The Grand Mosque


After a week in the Kingdom of Bahrain which saw the dramatic conclusion of the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship I head home to Scotland this evening for a few days rest. 

However with a late flight to Qatar I was able to spend a few hours visiting the Al-Fateh Grand Mosque in Manama. The Al Fateh Mosque is one of the largest mosques in the world, encompassing 6,500 square meters and having the capacity to accommodate over 7,000 worshippers at a time. The mosque was built by the late Sheikh Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifa in 1987 and was named after Ahmed Al Fateh, the conqueror of Bahrain. In 2006, Al-Fateh became the site of the National Library of Bahrain.

I visited at sunset, but a cloudy day in Bahrain meant there was little sunshine but the clouds broke to provide a dramatic backdrop.  I also made a mistake by not going earlier because when I got there, there was a call to prayers and so I couldn't visit inside.  That will have to be on my itinerary for next year's visit.

The images were converted to black and white in NIK Silver Efex Pro2 after being taken on a Fujifilm X-T1 and a XF10-24mm f4.






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  1. Stunnung! What kind of filter did you use?

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    1. Thank you. I used a Lee 10x ND filter 'Big Stopper'

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