Photo of the Day: Masjid Sultan is the Malay name for Sultan Mosque, which is located at Muscat Street and North Bridge Road in the Kampong Glam district of Singapore.
Masjid Sultan partly framed by tree. Shot handheld with flash at f/1.8, 1/100 sec, ISO800. Resized and cropped to 5:4 aspect in Photoshop. Both photos taken with a Sony Cyber-shot RX100 II compact camera. Photo credit: John Tan.
The mosque – first built in 1826 – is one of Singapore’s most important mosques.
The current building dates from 1928, when the original mosque was rebuilt.
Masjid Sultan was built by Sultan Hussain Shah of Johore – beside his palace – to serve the Malays and Muslims living in the Kampong Glam area.
Details on gates of Masjid Sultan with night bazaar in the background. Shot handheld at f/2.0, 1/250 sec, ISO 12800. Wanted to try the maximum ISO setting on the camera – the shot turned out sharp with little discernible noise after resizing.
I had a quick walk-around with the newly launched Sony Cyber-shot RX100 II compact camera and snapped some shots of the mosque while familiarising myself with the camera.
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