thank you & happy new year

Friends, CDP members, visitors; this photoblog was one of my resolutions last year and thanks to you, it turned in to the most motivating new year's resolution to keep.

This is priceless and I would like to thank all of you personally for appreciating the things that caught my eye.

May you all have a great year...

Selim

luminous times

Stripes of contrasting new year's colors.

luminous times

A large gathering of Christmas luminaries...

luminous times

Merry Christmas, everybody! May your days be filled with love and light...

fishermen

Çiftlikköy, Çeşme, İzmir

The two are better than the one...

*I'll be in Istanbul till Wednesday; will try to post from there.

lone boat

Great place and time to enjoy the view...

survivor

Bornova, Izmir

Rural farming in the middle of the city.

safe zone

Nazarköy Village, Kemalpasa, Izmir

A wall tile detail from a house in the village made up of traditional Evil Eye Beads.

nazarköy

Nazarköy Village, Kemalpasa, Izmir

The making of handcrafted "Evil Eye Bead" today in a traditional way at Nazarköy village.

diner

Karaburun, Izmir

One of the small restaurants on the waterfront where you can eat fresh seafood.

envelope

Experimenting with different textures continues...

neck

Experimenting with different textures...

curves

Like two different worlds...

a bright day

Kitchenette, Izmir

It was a bright and rainy morning on Sunday; we had a satisfying breakfast at the beginning of a long, whole week holiday.

by the sea

Ciftlikkoy, Cesme, Izmir
Quiet and peaceful, yet only fifty minutes from the city center...

in forest

Walking among the tall trees...

good mood

Karsiyaka, Izmir

Walking along the Karsiyaka promenade, refreshing breeze helps to recover...

kinetic landscape

Cesme, Izmir

MyFourThirds.com is a photographic community where owners of Four Thirds camera equipment can share their very best photos for review by other members. Besides rating and commenting other member's images and writing articles, users can participate in photo competitions every month.

November 2008 competition theme was "Out of the Box": In trying to get the members to shoot a different style of photography, photo entries must be in the style of someone else's photos (I've chosen Horst Schmier's style for my entry) .

I am so happy for winning an extremely close race together with Jyh-Lurn Chang in the November competition with above image.

the gate

Karsiyaka, Izmir

A scene from one of the elements of Human Rights Memorial done by painter and sculptor Bihrat Mavitan in 1992.