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per insistence of a friend of mine, note the 3 still people. he seems to think its neat or something.i wish i could have gotten a longer exposure on that one, but it was impossible to balance the camera. longer == less people, but ...yeah. i only ended up having 4 sharp takes out of 15 or so.
this image goes well with all my staircase images in general.
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I know it is an old article, but I forgot to tell you about it.I am sorry.
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Nice spiral -- Notice also the photographer at the bottom -- Timing symmetry
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amazing shot. i think there's a lot of groove...the people walkin' and the structure of the place...
yeah!
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I really like how all the people are in action while the other 3 people are in focus.
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Wow, i just stumbled upon this and love the shot....and i agree with your friend, the 3 still people make the shot
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I was there! Teehee, man I miss Italy! I always loved that staircase!!!
-Meg
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I really like it and I do agree that with both the moving and non moving people it does give a good affect. It is beautiful!
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The haziness of people and those who are stiff work well with the photo. I love the angle at which it is take and it does make a better black and white tone photograph. If you have a colour version too can i see it? Very nice! j'adore.
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Is this only a single shot? I'd have thought from the blur from some people and the stillness of others that maybe you'd set the camera up on a tripod and layerd two shots together with different exposure times?
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it is a single shot - i rested the camera on the staircase to avoid blur, and waited until i liked the stillness/blurriness ratio of the people. took me a few tries until the 3 people didn't move (they stayed still for a while), while the others were moving.
in a perfect world everyone would move, but that was impossible
dA read off the exif info off the image:
Picture:
Make: NIKON CORPORATION
Model: NIKON D70
Shutter Speed: 1 second
F Number: F/5.6
Focal Length: 18 mm
Date Picture Taken: Oct 20, 2004, 1:58:52 PM
(so, 1 photograph)
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wonderful pic
there's a nice contrast between static and dynamic elements
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Such a fantastic photo, the whole still people/blurred people is a very nice contrast which adds interest to the photograph.
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those moving people looks like ghosts....
nice shot!
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I love the contrasts -- they make every detail stand out nicely. Mmmmm.... This makes me happy.
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Incredible....very effective....greta to look at....well done...
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Hi! :
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if your staircase could be designed by michelangelo, it probably would look like that
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I WAS THERE!!!...but you took a way better picture then i did...wide angle would be way better to fit it all in...anywho...nice shot!
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well, after reading almost all the comments, i've to say that the photo is very interesting, its beauty doesn't find its way easily in the eyes but even if i consider this kind of shots... stereotypical, i still have an admiration for the way that each photographers finds to catch it.
Have a nice day.
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Woow this pic looks almost the same as the pic I took of this stairs
This is the photo I took of the stairs: [link]
Those stairs are really beautiful
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Swirly fun, I love the mix of motion and crisp detail
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actually makes me wonder what those people are doing.. the lady in the center-top is really attracting the eye..
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truely moving, truely beautiful. Congratulations! nicely worked with the crystal clear black and white and the shadows of movement..
.... wow.
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Definately a beautiful photograph. I love the ghostly characters coming up the stairs and those few stationary ones.
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This is a beautiful piece. I do have a bias in that I love pictures of stairs like this, but still it's lovely. To me, the woman in the striped sweater is the focal point and I love how your eye is immediately drawn to her and then jumps to the other two focused people before sort of spiraling outward from that point. I agree completely that they are both cool and make the piece. The blurred people are also very nice. They add a more subtle dimension to an otherwise stark composition; especially in the way they waver.
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Movement is a wonderful element to captrue in pictures. This one is awesome. Perfect perspective and tone.
*feeling like I want to try this now*
Amazing as always.
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this is an abosultely mind boggling shot. exellent work
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