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Stairway to Heaven II: Auckland, NZ

© Rona L. Schwarz

Stairway to Heaven II: Auckland, NZ

Uploaded: November 28, 2010

Description

1/200s @ f/16, ISO 250, 70-200mm lens @ 200mm. (EoD)
Actually, this is a cropped image of stairs to the top of a large industrial storage tank. Taken from a ferry boat in the Auckland, NZ harbor. (Lightroom, CS4, Topaz,and Nik Color Efex Pro).

Exif: F Number: 16, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/200 seconds, Flash: did not fire., ISO: 250, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 200.00 mm, Model: NIKON D700

Comments

Michelle Alton November 29, 2010

Awesome capture, Rona. Never thought of heaven as the top of a storage tank, but this could be IT! #1331239

Ellen Hodges November 29, 2010

It looks like the staircase is going to a very awesome and interesting place, Rona!! The most gorgeous storage tank ever to grace these pages! lol Outstanding and beautiful, Rona!!! #9068970

Monnie Ryan November 29, 2010

Love this one, Rona -- I like to take photos of storage tanks too (the rustier the better). Your tones and composition are terrific! #9069290

Patti Coblentz November 29, 2010

LOL, Michelle...how funny!!
This is a wonderful EOD image, Rona...love the glowing tones and comp. #9069425

Karen Celella November 29, 2010

Wonderful light, shadows, tones and texture, Rona! #9069433

Candice C. Calhoun level-deluxe November 29, 2010

Beautiful design and tones, I love your entire gallery!

ccc #9070072

Renata Gusciora November 29, 2010

Wow!This is absolutely marvelous,Rona!Love it!Super lighting,tones and composition! #9070527

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna November 29, 2010

FAAAAAAAAANTASTIC EOD image, Rona! Awesome lighting and POV! :-) k #9070547

Rony Sagy November 29, 2010

Spectacular image, Rona. Love the POV, the effects and details. Fantastic work. #9070843

Kathy Salerni level-classic November 29, 2010

Rona, you have made a storage tank a work of art!! I love, love, love it! #9070888

Leslie McLain level-classic November 30, 2010

Beautiful design elements, light, and shadow, Rona. #9071249

R. J. Laudenbacher level-classic November 30, 2010

Rona...this has winner written all over it. Fantastic. #9071471

Patrick Rouzes level-classic November 30, 2010

Spectacular tones, glow, lighting, shadows, EOD, pov, clarity & mood captured here, Rona! Exceptional work & I agree with RJ! Hope to see this again! #9071637

Debra R. Harder November 30, 2010

WOW, Rona!! This is FANTASTIC!! I agree...this is a winner all the way. A FAV for me!! Deb #9071902

Rona L. Schwarz November 30, 2010

Thank you for these great comments! This is kind of surprising to me - my first version (color) of this I entered in DD and it didn't even get an EP - here I started to play around some more with different effects/filters. Thanks to everyone at FFFP for their help with this initially! #9071938

Stan Kwasniowski November 30, 2010

Rona, gorgeous, by the way did not see my image in snapshot, can you clarify further, thanks #9072055

Phyllis H. Burchett November 30, 2010

Fantastic shot Rona, I love the tones! #9072384

Terry Cervi level-deluxe November 30, 2010

What a cool shot, Rona! Wonderful work! #9073072

Laura E. Swan level-classic November 30, 2010

There's a lady who knows, all that glitters is gold...

AND THAT LADY IS YOU, RONA! :D

Love it! Very fun image and well done, too!

-Laura #9073094

Gord MacEachern December 01, 2010

This is great Rona, the composition and tones are super!!
Very well done! #9073543

Carol L. Fowler December 01, 2010

Wonderful capture- great composition #9074523

Rona L. Schwarz December 01, 2010

Thank you all again for your kind comments on this one, friends! #9075189

Steve M. Harrington December 02, 2010

This is such a dynamic image and the tones are terrific! Nice work on this, Rona!
Steve #9077407

Deborah C. Lewinson level-addict December 04, 2010

Wow, Rona, this is gorgeous and dynamic, excellent capture and processing!

Debby #9080564

Thomas E. Hinds December 06, 2010

This is a stunning image, Rona! It pops right out at one! Love every thing about it! Great comp and tones! Debby's right, it is dynamic! #9083090

Rona L. Schwarz December 06, 2010

Thank you Steve, Debby, Sabrina, and Thomas for those encouraging comments! #9084380

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