Parisienne Landing

[Mj]

Since I've not contributed much of late...



and while I'm in here...

[surenj]

Awesome second for perspective but too bad about the blown out light. You might be able to pseudoHDR it even with one exposure though.

[gstark]

Mick,

They are almost Escher-like. Nicely captured, and very well spotted.

Or striped.

[Mj]

too bad about the blown out light

I have something of a love/hate relationship with such lighting... I often find that, whilst the blown highlight might be distracting, removing it from the scene can result in a lack of dimension, rendering the image somewhat flat. I am of the view that the raw blown lights are an integral part of the scene. Maybe that's just me trying to justify a flaw in the image but I actually find flawless images lack a little...mmm... soul? Comes back to discussions I can remember some years back on the need for tack sharp, in-focus images... I think it was Leigh back then that demonstrated that unconvenional, blurred, tilted images had plenty to say.

At least that's the story I'm sticking to now I've posted the photo...

[biggerry]

The second one is quite good, great composition and I love the way the lines are generated within it - really gives the perception of the staircase disappearing into space!

man, imagine coming home after a hard night out on the plonk and having to tackle those stairs , with that said that first image plays with my head, i thought doors were rectangular!

I don't mind the blown highlight, but its all a matter of perspective...

[Mj]

man, imagine coming home after a hard night out on the plonk and having to tackle those stairs

Thx biggerry... in fact I did just that for a week earlier this year which is what prompted me to capture the image.
You gotta love the weird perspectives you can get out of a 10mm focal length... pretty close to how I perceived the door each evening round 1:30am !!!

Michael

[surenj]

too bad about the blown out light

distracting, removing it from the scene can result in a lack of dimension, rendering the image somewhat flat.

Point taken.

[biggerry]

pretty close to how I perceived the door each evening round 1:30am

ouch....well it is important to have correct images of your memories!

now all you need is a cute french maid at the top of the stairs!

seriously though, the more I look at that second one the more I like it! well done.

[aim54x]

I really like #2, the lines and the BW really work for it. I would have to vote to try a pseudo HDR on it or even just burn it in and see if you can get a little more out of it.

Great shots though!!

[wendellt]

excellent leading lines
may i ask where this was taken this location is amazing

[Mj]

Certainly you may ask Wendell... taken in a little hotel next to the Pantheon... called 'Hotel de Grande Homme'.
I can recommend this hotel quite highly... as long as you don't wish to swing a cat...

Last image in the series...




cheers,

Michael.

[stubbsy]

Micahel

ALl are great images, but that last one (the black and white) is a corker.

[Mj]

Thanks Peter,

Flipping through my trip image collection it seems that I either spent most of my time looking in buildings at strange angles or experiencing a significant religious conversion (i.e. loads of church pics).

[ozimax]

The 1st image is a cracker. (I did get a bit seasick looking at it though! )