Inspiring Photo: Stairway to the Southwest #2067216

Stairway to the Southwest

Uploaded: May 03, 2006 03:51:09

Description

Flavors of the Southwest are brought to life by repeating lines from the stairs, accented by a shadow from the surrounding textured walls, leading into the blue morning sky.

Tamoron 28 - 300XR at 28mm. Morning light, ISO 200, 1/350th @ f11.0 -1/2 stop.

Comments

Robert R. Goodman May 03, 2006

Also the stuco pattern on the wall is very southwest.Wonderful image Jeff!!!!!! #438568

Claudia Kuhn May 03, 2006

A great graphic shot Jeff! Love those strong lines. #2719345

Tammy Scott May 03, 2006

I love your description on this! Great image! #2719367

Carolyn M. Fletcher May 03, 2006

Love it, Jeff!! #2719408

Ray Clarke May 03, 2006

Nice colours, textures, lines and shadows Jeff!!!(R) #2719466

Jim Huffield May 03, 2006

Very well done Jeff. Jim #2719496

Su Sana E. P May 03, 2006

Fine capture with wonderful details and textures!! Marvelous composition, Jeff!! #2719615

Anita Ott May 03, 2006

Wow, what an eye you have. Great composition & coloring! Very well done. #2719636

Carla Metzler May 03, 2006

Wonderful details, textures, shadows, composition, and capture, Jeff!! Ooh, I like this! :D #2719721

Donald K. Cherry May 03, 2006

Excellent, Jeff! Love the shadow, textures and colors! #2719747

Linda D. Lester May 03, 2006

Great textures and love the touch of blue sky! #2719775

Jessica Jenney May 03, 2006

Wonderful graphic design and colors, Jeff! #2719795

Shelly A. Van Camp May 03, 2006

Great capture, textures and design!!! well done, Jeff! #2720076

Rakesh Syal May 03, 2006

Teriffic elements of design, texture and hues, Jeff!!! #2720087

Nadia W. Smith May 03, 2006

Nice textures, colors, tones, composition (love the shadows). Very nicely done. #2720197

Darren K. Fisher May 03, 2006

I have the hardest time with compositions like this. But not you. This is very well done. Great colors, and textures. #2720305

Emile Abbott May 03, 2006

Nice graphic design and textures Jeff. #2720655

Ken Smith May 03, 2006

Perfect, Jeff. By the way, I'll be at the same motel as other BPers, versus the base. Talk with you later. #2720671

Judy S. Fung May 03, 2006

Great textures, comp and capture, Jeff! #2720892

Karen E. Michaels May 03, 2006

This has such unique light and color for the area Jeff. Quite a slam dunk in my book. Love the comp! Kudo's, karen #2721136

Melissa A. Mannon May 03, 2006

lovely comp. and textures Jeff! #2721334

Stan Kwasniowski May 03, 2006

Jeff, great shot, I like it #2721345

Jeff Robinson May 03, 2006

Thanks Everyone for all of the great comments today! Jeff #2721582

Pamela Shane May 03, 2006

I really like the strong lines, & angles in this image Jeff - as well as the contrast of light, & shadow! :) #2722423

Glenn E. Urquhart May 03, 2006

Great eye, Jeff! Excellent composition... great color, detail, contrast, geometric lines... Very impressive! Cheers, Glenn. #2722470

Melissa G. Meiselman May 03, 2006

I love images with strong design elements and this one fits the bill. Terrific capture, Jeff. #2722696

Nadia Paul May 03, 2006

Top image Jeff...the composition, lines, shadows, textures and colours work so well! #2722849

Al G. Juniarsam May 04, 2006

What a great capture, Jeff!! Great angle, composition, and color! #2723189

Stephen Zacker May 04, 2006

Super eye and use of light and shadow play #2723906

Mike F. Anderson May 04, 2006

Great use of light and shadows Jeff! #2723991

Graeme yew Chow May 04, 2006

Great lines and design, Jeff. #2724070

Bridgette B May 04, 2006

Great caputre, Jeff! #2724109

Laura Clay-Ballard May 04, 2006

love the colors and the design. GREAT framing! #2724177

Jeff Robinson May 04, 2006

Thank You all very much! Jeff #2725120

Milan Banik May 05, 2006

superb shot ,great eye to select this! #2728856

Ann Bruynseels May 05, 2006

Beautiful grafics ! #2729307

Inge S. Lasmana May 05, 2006

excellent composition, shadows and lighting, Jeff! #2729885

Debbie Hartley May 06, 2006

I love these types of shots Jeff! Excellent composition, strong lines and textures! #2731002

Jeff Robinson May 07, 2006

Thank you all very much!! Jeff #2733748

Nemil B. Chabebe May 07, 2006

This is the 3rd time I visit your gallery, excellent pictures. But this photo in particular call my attention, the tones and angle and the blue sky, fabulous. #2735663

Goshka G. May 07, 2006

Beautiful lines and texture, Jeff!! #2736072

Evy Johansen May 08, 2006

Awesome image, Jeff!! Love it! A winner in my eyes... #2737171

Jeff Robinson May 08, 2006

Thanks so much for all of the very nice comments! I really appreciate them very much! Jeff #2738270

April Riggs May 08, 2006

"I never thought I could like a picture of stairs, but this is stunning! #2740699

Donna Roberts May 09, 2006

Jeff - this image is perfect.
The shadow lines, the various angles, the blue sky, and the composition are all 10/10.
Excellent work - love this very much.
:-) ddu
#2741115

Chris Budny May 09, 2006

You've given me a bit of inspiration to go shoot an outdoor (concrete) stairway near my office; I always though it was visually interesting, but hadn't considered a composition of it, until I saw this cool image! Did you do anything particular to avoid tilt distortion, or simply aimed parallel to the ground here? #2743115

Jeff Robinson May 09, 2006

Thank you for the great comments!! Jeff #2743157

Carlo Cascone May 15, 2006

A great and perfectly composed picture!
Carlo #2767120

Jeff Robinson May 15, 2006

Thanks very much Carlo!! Jeff #2768221

Tammy Scott June 21, 2006

Way to go Jeff, congratulations on this winner. #2923897

Paul Sikora June 21, 2006

Congratulations Jeff #2924162

Debbie Hartley June 21, 2006

Congratulations on this wonderful finalist too Jeff! #2924260

Tressie Davis June 21, 2006

Great texture - congrats on this finalist! #2924813

Chris Budny June 21, 2006

Congratulations, Jeff! #2924904

Jenny Bosmans June 21, 2006

Congratulations again, Jeff!! :) #2925172

Su Sana E. P June 21, 2006

Jeff, congratulations on this outstanding Finalist!! #2925650

Linda D. Lester June 21, 2006

Congratulations on your awesome finalist! Good luck in the next round! #2925937

Judyann Plante June 21, 2006

Congratulations, Jeff!!!

Judyann ><> #2926288

Deb Holmes-Hatfield June 21, 2006

Way to go Jeff, congrats again! #2926627

Emile Abbott June 21, 2006

Congrats again Jeff on an excellent graphic design capture and finalist. #2927018

Tamera S. Phillips June 21, 2006

Congrats again Jeff on a great finalist. Good luck in the next round. #2927720

Glenn E. Urquhart June 21, 2006

Congrats, Jeff!!! Well deserved! Cheers, Glenn. #2927958

Sylvia Rossler June 21, 2006

SUper shot and design ! Big congrats Jeff ! #2928523

William Moore June 21, 2006

terrific angle love the depth and lines on your finalist #2929931

Mike F. Anderson June 21, 2006

Congratulations on your finalist, Jeff! #2930048

Ken Smith June 21, 2006

Congratulations, Jeff!!! #2930396

Nadia Paul June 21, 2006

Congrats on this wonderful finalist Jeff! #2931468

Lorraine A. Cook June 21, 2006

The flavor works!! Congrats, Jeff!<:)) #2931776

Mary Timman June 22, 2006

Great texture and exposure.
Congratulations. #2933679

Gail Vitikacs June 22, 2006

Wonderful Jeff! Congratulations! #2936819

Rakesh Syal June 22, 2006

Awesome finalist, Congratulations, Jeff!! #2937577

Jeff Robinson June 28, 2006

Thank you all very much for the wonderful comments! Jeff #2961060

August 10, 2006

Beautiful composition, great architectural scene!
Cheers,
Harry
#3148584

Jeff Robinson August 21, 2006

Thank you Harry!! Jeff #3193478

Susan Candelario August 21, 2006

Congrats, Jeff. Great comp. lighting, textures and design elements. #3195758

Jeff Robinson September 05, 2006

Thanks very much Susan! Jeff #3269068

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