About the Image(s)

Sony A1, Lens Sony FE 24-105mm@24mm, 1/60 sec, f/4.5, ISO 4000, hand held. Post processing: some lightening of the dark
areas. Slight noise reduction with Topaz DeNoise followed by mild sharpening.
The great mosque of Cordoba was constructed in 785 by the Umayyad royal family that fled Damascus, Syria, and established a
caliphate on the Iberian peninsula. After a number of enlargements, it held 40,000 worshippers at a time. After the Arabs werde
driven out of Cordoba in 1236, King Ferdinand III of Castile built a cathedral in the center of the mosque without destroying most
of the large array of columns and arches that made up the mosque. The building is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is
usually full of tourists. Timed tickets are required to get in. In the morning, we went in as part of a tour when it was crowded but
were lucky to get in a second time without tickets in the evening, shortly before a mass began in the cathedral. Many images I
have seen of this building line up the columns to give an impression of its size. I aimed more for giving a sense of the spirituality
and the mystery of this remarkable building.