Even an 18 mm lens cannot take in the whole ceiling of the mosque. Begun in 1609, the mosque is unusual in having six minarets.

During the 14th Century, the Ottomans had surrounded Constantinople on land, but the city's fleet kept it supplied by sea. So, in 1452, 58 years after his great grandfather had built a fort on the Asian side of the Bosporus, the 21 year old Mehmed II built this fort on the European side of the Bosporus in 4 months, cutting off the city's supplies, in preparation for his conquest of the city the next year.

1/8 s was too slow to freeze the motion of the fish in the water

Even an 18 mm equivalent lens cannot include the whole ceiling from floor level.