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Downward Spiral

Even though these stairs have been photographed to death, as an architecture photographer I couldn't resist shooting them. It's certainly one of the most beauti...
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Even though these stairs have been photographed to death, as an architecture photographer I couldn't resist shooting them. It's certainly one of the most beautiful structures that I've seen.

I manually blended three exposures in Photoshop to help the dynamic range, then used 3 other shots to remove people and just keep the one person for scale. I got lucky that he happened to be color coordinated with the stairs.

Editing was mostly a ton of selective dodging and burning and tonal adjustments.

Nikon D800 + Nikon 14-24mm f2.8
ISO 800, f-11, 1-20th, 14mm, handheld
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9 Comments | Report
iceman2
 
iceman2 June 17, 2013
Excellent capture with great focus and lines that lead you down those wonderful stairs!
vibrantshot
vibrantshot June 30, 2013
Thanks a lot, cheers
AliAlzuhair
 
AliAlzuhair June 25, 2013
Great work!
vibrantshot
vibrantshot June 30, 2013
Thank you Ali
Redcow
 
Redcow July 25, 2013
Very nicely done! My shots are not as good, but as you say, you can't miss an opportunity like this.
carlotaandrade
 
carlotaandrade September 01, 2013
Amazing shot! Superb creativity, outstanding composition..Really good eye ;)
francescorusso
 
francescorusso October 11, 2013
Beautiful
robinjohnson
 
robinjohnson January 02, 2014
Great shot, voted.
abijur PRO+
 
abijur April 13, 2014
loved your work. And great post-
photosdude
 
photosdude September 07, 2014
looks great.
sbrowne126
 
sbrowne126 February 20, 2018
Stunning capture
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