honorable mention
Judith Kuhn germany
title
Sheikh Zayed Mosque
The mosque is surrounded by pools of water, which further underline the splendor of the building with mirror effects in the water.
The true fairytale of the Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi is shown after sunset. A unique lighting system that reflects the phases of the moon. Soft, flowing clouds in delicate blue-gray are projected onto the entire white marble exterior facade at night. Every day these appear a little different - they appear darker and more blue on the days after the new moon, then brighten with the waxing of the moon, so that the light effect becomes more brilliant and appears brilliant white on the full moon. In addition, the light sources on the minarets and around the domes are kept in a deep but warm blue, which is also varied.
I started with photography at the age of about 12 years with a very cheap analog compact camera followed by a better analog model from Braun. After some years without taking pictures I got my first analog SLR camera - a Minolta XG9 - from my father. I learned about photography in an autodidactic way and soon I changed from negative prints to diapositives. In 2007 I bought my first DSLR camera, a Canon EOS 350D followed by a Canon EOS 500D, a Canon EOS 70D and the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV which I use today. My main subject is the landscape photography, mostly in the italian and swiss alps but I try to take pictures of animals and plants also...
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entry description
82 domes - one of them with a diameter of 32 meters and a height of 75 meters is the largest central mosque dome in the world, four 107 meter high minarets, over 1000 columns, space for 40,000 believers, with 5600 square meters the largest hand-knotted carpet (from the Iran), the largest chandelier (from Germany) with a diameter of ten meters and a height of 15 meters - the Sheikh Zayed Mosque has a number of records. It is also the third largest mosque in the world.The mosque is surrounded by pools of water, which further underline the splendor of the building with mirror effects in the water.
The true fairytale of the Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi is shown after sunset. A unique lighting system that reflects the phases of the moon. Soft, flowing clouds in delicate blue-gray are projected onto the entire white marble exterior facade at night. Every day these appear a little different - they appear darker and more blue on the days after the new moon, then brighten with the waxing of the moon, so that the light effect becomes more brilliant and appears brilliant white on the full moon. In addition, the light sources on the minarets and around the domes are kept in a deep but warm blue, which is also varied.
about the photographer
I was born in 1974 in Ebingen (Germany) and grew up in Sigmaringen, where I finished school in 1994. Afterwards I went to the university in Stuttgart where I studied architecture. I had jobs in different firms and meanwhile I live in the small town Immenstaad at the Lake Constance.I started with photography at the age of about 12 years with a very cheap analog compact camera followed by a better analog model from Braun. After some years without taking pictures I got my first analog SLR camera - a Minolta XG9 - from my father. I learned about photography in an autodidactic way and soon I changed from negative prints to diapositives. In 2007 I bought my first DSLR camera, a Canon EOS 350D followed by a Canon EOS 500D, a Canon EOS 70D and the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV which I use today. My main subject is the landscape photography, mostly in the italian and swiss alps but I try to take pictures of animals and plants also...
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