Angels of Allah
The Jama Masjid in Old Delhi, India – I believe India’s largest Mosque – one of my favourite buildings in the world. I love Islamic art and architecture.
I wanted to create something different when photographing this beautiful building. Architecture pictures can be boring and lifeless – I didn’t want to represent the Jama Masjid in this way, because it is so full of life.
I asked the boy in the foreground to run through the flock of pigeons so they would fly upwards, away from the building. It was a nice coinsidence that he was positioned in the doorway. This effect achieved, to me, looks like angels flying out of the Mosque. Angels of Allah.
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Sarah Mackie
This shot is stunning. The light, the way the birds in flight appear as angels and the angle make for a beautiful composition.
Mahesh Jadu
the sort of photography i would dream of on the silver screen….
meanderthal
superb..!!!!
kookylane
WOW, phenomenal!
Jessica King
What a great photo!!!!
Murray Newham
Anthony I’ve used your inspiration and created a piece of my own using photos I had from the Jama Masjid. Let me know what you think.
mgimagery
Anthony, this is a truly magnificent shot. A great example of how a little bit of creative thinking can go a long way in photography!
theurbannexus
Ah yes, the birds of Jama Masjid. Beautiful movement and light.
Jessica Tremp
this is also a stunning shot….the birds look like darts and frame the picture beautifully
Paul Vanzella
Super sensatioanl – What an awesome moment you have captured. Hats off to you – absolutely brilliant!
andrew cowell
This is just so amazing – well done!!
James Pierce
Just the right amount of movement, colour, even the horizon of axis really works, give the image a little more motion and life.
David Haviland
Superb work.
Belinda Leopold
Absolutely stunning travel shot-A1 :)
Jason Ross
so awesome!!!
velco
(:
Very powerful!
Tamarama72
Just stunning, the afternoon light is just delicious !
stuart
I love the action, so much moovement. Top top shot!
joesch
awesome shot… great time effect
Melinda Kerr
Brilliant. Brilliant.
jagphoto
Nice work
Damian
What a top idea, and the result and title are excellent. ‘Angels of Allah’ paints so many ideas.
Megatron .
Amazing…
MD81
Whoa … can’t help to love this work alot! ...
Ryan Martin
i love this picture
Adam Seward
Awesome. The movement of the birds and the kid make this a great picture
sandhu01
wow.. is that real or photoshoped?
sandhu01
Just read the description now lol… superb shot!!! very creative
Anthony Begovic
Thanks for the nice comments, everybody.
Anmol – yes, definitely 100% real.
cheers Ant
Bartosz Madejski
stunning shot, at first I thought those shadows were silhouettes of airplanes (LOL).
Anyway, that’s absolutely brilliant piece of artwork and it made my day, nice to wake up seeing something like this!
Jay Mody
Another classic shot… I love this shot as well….
Luka Skracic
This is just incredible!
Kieran Argall
amazing photo…just everything about it..amazing
Kelly Griffin
Absolutely stunning. I’m amazed. Incredible work.
Rose Moxon
love it!
Nicole Goggins
wow – what a stunning photo!!!
betelnut
That is an absolutley amazing shot. Congratulations.
Nicolas Rix
Wow! really cool. Really.
Craig Goldsmith
Love it! Sensational.
berndt2
That’s magnificent!
ed wong
beautiful
Madison Ellis
This is an amazing picture!
pduv
Woooooooooooooooooooow!
Simply amazing, love it!
Alex Marks
incredible !!!!
Alex Marks
just bought this on a card, to help inspire me to travel, its going on my inspiration wall !!!!
thanks!!!!
Ana Bradasevic
beautiful picture, it melted my heart
TheiaPhotography
good luck int he comp this is truly wonderful
Aspire2
What can you say that has’nt been said!
Powerful.
mugshot
Yeah what can I say
aksircar
Spectacular! I am delighted to find that this image has received due recognition. I like all your images.
Tommy Seibold
WOW this has got to be the most skilled picture ive ever seen. awesome
Stephen Colquitt
How could I have possibly missed this photo in the last 4 months? Another undiscovered bubble jem. Its a fantastic piece Anthony!
Jeff Burns
Amazing shot. This is jaw dropping awesome! WOW
Jake Easley
Excellent capture!
There’s a ton of life in this shot.
Antoine Dagobert
Super Shot my friend
NervousNellie
Fantastic shot, very well done.
Benjamin Scheurer
oh wow….that’s quite a list of comments already.
Anyway…that’s an absolutely incredible picture!
I really love it!
Tim Allan
simply stunning.
Jeff Rayner
Wonderful shot – Lots to look at and great composition – Well chosen shutter speed. Just a brilliant pic – Adding to favs
paul romanowski
SCARY, BUT BEAUTIFUL. 8.9
AnneRN
fANTASTIC! I love the creativity.
Jared Poole
Very nice photo.
I saw this in the Herald yesterday, congratulations.
illicit
great shot.
minoanphotography
Winner of a shot! Captures everyting a photographer is looking for.
Paul Tait
I’ve been there – you captured it beautifully. I love the effort you went to to capture it. Great Work.
sharka
I love this Anthony! I was there a couple years ago and you truly have capture the essence of Masjid-i-Jahan Numa.
MSixty
Captured beautifully
GingerSnaps
Such a moving and inspiring shot – thank you Anthony!
Murray Newham
hey I hope you dont mind Anthony but I nominated this shot as the icon for the Travel and Adventure group…
Jenny Hall
This is such a fantastic shot! Good one mren – it definitely deserves to be the icon.
Simon Mears
congratulations on a great shot – its your imagination to work with what you had, the boy and the pigeons, that makes an already cool travel shot into something more like art, as your title suggests, the photograph itself becomes animated, full of life and possibility.. well done on the award!
heatherrinne
LOVE this. travel and architecture are my favorites subjects for photography. I, likewise, love the designs that come out of Muslim culture. beautiful.
Mark Tisdale
well executed and gorgeous!
Jacqueline O'D...
I agree with everyone else – it is the idea you had that makes this so special… and as a traveller who has often taken building shots and later looked at them thinking “how lifeless”, you have now started the ideas flowing…
Sara Montour
Such a great shot. I love it.
capturition
amazing image
H M Bascom
Extraordinary. I can sense the rush of the birds as the speed past.
P Michaud
magnificent!
nsoup
Wow that is beautiful! It’s a snow dome photo!
stweed
BEAUTIFUL!
Keegan Wong
This shot is amazing! Very inspiring indeed!
Martin Reddy
fantasitic timing and lighting!
Enrico Bettesw...
Brilliant capture… love the energy and colours in this.. those birds do it for me… well framed too!
wellman
This is perfect – congratulations
wildandfree
BEAUTIFULL IMAGERY – WOW
Matthew Stewart
Totally dig the birds and colours, this is an incredibly well composed shot.
rkdogz
amazing composition, so much happening yet so focussed!
digitaljunkie
This may be the best picture I’ve seen on redbubble.
Brian Puhl IPA
very amazing work! I love the idea!
timmylum
Great Time and place, amazing
Globalphotos
This is simply a stunning image, absolutely beautiful in every way !
Jenny Hall
I think your work is great too. I bought a copy of this a couple of weeks ago and have it up at work. And I love some of your portraits – the laughing nun and the young cheeky boy. I know what you mean about Angkor – most of the time it rained in the mornings I was there, and the morning I got up at 4am I was just so lucky. Did you have a good time? Looks like it.
blacksesameseed
this is completely awe-inspiring
Shane Smart
This is one of the most inspirational images that I have seen! Thank you for sharing it.
Gerijuliaj
this is a tremendous photograph – you are right about architectural shots! they can be a bit ho-hum – your is definitely not! The birds flew out at exactly the right angles, brilliant.
naman
this is HOLY crap. A great idea executed superbly. Very well done. The smile on boys face is very distinctivly visible. And if you look on the right , the guy walking (looks dressed like an old mugal) gives it a feeling of back in time. Excellent image. 6/6.
Heather King
this is incredible. FREAKING AMAZING.
Luci Mahon
Fantastic shot Anthony! : )
Jeremy Harrington
amazing image.. the birds add such a powerful effect to the image
Peco Grozdanovski
Adorable photograph Mr. Begovic… My compliments!
Yago Veith
nice i like it!
Fiona MacNab
Fantastic image.
Heather Loster
wow, beautiful shot.
SusanC
very cool shot :)
Thomas Spiessens
perfect timing with the birds and weather, resulting in an excellent effect
well done
Doug Thost
brilliant Anthony, just brilliant.
Ryan Watts
Seriously brilliant.
Leah Highland
Love the angle, the light, the color…........
Can Balcioglu
Amazing shot!
coffeebean
wow how beautiful this is
Shree
Hi Anthony…..buddy glad to see your work specially from india….i too come from the same land and very proud to say that you captured this place so beautifully that i wish i can paint this shot of yours on my canvas…..amazingly creative person…
David Harris
Simply out standing work! Perfecto!
Vedran Arnautovic
WOW…you have so many awesome images I don’t know where to start…like your style, I’ll keep my eye out for more. Vedran
orourke
love the composition
Baddi
great shot
Arzu
Love your creativity an absolutely magical piece…...Excellent Capture
Bulent Hamit
Thats a fantastic shot, everything came together for you. Love it
BeckyJean
Wow this is gorgeous!! Nice work : )
Douzy
Fantastic sense of motion. You’re not only good at portraits, you rock at landscapes too! :)
Marko Palm
Brilliant shot! You are right. Architecture pictures can be boring and lifeless, but this one is full of life and motion!
Grahame Clark
This is a fantastic shot – I’m sure I saw it somewhere else – didn’t you enter this in a canon photo comp last year? Couldn’t believe when I saw it again.
Simply a magic capture – you have such beautiful work!
Jacq Wilson
This is an incredible shot!!!!!
Eyal Nahmias
A wonderful image with a unique composition and POV. Love the sense of motion and movement of the birds. Thou this image is not from the middle East region, I felt compelled to include it in the Art in the Middle East group, since it depict a common thread of the islamic religion and architecture that is one of the main religions in the middle east.
Reshad Hurree
love it!!!
Mysteryart
You know you’ve done it when you’ve done it and, my God, you have done it.
Natalie Broome
Wow, you’ve really captured the moment here. Brilliant work!
Rachael Hammond
Amazing shot!
Lisa Kenny
a brilliant piece of work Anthony ~ and good thinking to get that liitle boy to run at you too… you’re obviously an ideas man too ;)
boudidesign
This is great. You should be very proud! It encapsulates so much in one image.
boudidesign
Aaah.. They are birds!! (After reading your description!!) My first impression was that they were fighter planes!!!
Nik Nazneen
MasyaAllah, this is amazing. and of course, i agree with everyone! keep it up.
nazneen.
Melanie McQuoid
Stunning
braphoto
Such a great capture, the flying birds, the child running all is perfect place, love the tilted angle!! beautiful colors excellent job, again! stunning!
Alessandro Pinto
A real Masterpiece..yes great choise..all the pigeons flying away and the boy running toward the camera make a big difference.. the pigeons really look like flying out of the Mosque !
Alessandro Pinto
Love the title… I didn’t say that before…!!!
Rosina Lamberti
This is gorgeous! I love the color tones!
Eric Greiff
Brilliant how you made an inanimate object seem to come to life…
Naddl
Breathtaking!!!
dee850
AN absouletly fantastic picture!!! the best image i have seen in my life !!
Elizabeth Duncan
Stunning image love the movement
JaredJames
beautiful!!!!
nick board
Superb, did i see this winning a travel photo competition recently?
Al Neaimi
great image , well done.
Antanas
great work, well done
nickowen
could be cruise missiles flying towards it as well
Austin Texas
very amazing
Kristal
amazing shot!! love it!!
Mat Moore
Brilliant shot Anthony, you certainly achieved what you were after.
DimiNamu
Amazing! wow – that is really beautiful! excellent work!
Alison Cornfor...
This is a magical image!
Alistair Wilson
wow, so much atmosphere in this photo!
Erik Hoffman
This is amazing.
phoggy
What a fantastic shot , Absolutely Brilliant!
HelenBanham
this is a fantastic shot!! I love it!!
Joaquin Loyzaga
holy heck thats amazing! islam is such a beautiful religion. shame it gets a bad wrap these days. once again, amazing photo!
Wanagi Zable-A...
excellent photo, it really draws you in. great depth and movement!
CherylBee
I love the movement. It feels like I’m flying.
Nacho Garcés
Very good photo, great timing, great use of the available light… and the fact that it is completely rotated does not disturb me at all… may it be because the left tower is almost vertical?
Mel Spittall
What a stunning image…great angle! :)
vitorchaves
This is my favorite photograph from your gallery! Simple amazing! Perfect! Congratulations!
Philip Golan
Superb shot mate.
deborah parker
just found this one…... fantastic shot…. full of movement… as you say… gives it more than the standard architectural shot! well done :)
jenitae
the old run into the birds trick…great timing wicked wicked shot!
Travis Easton
This is a truly stunning pic, amazing affect with those birds well done, all the elements work so well together.
faheem
superb shot ….................:
Tahnja
wow, love the effect and it certainly does look like Angels!!! The architecture is gorgeous indeed
Glen Allen
Wow – Simply Wow.
Elaine Harriott
Wow….wow…this is such am amazing shot. You’ve done a perfect job with this and the result – just amazing :)
Elana Bailey
Anthony, you certainly achieved what you set out to. This is a stunning shot.
jerry alcantara
amazing work
Susan van Zyl
Just stunning!
Lisa Bow
You have really capyured the scene well, i remember seeing all those pigeons when i visted. You really worked them to your advantage, looks awesome!
Ben Herman
absolutely stunning, well crafted.
Sheila McCrea
This is a very cool work,,A+++
ellenselement
beautiful!!
Franklin Lindsey
Your imagination was working overtime on this one and it paid off!
frankc
Perfect! Well done;-)
Fergus Randall
absolutely unbelievable. congratulations on a stunning image
Lenny Mullins
Flawless…
Brandi Alshahin
this is an amazing picture, excellent capture!
Eden Sandwell
wow, this is absolutely inspiring and thank you for writing your thoughts about putting the picture together – wonderful colour with the sun behind the building – truly is full of life!
van049
What a stunning photograph; excellente!!
Mariano Lezin
Absolutely amazing…..incredible shot!!
CateTownsend
stunning
Anita Schep
WOW. What an incredible shot!! I just have to have a print of this…or something!
Keryn Alexander
This is an amazing photo, I really, really love it!
Suresh Babu Su...
Hi,
Superb photograph.
Monique Alvis
amazing work, love the birds flying
Nuh Sarche
I really love this picture!
Mohsen Bayramn...
Wow Anthony! this is just awesome…
love the way you look and creatively composed this one. and also your amazing use and control on light. I love this work!
Sana Khan
awesum photo man, luv the movements in the sky, nicely done :-)
Sally Omar
Absolutely amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Friederike Ale...
Well, I suppose I am not the first to like that picture! ;-))..........
Really wonderful!!!
RiSH :
Wow! I just love the way birds are flywing away.
Vinod Vijayan
Very different and a great idea… amazing outcome.. no wonder you have been getting comments for over an year..
David Clark
Wonderful Image
- I was just at the Jama Masjid last week – and you are correct – I was having a difficult time trying to take a photo that did not seem sterile or cold ( I did not succeed) -this image is amazing puts the reason people go here to worship into the physical —daveAlan Findlater
excellent work well done
Al Neaimi
amazing image .
Alex Marks
still have this up on my wall, love it
CassPics
WOW!!!!!!!This is awesome. Instant fav
Edjamen
Wonderful work!
Jon Axton
Just discovered your portfolio Anthony. Stunning work.
Normf
Congratulations on your feature in That One Great Shot, Well deserved
Sharon Davey
Wonderful full of life capture GREAT WORK!!!!!!
How are You???
Anthony Begovic replied
Thanks Sharon! This is one of my favorites and I was quite lucky to get it. ... I’m ok, how’re you going? :)
Gethin
simply awesome
Mahjabeen Mankani
EXCELLENT shot! beautiful
Di Jenkins
your entire portfolio is incredible! LOVE this one too!!!
Jen Cannella
This is such a brilliant shot!
susi lawson
wow! I thought it was jets! superb!!!!!
Janice Kho
great shot, I love the birds and the effects!
Antoine Khater
GREAT
Antoine Khater
GREAT
Ryan Carter
Great idea, great application! This is a very, very good shot! The birds definitely add a lot to the photo, I also like how you have used a non straight horizon. Great work mate!
ildilazar
Brilliant capture!
gonzo316
Stunning shot. I’m heading to India next year and you work makes me want to go tomorrow…...great capture mate!!!
Shannon Byous ...
Absolutely beautiful photo – great idea, great lighting!!
ShAzAnAzAmAn
is speechless simply amazing
Susan Kimball
very poignant
Trevor Needham
Wonderful foresight. You’ve created something special here.
Chetan Raghuram
Wow, very good, i love it.
Michael Bainbr...
great photograph.
trekka
What a master piece. Truly magnificent!! The perspective, the motion, the way you have captured the light that is glowing from behind which strengthens the angle and the beauty of the architecture of this building. You have certainly captured true beauty here Anthony, congratulations mate well done.
whatsthatbeeping
Take a deep breath…......
Wow.
whatsthatbeeping
Not only that, you live in a gr8 spot too!
Jonicool
Amazing capture!
Laurette Ruys
WOW! I think everyone on Redbubble has commented on your pic :) congrats on such a dynamic image. It is very spiritual and exquisite in design!
Emoto
amazing shot, the concept and execution is great. well done.
Crispin Gardn...
Stunning shot Anthony. Well thought out and executed.
whitemonkey
this is an amazing shot.. a lot of spirit & freedom.. i am from India, ive never come across any photo of the Jama Masjid in such a great shot.. its beautiful, absolutely wonderful!! cheers!
Matthew Rogers
I absolutely love this photo and the story of how you captured it. Well done Anthony! Matt :-)
Marvin Tunstall
Great capture!
magnoliatree
oh my! brilliance!
linda858100
PERFECT
capecodart
just gorgeous, i really really looove this shot
David Henderson
Superb image, amazing!!!!!
Ushna Sardar
fantastic capture!! love this!
Blair Wainman
Stunning capture!! Unique and full of life!!
tcartist
Tremedous as always Anthony!! You are a world treasure. Excellect piece
Naleen Senevir...
Thank god, I found you here. All of your shots are fantastic. Excellent works. Absolutely Brilliant!
Philip Rogan
Fabulous moment! Apt title. Go forth angels and tell some good stuff to the people!
BlindVision
Amazing capture..
Alex Cearns
Magnificent pic. This really exhibits your skill behind the camera! I can easily see how it would have been a stand out in the comp – it still is an image unlike any others!
99gnome
Now if that isn’t the most breathtaking photography i’ve seen for a long time, then I don’t know. I Am So Stunned. WHOA!
morningbri
this is so incredible! wow, nice work.
emilijana
that is such a powerful shot!
georgina1509
superb !!
Scott d'Almeida
fabulous;
mc27
... great artwork!!
sneha
wow!! wow!!! nd ya i forgot to say WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
neogolas
It’s almost like visiting,thanks Anthony.
GreenHotaru
This is just stunning!
erika15
OH WOW! I think this is one of the best shots I’ve seen in this entire site. The angle, the birds, the sense of speed, this is just amazing. Incredible capture. :)
ambient-1
Stunning shot!
Brian Carey
Cool, great shot!
Pamela B
Absolutely fascinating work!
Sue Cullumber
Anthony – so creative and wonderful. Love it!
Scott d'Almeida
stunning…...........
RebeccaWeston
Took me an age to get to the end of the list to comment….. but ….. now I’m speechless… WOW !!!
Shannon Paskaruk
this is really fantastic!
Waleska Luker
Stunning, it fits perfectly in our First Things Group!
John Brumfield
A truly great photo.
EarthGipsy
Classic!
Ritu Lahiri
beautiful
Lorena Lo
gorgeous!!!!!!!
Shoaib .
wow !!! this is one of my fav images …ever..
truly this is what defines a great image
masterpiece
David Petranker
what a wonderful shot eye candy it really is eye candy
Kymbo
Absolutely stunning shot. Well done.
Timqth
wow that’s good.
Eariel Tolentino 23 days ago
this is perfect shot for me… love the movements… the story… Perfectly stunning and perfectly awesome…
Robert Armstrong 23 days ago
Superb shot! Awesome work :
) :)Jeremy de Bono 23 days ago
This is absolutely brilliant. It’s what I call proper photography!
LeighN 22 days ago
Simply awesome!
Jason Ruth 22 days ago
stunning
Sanjay Kumar 22 days ago
Amazing
Steve Buffington 19 days ago
Love the perfect shutter speed, love the wide angle and the tilt. Love the exposure. Well taken.
sonjas 19 days ago
Brilliant
Trish Woodford 19 days ago
What a superb shot, love the movement and angle :)
Ethelin 13 days ago
Amazing, breathtaking!
Brendan Schoon 9 days ago
Great shot, wonderful exposure and lighting control!! Excellent composition and DOF!! Very well done.
Brendan
Cassandra Ladru 2 days ago
WOW….. i have just been sitting here mesmerized by this image. Thanks for sharing this amazing photograph with us!!! It’s just given me the burst of energy I needed today…. it’s been a lonnnnggggg day! Cas
Emma Hardcastle 2 days ago
Wow this is an amazing image, well thought out and executed – its just beautiful.