Beach Stairs IV
More from my monochrome series of the spiral staircase at Beacon Hill Park.
I promise that for the next post in this series we will actually venture onto the stairs, though I don’t think we will make it to the top. Unlike the woman in her bright orange coat with her energetic dog that skittered on up those stairs like they weren’t there.
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The tower above has echos of the watchtowers that David Lockwood has recently been showing us from Oman, though not nearly as aesthetically satisfying as his ones.
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Canon EOS 5Dmkii, Canon 50/1.4 lens and Nikkor-N pre-AI 24mm/f2.8 lens, ISO100, each image tonemapped from three exposures taken at +/- 2 E.V.
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burnt embers 
Beautiful compositions, Ephem.
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Thank you Karen 🙂
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Love the shadows and light at play here, that curved surface really makes for a wonderful element to cause the light to bend. This entire series benefits greatly from your HDR blending and monochrome results, producing terrific textures and details. Absolutely wonderful!
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Thank you Toad. HDR seemed the logical choice for this subject with a wide dynamic range. Glad you are enjoying the series.
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These are all very nice – I like the way the light falls on the curved staircase.
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Hi Melinda – I really like the light too and the way that strip of more glossy paint near the top edge of the curve highlights the curve a bit.
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Though i love the curve of the staircase, Park steps 8 is the strongest image in this group for me. This is the simplest composition but the diagonal line in the center and the cure at the top are really nice.
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Thank you Ken. I am glad to hear you say that as it is my favourite too. Even the lens vignette cooperated on this shot and I did not feel it necessary to tone it down like I often do. What about the focus on that shot? I vacillate between liking the way it is focused and wanting more depth of field for the upper part.
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