From the Docks, Late Afternoon

Süleymaniye and Rüstem Paşa, 16 september 2011

One of the features of the late afternoon in Istanbul is the sheer intensity of the light. Waiting on the ferry at Eminönü and looking back towards the ridge of the imperial city, the sun drums off of the taut surface of the water. Once your eyes adjust to that, it becomes rather difficult to make out details of the neighborhoods between the docks and the ridge:

The horizon slowly filling with light that then spills over the ridge. And the sun upon the water, the light so bright as to be grasping at our eyes off the water.