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Uploaded: January 30, 2008 07:08:42
F/5.6, 1/30s, ISO 100, shot with a point-and-shoot.
This is my office building (not far from my favorite spiral staircase) in Washington, DC. It has these wonderful curving sections. The mesh up top is supposed to stop pigeons, but I'm not convinced it works.
The hardest thing was getting the camera perfectly vertical, while also catching as much of the ceiling as I wanted, to avoid the perspective effect where walls converge toward the top of the frame. That meant I couldn't just point the camera upward.
I actually climbed into an alcove on the right side - it's about 4 feet up. I stood up in it and held the camera over my head. Gotta love flip-out LCDs!
I think I did well on the left, but I didn't quite get it perfect on the right side, so I probably was pointed a bit off to one side. And of course, I can't tweak the perspective in basic editing.
Shot with my point-and-shoot because it's light, so I can easily carry it to work!
Rhonda Burger January 30, 2008
Very cool Jeffrey. Love your comp and the sepia is great. Rhonda #842687Irene Colling February 21, 2008
Wow, what a wonderful place to work. There is a lot to like in this shot. Your framing is perfect, depth of field good tones excellent. Very well done. #5528713Katarina Mansson February 23, 2008
Excellent POV, soft colors, perspective, composition and lighting. Congratulations! #5537484Robert Baer February 23, 2008
jeffreyPatrick Rouzes February 23, 2008
Congratulations on this amazing finalist,Jeffrey!!! #5541075Chris Budny February 24, 2008
Fantastic image, Jeffrey! Is this in DC? Congratulations! #5545433Gail Vitikacs March 24, 2008
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