Stairway to Art
Uploaded: March 14, 2005
The stairway at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago.
Nikon D70, f3.8, 1/15, auto whitebalance
Melissa L. Zavadil March 15, 2005
This is a great photo, very interesting indeed. Please please forgive me, but I have to ask, am I the only one that sees something weird with these stairs? ???? :0 #225400Protacio Serna March 15, 2005
You're not alone Melissa.I do see strange things but we might be looking at this picture in a different way.
I get to see those gold fishes in a pod. Those are real indeed, but I like the way it looks if turning the image 90 degrees CCW, and it will become the right eye of a futuristic character, perhaps a relative of Darth Vader.
Regards
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Maynard McKillen March 16, 2005
Dear Beau and Melissa:Melissa L. Zavadil March 16, 2005
OK, I am soooo very glad that I did not have to say THAT! Thank you for verifing I am not going crazy here! #1182964Beau Meyer March 16, 2005
"I can see the head... just one more push"You guys are too much. Thanks for the comments and, I guess, complements!
-Beau
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Maynard McKillen March 17, 2005
Dear Beau:Stan Kwasniowski March 17, 2005
Beau, great photo, and we all have our opines and we see thing different, to me it reminds me of a stairway to hell, lol, if there is a hell I meanStan Kwasniowski #1184842
Beau Meyer March 17, 2005
To Maynard: I would have liked to tilt the camera down a bit more. However, if you look in the lower right hand corner, you can see the edge of my shoe. I needed to keep a wide angle to get the top level of the stairway. If I was 9 inches taller, I would have been able to do a lot more with the composition. I do appreciate your comments!To Stan: If you're not a fan of contemporary art, this could be the stairway to hell :) #1184907
Joaquin R. Felix April 26, 2005
Beau:You're right, we took the same picture. I saw an ad for this museum with the staircase picture as their poster. I wanted to replicate it but somehow, it looks so very strange and abstract you cannot even tell it's a staircase so I took several photos, different angle, different position, different level and I decided this one particular angle and I was right, it became my one and only winner photography so far. If I were you, go back to MCA and have another look.
Thank you for your lovely comments!
--Joaquin #1294145
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