The evening before I was to leave Edirne for another destination I realized I had failed to visit one of its finest mosques, the Muradiye. It is of an early type the like of which one can see in Bursa, and like some Bursa mosques it has great cuerda seca tiles (Wikipedia: “Cuerda seca (Spanish for "dry cord") is a technique used when applying coloured glazes to ceramic surfaces. When different coloured glazes are applied to a ceramic surface, the glazes have a tendency to run together during the firing process.”) I like them almost more than the classical Izmit technique. I remembered that after I first published some pictures years ago I was approached by the authorities that had overseen the restoration: the restoration was not up to standards, and they hoped I could present them with pictures of the conditions “before”. I could not, but when I saw the current status I was astounded at the low quality of some of the repairs. Still, it’s a great piece of art.
Like I wrote, I went there in the evening with only a small camera with a similar flash, there was no artificial light burning, and all I had was that flash to brighten almost total darkness. It is a miracle that many pictures came out fine. In some the flash is too heavy, in some I corrected a little.