Picture Of The Day

Jon L · « **Reply #3920 on:** 1 May 2015, 05:45 pm »

bside123 · « **Reply #3921 on:** 3 May 2015, 05:11 pm »

A few scenes from Istanbul:

1) Each night the Blue Mosque is illuminated with golden light. Try imagining Disneyland in the early 1600s!
2) Every Friday there are special noon, congregational prayers. Some take off from business to observe the ritual, some don't. You can find scenes
like these in the streets and bazaars.
3) All cities have their disenfranchised. This man appears a little closer to his final destination then some... and... ya' never know.

The Blue Mosque - Illuminated

Taking Time To Pray

Waiting to Get In - Mono

bside123 · « **Reply #3922 on:** 3 May 2015, 05:13 pm »

whoops... boo-boo, delete

Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #3923 on:** 3 May 2015, 05:49 pm »

#1 is spectacular!

PeteG · « **Reply #3924 on:** 3 May 2015, 06:42 pm »

beside,
All very nice shots.

Jon L · « **Reply #3925 on:** 3 May 2015, 07:12 pm »

DSC09550prov by drjlo1, on Flickr

jhm731 · « **Reply #3926 on:** 3 May 2015, 07:23 pm »

PeteG · « **Reply #3927 on:** 3 May 2015, 08:54 pm »

Jon, nice detail and color on that one.

gfroman · « **Reply #3928 on:** 3 May 2015, 09:41 pm »

Nice shots in Istanbul!!
Brings back fond memories.
My wife and I were there in 1998, but the exterior was not illuminated like that back then - darn!
Here is a shot of the interior of the Blue Mosque back in 98……….

low.pfile · « **Reply #3929 on:** 4 May 2015, 04:18 am »

definitely nice shots bsides!
And gfroman the mosque interior shot is outstanding! probably a little post processing on that? and how wide is that shot?
I need to add Turkey to the list!

gfroman · « **Reply #3930 on:** 4 May 2015, 04:37 pm »

Thanks.
This was originally shot with a Pentax 67 with a 45mm (24mm = equivalent 35mm lens).
Tricky part was setting the camera/tripod on the other side of the barrier and taking the shot without getting the mass of tourists around me in the shot!

Brad · « **Reply #3931 on:** 4 May 2015, 06:41 pm »

Yorkshire Dales

bside123 · « **Reply #3932 on:** 7 May 2015, 09:08 pm »

A few more from the road in Turkey...

1) Afternoon in the Abdul Azizz Mosque in Konya, Turkey.
2) The Kizkalesi Castle on the Mediterranean Sea in the South of Turkey.
3) In the Zone!

Inner Circle

Kizkalesi Water Castle

Kizkalesi Castle Dance

Jon L · « **Reply #3933 on:** 9 May 2015, 06:33 am »

EOSE2954_5_6_fused.LoFi by drjlo1, on Flickr

Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #3934 on:** 10 May 2015, 07:16 pm »

ArthurDent · « **Reply #3935 on:** 10 May 2015, 07:48 pm »

Curse you Bob, I put on 3 lbs just looking at the picture.

Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #3936 on:** 10 May 2015, 08:00 pm »

My Mother gave me an old recipe book from Paul Prudhomme....
This was my first attempt at Cajun/Creole.
On his third helping, my son said he wants this "every meal, every day, forever".

The best complement a "chef" could ask for.

By the way....that was the last piece of cornbread. I had to fight them off of it in order to take the photo.

PeteG · « **Reply #3937 on:** 10 May 2015, 11:57 pm »

Quote from: Bob in St. Louis on 10 May 2015, 08:00 pm

My Mother gave me an old recipe book from Paul Prudhomme....
This was my first attempt at Cajun/Creole.
On his third helping, my son said he wants this "every meal, every day, forever".

The best complement a "chef" could ask for.

By the way....that was the last piece of cornbread. I had to fight them off of it in order to take the photo.

Okay Bob, give up the recipe

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Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #3938 on:** 11 May 2015, 12:36 am »

Quote from: PeteG on 10 May 2015, 11:57 pm

Okay Bob, give up the recipe .

Ohh....I made it up as I went along.
Basically, I checked out the general "gist" of Cajun/Creole and compared it with what I had on hand, and did the best I could.

But since you asked, here's what I did. It took two cast iron pans.

Pan #1:
I had about a quart of turkey stock leftover from last Thanksgiving. I froze the "juice" from the turkey I cooked on my smoker.
So....get yourself a quart of smoked turkey stock.
Get that to a rapid boil and put in two cups of Jasmine rice.
Put in Kosher salt, fresh ground black pepper, white pepper, Cayenne pepper, Tabasco sauce, Worcestershire sauce, Garlic powder.
Cover, turn the heat as low as possible.

Pan #2
Canola oil, almost smoking hot.
Add three thin chicken breasts chopped into one inch cubes. Cook to almost done. "stir".
Add one pound of Andouille sausage cut into 1/4" "rounds". "stir". Cook those until they start to brown. "stir more".
Add a quarter stick of butter. "stir"
Cut two small onions, large chop. "stir"
Add one pint of mushrooms, large chop. "stir" (getting the point yet?)

Now....taste this concoction and see what you think. Add whatever seasoning you think would rock your socks.

When you're finished tasting and "tweaking", dump pan #1 into pan #2.

Turn heat as low as possible.
Cover.

Cook some cornbread.

Plate with generous helpings/scoops of food, with a generous helping of cornbread.

Prepare to watch their eyes roll back in their head.
Enjoy life.

Oh.....this should be cooked and eaten with your beverage of choice. Of course.

Bob

PeteG · « **Reply #3939 on:** 11 May 2015, 01:31 am »

Thanks Bob, copied and will try soon.