The Blue Mosque in Shah Alam is also known as the Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque, named after the reigning Sultan of Selangor.  It is the largest mosque in Malaysia and also second largest mosque in South East Asia, after the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia.  Most images of the Blue Mosque are mostly shot from either one of two viewpoints - from the overhead bridge overlooking the mosque after the Shah Alam Square or from the Shah Alam Library overlooking a lake.  The second viewpoint from the Shah Alam Library is the more famous of the two as you will also get the reflections of the mosque in the lake.


The composition of this image is simple.  I had wanted to use the light-trials below the mosque as a lead-in lines to lead the eye towards the mosque, which is the focal point of this image.  The mosque was also positioned at the upper two thirds right of the frame using the Rules of 3rds compositional concept.  Some negative space was intentionally left at the top of the frame.  This is to make this image wore enticing for copywriters or magazine publishers to include the magazine title for editorial sales.  As with all shots, I had used Sigh-Ray's excellent 105 mm LB Warming Circular Polarizer filter to increase colour saturation and contrast.


Nothing much was done in post-processing.  I had just used the Levels, Curves and Saturation in Photoshop to enhance the already vibrant colours of this image.  A slight sharpening was also applied globally using Nik's Output Shapener 3.0


EOS 5DS R / Lens EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM