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It's actually a daytime shot, darkness fell in the B&W conversion. C&C welcome!







Feb 10, 2007 at 11:24 AM
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Very, very, very cool. Love the subject, composition and contrast.


Feb 10, 2007 at 03:36 PM
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Thanks Beverly !


Feb 10, 2007 at 05:57 PM
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Very nice work!


Feb 10, 2007 at 06:10 PM
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My kind of pic. Cleverly conceived and nicely finished Anders.


Feb 10, 2007 at 07:10 PM
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Stunning! I love it. Well done.


Feb 10, 2007 at 08:06 PM
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great picture


Feb 10, 2007 at 11:09 PM
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I really like this one...great work!


Feb 11, 2007 at 10:06 AM
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Anders,
Very nice entry and the contrast along with the take on the assignment make the shot.
Very nice and thank you for sharing your technique.
Tom



Feb 11, 2007 at 11:03 AM
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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · #238: Spiral stairs


A winner for sure!


Feb 11, 2007 at 11:17 AM
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Very nice Anders, lots of atmosphere & drama. Top 10 for sure, could be the picture to beat.


Feb 11, 2007 at 02:24 PM
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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · #238: Spiral stairs


Very nice shot and a sure pick for the finals.


Feb 11, 2007 at 03:34 PM
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Nice shot and the composition really works with this. I wonder how you were able to get such a perspective?

Al



Feb 11, 2007 at 03:39 PM
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Thanks everyone for your comments, I appreciate it!

Since there are a couple of questions I thought I'd show the original image and briefly show what I did to get to the final look:

This is what I started with, sloppy with the orientation...
http://www.andersostberg.com/fotogalleri/albums/contests/fmwa238_additional/VD9U7360_original.jpg


After some straightening, levels etc, this is what I originally meant to submit
http://www.andersostberg.com/fotogalleri/albums/contests/fmwa238_additional/VD9U7360_straightened.jpg


I didn't quite like it though so I tried a number of b/w conversions, large radius USM etc but didn't like any of it much either
http://www.andersostberg.com/fotogalleri/albums/contests/fmwa238_additional/VD9U7360_usmbw.jpg


Finally I tried more radical b/w settings in the Fred Miranda plugin BW Workflow Pro (no, I'm not getting paid to say this ). I used the fact that the doors are blue and the rest of the image is pretty colorless, used a blue filter conversion, boosted the blue channel and went the other way with the red and green, and this gave the impression of light in the doors and darkness outside. Then I adjusted levels and contrast for the final look which I felt is more interesting than any of the other versions. Hopefully revealing this won't destroy the illusion or make you feel this is too much PS trickery.

http://www.andersostberg.com/fotogalleri/albums/contests/fmwa238_vd9u7360_640.jpg




Feb 11, 2007 at 04:13 PM
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Simply stunning !
Now I've seen that second picture I think I like it better though.
The vertical and horizontal lines, the rectangle and the circle the colors and lighting. Superb !



Feb 11, 2007 at 06:19 PM
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Excellent image...reminds me of an Escher print with the light hitting the tops of the stair treads at the bottom, the bottom of the treads at the top.


Feb 11, 2007 at 10:26 PM
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Absolutley great pic. Beautiful composition and great mood. I love it.


Feb 11, 2007 at 11:18 PM
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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · #238: Spiral stairs


Love staircase shots.
This one seems unusual in how much of it is open to view from a perpendicular.
Great job!
Intriguing illusion of angled treads.



Feb 12, 2007 at 10:03 AM
Kamil Kisiel
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A strong and interesting composition. I love the pattern.


Feb 13, 2007 at 06:23 AM
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p.1 #20 · p.1 #20 · #238: Spiral stairs




Fab shot. Love the composition! The high contrast bw works really well.



Feb 13, 2007 at 08:31 AM
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