Staircase

© Ken Smith

Staircase

Uploaded: April 14, 2007 17:23:17

Description

From Union Station, Washington DC. I took this today.

F5.6, 1/180 sec, ISO 800, 17mm focal length.

Comments

Renee Doyle April 14, 2007

Wow! Superb composition, lines and wonderful lighting Ken! Terrific pov - really a strong visual impact! #637905

Remi Trepanier April 14, 2007

Great capture and lines Ken! Great work:) #4167142

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe April 14, 2007

Great comp, well seen and captured Ken!! Jeff #4167188

JO ANN CLEVELAND April 14, 2007

Oh, I love it Ken! Wonderful pov!

jo ann c. #4167323

Tamara K. Walker level-classic April 14, 2007

Wonderfully composed, fantastic lines and designs. #4167368

Kenneth Mucke April 14, 2007

Wuperb capture Ken..Love the lines, curves and colors....great shot #4167420

Joan Powell April 14, 2007

Captivating !! Love the dark of the stairway against the light ceiling . #4167441

Gail Vitikacs level-classic April 14, 2007

Beautifully composed Ken...and wonderfully displayed! Union Station never looked so good! #4167474

Shirley Sicurello level-classic April 15, 2007

Beautiful composition, Ken. Like the contrast, colors. #4168072

Nina Shields April 15, 2007

Ken, your perspective adds so much drama to the shot; love the composition, texture and lighting; hope you had a great trip! #4168278

Bill Wyatt April 15, 2007

Fantastic perspective and shape. Love the lighting too, Ken! #4168507

Judyann Plante April 15, 2007

Wonderful perspective, lighting and compostion! an outstanding image, Ken!

Judyann <>< #4168646

Candice C. Calhoun level-deluxe April 15, 2007

A truly stunning shot, Ken...a sure winner!

ccc #4168853

Linda D. Lester level-classic April 15, 2007

Nice shot...Hope you had a great trip! #4168908

Claudia Kuhn level-classic April 15, 2007

Love your comp here Ken, the detail and lighting are terrific too! #4169027

KV Day April 15, 2007

Nice shot #4169034

Lynne Morris April 15, 2007

Beautiful image Ken, love the lighting, comp and details, nicely seen and captured! #4169060

Darren K. Fisher April 15, 2007

Great designs and lighting here Ken. I can not wait to see the images from Ga. #4169444

Amy JACKSON April 15, 2007

Wonderful image, Ken!! #4169883

Ronald F. Fischer April 15, 2007

WOW, Ken, what a magnificant capture! I predict we will see this one again at the end of May!! #4169968

Dominick M. Dimacale level-addict April 15, 2007

Very lovely image Ken, love the lighting and composition...Dominick #4171526

Bambi L. Dingman April 15, 2007

Gorgeous color and detail, Ken! Welcome back!! #4171615

Dennis Flanagan level-classic April 16, 2007

No flowers? #4171842

Derrald R. Farnsworth-Livingston April 16, 2007

Ken, beautifully done! #4174008

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna April 16, 2007

Love thos lines and colors, Ken!!!! Wonderful details!!!!! :3 #4174389

David Phalen April 16, 2007

Outstanding lines and colors here Ken! #4175386

Colette M. Metcalf April 16, 2007

Terrific image and POV, Ken!! #4175394

Carla Metzler April 16, 2007

I love this!!! #4175407

Pat Gamwell April 17, 2007

WOW! Design and POV just don't get any better than this, Ken! SUPERB creation! #4176118

Jenny Bosmans April 17, 2007

Fantastic Pov, composition and capture, Ken! Excellent! :) #4176933

Cassie L. Woodlee April 17, 2007

Beautiful capture and fantastic POV Ken!! #4177011

Cathy Barrows April 17, 2007

great building and great job #4177364

Kate Jackson April 17, 2007

This could be a good shot for ccc Ken! Incredible curves, colours and composition! #4178788

John Connolly April 17, 2007

What a stunning architectural capture, Ken! Fabulous work! #4179274

Colleen Farrell April 18, 2007

Great POV, composition, exposure and color, Ken! Just saw this in Editor's First Picks. #4182487

Nikki McDonald level-classic April 19, 2007

Beautiful. Wonderful perspective and great depth of color. A little Orton? If so, it goes a long way!! #4187727

Kara L. Hendricks April 20, 2007

Gorgeous POV... WOW what a shot!! #4189185

Susan M. Hembree April 21, 2007

Just lovely, Ken! #4195723

Colleen Farrell August 27, 2007

Congratulations Ken on a well-deserved finalist! #4705052

Gail Vitikacs level-classic August 27, 2007

YAHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! So happy to see this made a finalist!!!! Way to go! #4705313

Linda D. Lester level-classic August 27, 2007

Glad I don't have to climb those stairs! Congratulations! #4706290

eileen bedford August 27, 2007

Congratulations on your finalists Ken, well done... #4706925

Cassie L. Woodlee August 27, 2007

Congrats Ken!!!!!! #4707187

Nikki McDonald level-classic August 27, 2007

Wonderful finalist, Ken. Congratulations and good luck in the next round. #4707381

JO ANN CLEVELAND August 27, 2007


WTG my friend! This was one of my favorites all the time, go for the gold!

jo ann c. #4708041

Emile Abbott level-deluxe August 27, 2007

Fantastic trained eye for this capture and perspective. Amazing finalist, Ken. #4708048

Susan M. Hembree August 27, 2007

Congratulations, Ken! #4708641

Crossroad Photography August 27, 2007

I missed this one earlier. WOW! Very nice work. Congrats and best of luck in the next round. #4708684

Mike D. Perez level-deluxe August 27, 2007

Great composition and lines on you beautiful Finalist, Ken! Congratulations! #4709406

Amy JACKSON August 27, 2007

Congratulations, Ken! #4709624

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe August 28, 2007

Congrats Ken on this Excellent Finalist! Jeff #4710869

Su Sana E. P level-classic August 28, 2007

Congratulations on this wonderful finalist, Ken!! #4711133

Kathy L. Clark August 28, 2007

Such a beautiful finalist Ken. congrats. #4711505

Glenn E. Urquhart August 28, 2007

A Big Congratulations on your award, Ken!!! Well Deserved! Cheers, Glenn. #4711623

Chris Budny level-deluxe August 28, 2007

I love the gleam this has! Congratulations! #4712912

Darryl Wilkinson August 28, 2007

Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Ken!! #4714880

Renee Doyle August 29, 2007

Glad to see this one again!! Congratulations Ken!
#4715761

Cora Miller level-classic August 29, 2007

A lot of interesting graphic elements in this well composed image, Ken. Congratulations. #4715875

Judy V. Kennamer level-classic August 31, 2007

Congrats Ken!! #4729765

Shawn Jennings August 31, 2007

Great lighting on this, Ken! Congratulations on your finalist! #4729821

Carla Metzler September 01, 2007

Congratulations, Ken! #4731172

Mary E. Heinz September 03, 2007

Well, that's some GREAT POV ....curves, lines, shapes...hmmmmm ,,, very interesting work...beautiful piece of art...Did you previously or do you have any magazine style photos of rooms in your gallery? For example, a large living room? I've seen that / the person's name was Ken/ and I'm trying to locate that person/ photos again. Thanks. #4741283

Susan Jane Allen level-classic September 18, 2007

Really powerful POV! And great effects! #4805808

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