way the chandelier compliments the curves of the arches. Very nice use of lines and patterns throughout the image.

Very nice!

Alec you've actually captured it very well! if it was without the tourist, it would be perfect.

Thanks guy for commenting. Bilal, no problem to go back there again when nobody is around. ^_^

I will go along with 'lovely' modern or contemporary eclectic Islamic interior design, but 'Moorish architecture' is, in my opinion, a bit much of a stretch. This near equivalent of an Islamic Rococo, with seemingly over-polished fluted alabasters and electrical fans is quite ultra-modern. You handled depth of field very well. Lighting here is a difficult issue. The acanthus greens, post Abd er-Rahman III and Hakam II 'ivory carving' and 'bronze work' :-) irons, as well as the heat treated railing and carpeting need more lighting to reveal details of texture beyond mere outlines. The round, multi-cusped, and pointed arches of the interior are Nice. So is the inverse arch contraposition of lighting fixtures. The exterior (see: www.molon.de/.../Singapore/Mosques/img.php?pic=1) reveals a fusion of clearly Oriental, rather than Spanish/NW African Umayyad period architecture. Almoravids and Almohads would have loved this…