Hello my name is Ersin and I am from Istanbul / Turkey. Istanbul is a big light polluted cloudy city with a population of 11 million   people. It's quite hard to find a good spot for astrophotography here. The picture below is Bosphorous taken with a wide angle camera. Picture is taken from European side (Thrace) facing towards Asian side (Anatolia).

I'm a supporter of Besiktas JK, Istanbul soccer team.

  I'm a member of these yahoo groups;

  QCUIAG               * QUICK CAM UNCONVENTIONAL IMAGE GROUP

 digital_astro         * Welcome to the still digital camera astrophotography discussion group.

                                  A group for new and accomplished  digital camera astrophotographers.

 coolpix4300         * Nikon Coolpix 4300 digital camera user group

  tutulum                  *  Popüler astronomi haberlerini tartışıp ,paylaşmak , aynı yerleşim bölgesinde oturan

                                   amatör ve profesyonel astronomları bir araya getirerek astronomi kültürünü yaymak istiyoruz.

 orion-telescopes   * An ongoing dialogue about Orion telescopes and what we see through them

 OSAO                    * A discussion group for owners of the Orion StarMax & Apex line of Maksutov telescopes