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. . . Besides photographing animals in the wild, one of my passions is just observing their behaviors. This gal saw something that made her stretch her neck out and stare in my direction!
Taken from a blind with a 600mm lens and then cropped, I was not a danger to this bird.
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I just love this shot. A poppy gets a foothold on the retaining wall of the Theater of Dionysos on the flanks of the Acropolis in Athens. But, besides making for a nice photo, this shot shows off some significant ancient masonry. This wall dates to early Imperial Roman days and represents the final set of major renovations to the theater, holding back the earthen bank making up 'house right'. The incised marginal draft, highlighting the perfection of the fit between the drystone blocks, is characteristic of Roman large ashlar masonry of the time.
The sunset was not that spectaculair, besides an orange glow. But that hot-air balloon came to the right place at the right time. I should have used a faster shutter speed, but changing my settings when that balloon flew in the middle of that row houses was not an option.
Explore 2018-06-19 #1
Besides B&W fine art architectural photography, I love waterfalls and have kept shooting for 10 years. Please check my new blog:
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Besides being a figurative painter he was a respected graphic artist. Most of his paper art is within etching, lithography and wood-block print. In this field he has worked as mentor for several other artists. His art can be found in museums and major art collections both in and outside Norway.
Though Kjell Nupen did see himself as a painter first and foremost, he worked with many different mediums such as granite, ceramic, glass, steel and bronze. Besides having many exhibitions in and outside Norway, he has done several major projects in the public, such as: Otterdalsparken in Kristiansand (also called Nupenparken), Silkeborg Danmark, Statoil Stavanger, Søm Church in Kristiansand, Ansgarkapellet in Kristiansand, Geilo Kulturkirke in Geilo, Olsvik Church in Bergen, Telemark sykehus in Porsgrunn, the town hall in Viborg in Denmark in cooperation with Gallery NB in Viborg, which he had cooperated with since 1998. Helsfyr Atrium in Oslo, Husnes torv in Husnes, Forum Jæren in Bryne and Broerenkerk, a church from 1504 in Zwolle in the Netherlands - now unconsecrated and changed into a major book and culture centre. wikipedia
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Besides the forests of Maarsbergen right along the A12 motorway in the Netherlands at sunset I saw this deer in the grass.
☛ This is what we saw during our Bicycle tours in the Netherlands, where we have cycled through the beautiful landscape.
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Even though there is a little bit of blue sky, it was pretty dark (for afternoon), very dim light. The weather was coming from behind, super dark low clouds and it was just minutes before it started raining. That's one of those 'just do it' panoramas, but I took the chance despite the light cause it's not the old days anymore, this is besides a well-trodden path and so when the weather is nice, it's ..touristy by now. 😕 Would like to do this location with better conditions one day, the lake takes on all sorts of beautiful green tones (at least on the visible spectrum) due to the forest around.
Source for this is a 4 piece panorama, 12567 x 5520px, ~69,4MP, but cropped a little, to give the lake center stage.
There is some fringing going on against the sky (not a huge fan), which is in part due to the lens I think, but I'll spare you the rant.
It was also the time when I (finally) decided to jump on AdobeRGB as long as I'm lossless with the D3300, ran the D90 with an sRGB chain for IR.
Monochrome conversions turned out nice, did not offer anything distinct however, were just like regular b&w. Overall, field of view is about 180°. 👀
Nikon D3300 (APS-C / DX, fullspectrum mod)
Tamron 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5 Di ll VC HLD
heliopan SH-PMC deep yellow 4x (15, G) filter
ISO100, 13mm, f/8, 1/160sec
(therefore ~20mm full frame equivalent)
tripod, panorama head, remote (ML-L3)
It was a lukewarm late Spring evening; the water of the canal was flowing silently besides me - a discreet companion for my walk. I could almost feel the thin crescent of the Moon slowly sliding towards the western horizon. One could think that it was a silent evening indeed but, well, the air was overflowing with a most clangorous croaking choir. Oh, the calls of the frogs were so astoundingly diverse... And they jumbled up with the loud chirping of the crickets.
At last the trees thinned out and I was in the open fields and the starry sky was flickering among the grass, all along the ditches. Ops, the stars were still in the sky after all, and the lands were teeming with fireflies. They were gently dancing their love dances, completely oblivious of my presence.
At first I was entranced by their mesmerizing, sparkling motions, which I soon came to envision as plucked notes of mandolines against the orchestra in a Vivaldi concerto (to realize what I am trying to convey you can listen to some minutes of the Concerto for 2 Mandolines, Strings and B.C. in G major RV 532 in the fantastic performance of the Europa Galante ensemble conducted by Fabio Biondi).
At last I started doing my very first attempts at photographing fireflies. This image is the result of my first postprocessing experience of this kind: I hope that you will enjoy it. Hopefully I will post better fireflies shots in the near future.
[Sorry, on smartphones my fireflies look a bit belittled; moreover I am aware that some displays whiten a bit their beautiful yellow light, the magical trick of luciferin/luciferase which has enabled us humans to look far deeper into the workings of cells than before]
It was one of my unfulfilled dreams to photograph fireflies, which, sadly, are becoming a rarity in our countryside; the positive effects of the lockdown for the environment have probably favoured a blooming this year, so I decided to have a try. I followed the advices of a master of fireflies photography, the Bulgarian photographer Hristo Svinarov. However I will eagerly accept hints and positive criticism from everyone who will be so kind to offer it.
Explored on 2020/05/30 no. 96
I have stacked 10 5-second photos with the Gimp and tried hard to get something decent out of them. As the basic layer I used an image I have obtained by averaging the photos with John Paul ChaCha's Chasys Draw IES Artist: the fireflies themselves were almost obliterated but the landscape were effectively denoised, while the details were improved. After the stacking work in the Gimp I added some small touches with Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
Simply by my natural curiosity I tried the inverted RGB blue channel technique described by Boris Hajdukovic as a possible final contribution to the processing. The results of this interesting trick are utterly unpredictable when we come to low-light captures; I discovered that in this context this technique can effectively isolate the fireflies from the background.
Some of the 176 stained glass windows you can admire in the Cathedral besides the 3 large Rose windows. The current and almost completed restauration of the Cathedral leaves you breathless. The high Altar and the Choir wall are stunning. Its time to visit again the monument with a guide to fully apprehend the marvels one can see and ultimately discover all the hidden symbols.
besides all the drama on the ground with the chicks and juveniles, there was plenty of territorial behavior going on in the air above the nesting grounds!
I was standing besides one waterfall and looking over to another on the opposite slope.
Ich stand neben einem Wasserfall und scahute auf einen anderen am gegenüberliegenden Hang.
Besides a puzzle I'm doing up stairs to occupy my time I found two old bowling balls from friends that didn't use them anymore and I'm covering them with round transparent glass mosaic gems. When done I will have to go to hobby lobby in the spring and buy a stand and you put them in the back yard or garden.
Be a light unto yourself
Betake yourselves to no external refuge
Hold fast to the Truth
Look not for refuge to anyone besides yourselves
― Buddha Shakyamuni
Besides the butterflies, we also spotted this male Red-backed Shrike.
You can imagine why they also call him "Zorro".
Handheld shot.
Taken from the observatory tower of Westminster Cathedral. (Things have changed a lot since then, this is a 2009 view.)
Besides the changes in railroad locomotives and rolling stock where as time passes the old inevitably makes way for the new, the same usually applies to track side buildings as they are modernized or torn down. – But there are some places where those neat old, once served by rail structures located next to the right of way still stand. – Like this small town scene at Brandon on the Wisconsin & Southern Railroad where not much has changed next to the tracks since this was one of many Milwaukee Road branch lines that used to crisscross the state of Wisconsin. – September 2nd, 2016 ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©
Besides Mount Taranaki and Wharariki Beach, one of my absolute favourite paces in New Zealand was Fjordland National Park. There we had booked a spot at the Milford Lodge campsite and stayed the night before at a campsite in Te Anau where we almost had a “heart attack”: At the door of the reception (which was already closed, but a guy told us we could still book and pay online) we saw an information regarding Milford Sound which said that the Milford Road is currently closed. I was really disappointed and my girlfriend quite upset as this as one of the main highlights of our whole trip, but on closer inspection it turned out that this was a message from 4 days ago. At that time, there was an avalanche and therefore the road was closed for 3 days. The Internet then fortunately revealed that the road reopened yesterday. So we parked our motorhome and had dinner after which I was doing some research about the famous Homer tunnel. Since the Homer tunnel is more or less a hand-carved single lane tunnel, I read that they have installed traffic lights which they turn on in summer since the traffic is so heavy during peak season. However, I didn’t read anything about winter, so I came to the conclusion that the traffic lights are most likely turned off. Moreover, since the woman from the car rental company told us that our motorhome would barely fit into the tunnel, I was afraid of what would happen if there was oncoming traffic. Well, I didn’t really find any more information, except that this road seems to be “dangerous”, also because of the already mentioned avalanches, and so I turned off my phone and went to sleep, hoping that the trip to Milford would have a good ending.
The next day we got up early and headed straight for the Milford Road, stopping several times, including the Eglinton Valley, Mirror Lakes, Lake Gunn and Pop's View lookout. We tried not to spend too much time as we had also booked a three-hour cruise through the fjord, and we also had to factor in the checking in at the campsite and the hike from the free parking lot to the pier. Before all that though, we still had to get through the Homer tunnel, and when we got there we saw two keas hopping around at the roadside which made us want to stop, but at the same time we noticed the three cars in front of us starting to approach the tunnel and so I quickly followed them. And let me tell you, a small motorhome fits easily into this tunnel through which the big buses bring the crowds of tourists to this natural gem. At the end of the tunnel, a breathtaking view opens up as you drive down a steep and windy road into the fjord, which is flanked by the steep and snow-covered slopes of the Milford Mountains. As there is always a risk of avalanches, there are no-stopping signs all along the road which is a shame, because we would have loved to stop and explore the rainforests right next to the road.
At one point, however, there seemed to be a safe place to stop, so I turned left into this empty parking lot and that's when we noticed a kea sitting on the ground. I’ll save the story of our first kea encounter for another image, but after that I looked up the steep slopes and noticed that fog was rolling in, creating a beautiful veil over the characterful and overgrown trees. My girlfriend was already back in our motorhome and so I quickly opened the backdoor, told her to get her tele lens and we kept shooting this fleeting moment of Fjordland magic after which we both jumped back into our car with a big smile on our faces. It's these unexpected moments that make an adventure so special, and after such a start to our Fjordland experience, we couldn't wait to see what was to come. Hope you like this image!
Besides the carzy color of that lake... how cool are the trees that fell in there over the years?
It just looks like some giants played Mikado :)
Besides using that big beak to break open hard seeds, rose-breasted grosbeaks like to crush and eat hard-shelled beetles too.
Besides the thirty or so bald eagles that were harassing waterfowl at Cardinal marsh this morning, I counted over sixty more in the area today. They must be moving north in migration right along with the luckless ducks and geese.
Besides adding the sun and some delicate editing to combat the forest fire haze, this is the same picture as this:
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From Wikipedia:
Jenny Lake is located in Grand Teton National Park in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The lake was formed approximately 12,000 years ago by glaciers pushing rock debris which carved Cascade Canyon during the last glacial maximum, forming a terminal moraine which now impounds the lake. The lake is estimated to be 423 feet (129 m) deep and encompasses 1,191 acres (482 ha). Jenny Lake is considered to be a major focal point in Grand Teton National Park, with many hiking trails, scenic boat rides, and quick access to the major climbing routes onto the tallest peaks of the Teton Range.
Jenny and Jackson Lakes are the only lakes in Grand Teton National Park where motorboats are permitted; both lakes have scenic tours available. A 2005 study of the water quality of the lakes in Grand Teton National Park indicated that all the lakes in the park were still considered pristine and that they had not been impacted by air or water pollution.
Jenny Lake is a starting point for many day and overnight hiking trips. The 7.1-mile (11.4 km) Jenny Lake Trail loops around the lake and is considered to be relatively easy due to the small altitude gain of 700 feet (210 m). However, the altitude increases rapidly once Cascade Canyon is entered.
Jenny Lake is named after a Shoshone Indian woman who married an Englishman, Richard "Beaver Dick" Leigh. Jenny, and their 6 children, died of Smallpox in 1876.
Just besides the wooden steps
Vue du Centre Ville
Parc du Mont Royal
Montréal en ombre
Montréal en lumière
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Besides B&W fine art architectural photography, I love waterfalls and have kept shooting for a decade.
I picked some of the best waterfall images from my archive.
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White, waxy and brilliantly beautiful!
Besides attractive leaves, Calathea warscewiczii also produces showy cone-like inflorescences. The bracts that cover the cone are creamy white in color when they first emerge and gradually turn to yellow and take on a pinkish hue with time. They are arranged spirally around the cone and the rims of these bracts fold over the edge, which make the entire cone look somewhat like a rose flower when viewed from the top!
Calathea warscewiczii is one fussy prayer plant to grow. It needs bright, filtered sunshine. Direct sun can burn the leaves of this plant. It needs to be grown in an area with high humidity and protection from winds, like Windows to the Tropics at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.
It is also picky about the medium it's grown in. It does best in a well-drained mix rich in organic matter. The fibrous roots need to be in contact with moist soil at all times. Mulch generously to keep the roots moist and cool. Waterlogged conditions should also be avoided as roots can rot.
A prayer plant relative and a member of the Marantaceae family, this plant has a curious habit of folding up its leaves as if one puts two hands together during prayer when night falls. This herbaceous plant is native to Costa Rica and Nicaragua and produces lanceoate leaves that have a dark green background and an attractive fishtail pattern on the upperside of the leaves. If conditions are optimal, the leaves that are covered with fine silvery hairs leaves, which make them furry to touch, can grow up to almost one foot long. The leaves have a maroon colored underside.
Calathea warscewiczii
Windows to the Tropics, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
today is National Siblings Day (in Canada, too). And besides -- who couldn't use a little pup love these days. Big hugs to my siblings today and every day.
Besides some light coming in through the window, this is lit solely with a flashlight facing the red backdrop
ODC-Weathered & Worn
One of these days we will replace this old window, but it's not a priority so it will keep for a while. Besides, I love photographing it.
♥ Aonde está você agora além de aqui dentro de mim?
♥ Where are you now besides here inside me?
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Besides his obvious farmer's tan and his great smile. It was his scar that really caught my eye. This sweet guy who i met at the races was very reluctant and shy about having his pic taken. But i managed to lay my charm on him and he was like putty in my hands. Today he is grateful he survived despite loosing his giblets to the trampling hooves of a chuckwagon team. They had to remove his spleen and he almost died.
besides the obvious changes in the weather, i can tell that autumn is here by the way the morning sun lands on my kitchen table.
Happy World Mangrove Day!
Besides their critical role in providing shelter and protection from coastal erosion, Mangrove forests are able to store 3-4x as much carbon as forests found on land. So let's appreciate the 'International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem', celebrated on 26-July every year.
This shot here is from Krabi in southern Thailand. At high tide the salt water from the Andaman Sea and the sweet water from the mountain forests meet and mix in a small stream running through the forest and wetland area. The constant exchange of nutrients and shelter from the trees create an ideal nursery for everything that thrives in this climate. An incredibly rich little biodiversity hotspot, besides providing a refreshing visual spectacle.
Please feel free to check my albums for some more shots from this place, that I published previously.
The shot here was at high tide, when the in- and outgoing currents balance each other and the surface turns into an almost still mirror - for a few short fleeting moments. What a wonderful world.
Wish you a great day and week and Happy World Mangrove Day!
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I started processing this photo a few months ago and thought I was finished with it. Since I didn't end up using it at the time, I tucked it away in my "Finished and Ready To Go" Lightroom collection. At any given time I have about five processed photos in that folder ready to upload. This one was supposed to be ready, but I guess it really wasn't because I spent a few additional hours tinkering with it tonight. I hadn't planned to spend time working on an image tonight; in fact, the entire reason I went to that collection was to find a photo that was ready to upload.
Oh well, my to-do list didn't have anything on it that can't wait until tomorrow. I'm glad I spent the time this evening working this image. Besides coming out with a result I like much better than the first draft, it was nice to get lost in Lightroom for a few hours. Tought work week....glad it's almost over.
Happy Thursday. Make it a good one!
-Lorenzo
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Apparently, besides grape jelly, Catbirds also love worms... and other bugs and things! I haven't seen any babies yet but I have seen what I think are juvenile Grackles ... they are a dull black all over and don't have the sheen that the adults do, and one juvenile Red Bellied Woodpecker. Life seems to be flourishing even in the oppressive heat! :)
often the heavenly court escapes of churches and wander through the sky ...
Cortegaça church, Portugal
► Sucede que a veces circula uno por una carretera secundaria, decide pararse a ver un pequeño pueblo y se topa con una iglesia tan bella y singular como esta, además de poder disfrutar de un cielo en la apoteosis de su belleza.
► Sometimes it happens that circle one by a secondary road, decided to stop to see a small town and discover a church as beautiful and unique as this, besides enjoying a sky in the apotheosis of beauty.
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SN/NC: Ipomoea Batata, Convolvulaceae Family
Morning glory, in the afternoon, still beautiful and attractive besides the unique purple colours. Morning glory, in the afternoon, still beautiful and attractive besides the unique purple colours.
Ipomoea (/ˌɪpəˈmiːə, -poʊ-/ is the largest genus in the flowering plant family Convolvulaceae, with over 500 species. It is a large and diverse group with common names including morning glory, water convolvulus or kangkung, sweet potato, bindweed, moonflower, etc.
The most widespread common name is morning glories, but there are also species in related genera bearing the same common name. Those formerly separated in Calonyction (Greek καλός, kalos, good and νύκτα, nycta, night) are called moonflowers. The generic name is derived from the Greek words ιπς (ips) or ιπος (ipos), meaning "worm" or "bindweed," and όμοιος (homoios), meaning "resembling". It refers to their twining habit. The genus occurs throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, and comprises annual and perennial herbaceous plants, lianas, shrubs and small trees; most of the species are twining climbing plants.
Bell of morning glory gefotografeerd op dezelfde ochtend terwijl het al zijn pracht behoudt! We vinden deze wijnstok vooral in de oevers en bloembedden die op de wegen zijn achtergelaten en in andere bomen zijn geklommen, wat een permanent spektakel creëert. Het behoort tot dezelfde familie van aardappelen, dezelfde om te eten en zelfs het loof en de takken zijn vergelijkbaar. En de naam is hetzelfde. Het enige verschil is dat degenen die eten knollen produceren en dat deze alleen wortelstokken snel kunnen reproduceren.
Campanilla, llamada gloria de la mañana, aquí vista por la mañana, así es más elegante.
Esta flor es un género de plantas perteneciente a la familia de las convolvuláceas. Comprende 3062 especies oriundas de zonas templadas y cálidas. La mayoría de ellas habita en África y América tropical. Casi todas las especies del género son enrededaderas herbáceas, aunque existen unas pocas que son arbustivas o arborescentes. La batata, camote o boniato (Ipomoea batatas), una de las especies más conocidas del género, se cultiva desde tiempos precolombinos por sus raíces de gran valor alimenticio. Sus especies se conocen vulgarmente como campanitas.
Campainha ou glória da manhã fotografada na mesma manhã pois assim mantém todo seu esplendor! Esta trepadeira a gente as encontra especialmente nos barrancos e canteiros abandonados nas estradas e subindo em outras árvores criando um espetáculo permanente. Ela pertence a mesma família das batatas, aquelas de comer mesmo, e até a folhagem e as ramas se assemelham. E o nome é o mesmo. A única diferença é que aquelas de comer produz tubérculos e estas apenas rizomas para se reproduzirem rapidamente.
Cloche ou gloire du matin photographiée le matin même pour qu'elle conserve toute sa splendeur ! On retrouve cette vigne surtout dans les ravins et les parterres de fleurs abandonnés sur les routes et grimpant à d'autres arbres, créant un spectacle permanent. Elle appartient à la même famille que les pommes de terre, celles qui peuvent être consommées, et même le feuillage et les branches sont semblables. Et le nom est le même. La seule différence est que ceux destinés à la consommation produisent des tubercules et ceux-ci ne produisent que des rhizomes pour se reproduire rapidement.
Campana o ipomea fotografata la stessa mattina affinché conservi tutto il suo splendore! Troviamo questo vitigno soprattutto negli anfratti e nelle aiuole abbandonate sulle strade e arrampicandosi su altri alberi, creando uno spettacolo permanente. Appartiene alla stessa famiglia delle patate, quelle commestibili, e anche il fogliame e i rami sono simili. E il nome è lo stesso. L'unica differenza è che quelli commestibili producono tuberi e questi producono solo rizomi per riprodursi velocemente.
Die Glocke oder Prunkwinde wurde am selben Morgen fotografiert, damit sie ihre ganze Pracht behält! Wir finden diese Rebe vor allem in Schluchten und verlassenen Blumenbeeten auf den Straßen und beim Klettern an anderen Bäumen, was ein dauerhaftes Spektakel darstellt. Sie gehört zur gleichen Familie wie die essbaren Kartoffeln, und selbst das Laub und die Zweige sind ähnlich. Und der Name ist derselbe. Der einzige Unterschied besteht darin, dass die Pflanzen zum Verzehr Knollen bilden und diese nur Rhizome zur schnellen Vermehrung produzieren.
鐘や朝顔は同じ朝に撮影されたため、その素晴らしさがそのまま残っています。この蔓は特に渓谷や道路の放棄された花壇、他の木に登っている場所で見つけられ、永久的な光景を作り出しています。ジャガイモと同じ科の食用植物で、葉や枝も似ています。そして名前も同じです。唯一の違いは、食用のものは塊茎を生成し、これらは急速に繁殖するための根茎のみを生成することです。
تم تصوير الجرس أو مجد الصباح في نفس الصباح حتى يحتفظ بكل روعته! نجد هذه الكرمة خاصة في الوديان وأحواض الزهور المهجورة على الطرق وتسلق الأشجار الأخرى، مما يخلق مشهدًا دائمًا. وهي تنتمي إلى نفس عائلة البطاطس، تلك التي يمكن تناولها، وحتى أوراقها وأغصانها متشابهة. والاسم هو نفسه. والفرق الوحيد هو أن تلك المخصصة للأكل تنتج درنات وهذه تنتج فقط جذور لتتكاثر بسرعة.
Besides using the real camera today, I took a few pictures with my not so real mobile one, a phantom of a camera.. ;)
Trying out the Leica Lux app. I already know that when I want to be quick, I need to turn off the Aperture mode which is not giving the good balance between clarity and mood + I found few images with people in frame with missed focus.
Excerpt from islamicartsmagazine.come:
The Koski Mehmed Pasha Mosque in Mostar represents another extraordinary piece of Ottoman architecture in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Besides the Karadžoz Bey Mosque, this is the most known and most monumental mosque in Mostar.
It was built in the year of 1618/19 and represents the large construction of the classical Ottoman architecture in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Mehmed Koskija, the founder of the mosque, was the chronicler of the great vizier Lala Mehmed Sokolovic. He died in 1611, and the Koski Mehmed Pasha Mosque was finished by his brother Mahmud. Besides the mosque, he built a madrasah too.
The Koski Mehmed Pasha Mosque has a one-space floor plan with a dome. Designed in the main architecture office in Istanbul, it was built from the precisely tanned stone blocks. Its architectural design is very similar to the Karadžoz Beg Mosque, which probably served as a model. Unlike the Karadžoz Beg Mosque, the minaret of the Koski Mehmed Pasha Mosque is slightly lower, without the stalactite decoration in the area of sherefe. It has a porch with three domes, and extraordinary well-crafted mihrab and mimbar. The proportions of the Mosque are especially distinguished. The location of the Koski Mehmed Pasha Mosque is quite specific as it is placed on the cliffs of the Neretva River, in the center of the city.