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Challenge: Free Study VIII (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: Chicago, IL
Date: Apr 10, 2005
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/40
Galleries: Architecture
Date Uploaded: Apr 18, 2005

The staircase at the Museum of Contemporary Arts in Chicago.

Statistics
Place: 11 out of 507
Avg (all users): 6.9765
Avg (commenters): 7.5250
Avg (participants): 6.9146
Avg (non-participants): 7.1964
Views since voting: 7958
Views during voting: 444
Votes: 255
Comments: 52
Favorites: 10 (view)


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05/18/2005 10:25:55 PM
A most amazing image. Mesmerizing! And into my favorites with the talented photographer.
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05/11/2005 08:15:43 AM
Great shot! I've been looking for a cool staircase to shoot in Chicago! Now I've found one! Thanks!
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04/26/2005 07:38:04 PM
this rocks. congrats on an awesome photo.
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04/26/2005 12:03:51 PM
The sharpness, depth of field and illusion of this make it a great photo. Well done.
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04/26/2005 12:02:36 PM
i love it ... great job
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04/26/2005 09:07:33 AM
Congrats Ken! Very nice photo.
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04/26/2005 05:16:53 AM
Congrats on top 20. I gave you a 10.
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04/26/2005 12:25:01 AM
Congrats on Top 20.
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04/26/2005 12:05:15 AM
fantastic image Ken! one of my favorites in this challenge. Congrats to you on a superb 11th place finish.
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04/26/2005 12:02:06 AM
Thank you all, you were all so kind. My highest rating so far. And yes, those are my feet. Let's just say it's a self-portrait :-).

Message edited by author 2005-04-26 01:56:29.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/25/2005 09:37:16 PM
love it! 10
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04/25/2005 11:36:24 AM
Almost makes me feel seasick! love the wideangle, and the people really add to the image
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04/25/2005 03:14:18 AM
wonderful use of shapes and great eye for composition. 9
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04/25/2005 12:54:15 AM
This is an excellent take on a stair shot. Your perspective adds much.
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04/24/2005 09:41:22 PM
Excellant perspective. Refreshingly different.
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04/24/2005 09:30:14 PM
Fascinating perspective. Good eye.
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04/24/2005 05:43:16 PM
wonderful image...great framing and detail...lighting and focus and exposure are right on.
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04/24/2005 05:27:47 PM
Great design in this. I even like seeing your legs in the forground. Way cool!
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04/24/2005 04:22:37 PM
I like the geometry here..but somehow I don't like the people in it..but it's a wonderful shot and effective composition..excellent job.
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04/24/2005 04:01:23 PM
spot on composition - lots of drama and interest (the people are a great addition) one of my favorites this challenge
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04/24/2005 01:39:55 PM
Very nicely done. I can even see your feet in the photo!
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04/24/2005 01:38:52 PM
Architectural genius here.Well captured.
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04/24/2005 01:34:04 PM
Great composition.
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04/24/2005 12:41:58 PM
Excellent! Great composition, lighitng, contrast... I love it!
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04/24/2005 12:11:26 PM
very cool. I wish i couldn't see your legs. that is by far the most vaginal staricase I have ever seen.
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04/24/2005 08:58:28 AM
Very good if the walls were white maby just a tad more cintrast if they are blue gray then not. Over all well done (8)
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04/24/2005 04:29:37 AM
Excellent fisheye...I love the composition. 7
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04/23/2005 01:49:20 PM
I have a weakness for these images. Very good capture.
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04/22/2005 11:53:48 PM
Wow, I want this lens! Great staircase, placement of your subjects and composition.
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04/22/2005 10:20:01 PM
I believe this is the first photo I have ever seen in which the result of using a fish-eye lens is unequivocably superior to the shot that could be had otherwise. The strong rhytmic shapes make this an extraordinary shot. Some quibbles: I wish I did not see the photographer's khakis, and I wonder whether the shot might not have been stronger without the other people. Finally, I'd have been tempted to clone out those funny brackety things on either edge of the photo.
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04/22/2005 02:39:56 PM
Excellent focus, cropping,compositon. Great entry!
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04/22/2005 08:45:40 AM
Wonderful angle and perpective. Great added interest with the people. If you have control over your settings, this would made a great shot with a model dressed in an all black suit running up the steps blurred completely (letting my imagination run sorry) like the Cartier-Bresson of the man on the bicycle. Well back into the real world --- Beautiful! 9.
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04/22/2005 12:24:16 AM
good clear crisp image nice lines
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04/21/2005 09:55:36 PM
wicked unique shot. like it!
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04/21/2005 09:02:52 PM
Neat wide angle perspective of the stairway. Nicely exposed & composed. Super!
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04/21/2005 04:12:32 AM
Very nice I really like the symmetrical composition and the people on the stairs adds a lot of perspective to the overall image but what appears to be the photographers legs should have been avoided.
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04/20/2005 08:31:15 PM
cool staircase
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04/20/2005 07:41:39 PM
I like this, funky fisheye shapes and all, but ... you know what's coming don't you ... wait for it ... your legs are in shot!
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04/20/2005 03:07:32 PM
great shot
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04/20/2005 08:28:58 AM
nice use of wide angle lens. creates a bit of vertigo effect
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04/20/2005 07:41:11 AM
love the perspective 9
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04/19/2005 11:48:18 PM
would have cloned out the bottom corners but overall this one is fabulous!! 9
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04/19/2005 08:56:55 PM
This captured my eye and keeps it looking around the photo. Nice composition. The two women add a lot as well. 9
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04/19/2005 05:31:25 PM
Fisheye ?.
Great graphical result :)
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04/19/2005 05:00:22 PM
Museum of Cotemporary Art - Chicago. I love it!!!
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04/19/2005 02:22:00 PM
This image is stunning, but I'm not crazy about the fact that I can see your feet. I'm still voting this very high, but it might be nice if you cloned yourself out later on. That part of the photo seems dark enough that it should be easily achieved. Nice Job!
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04/19/2005 12:49:29 PM
very very nice
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04/19/2005 11:08:48 AM
Whoa! Glad I'm not looking at this while drunk! LOL!

Great visual, the way the stairs take you through the whole shot, too bad about the people though, they end up being a distraction for me. And your feet at the bottom of the frame? But otherwise, love this shot. An 8
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04/19/2005 10:40:23 AM
Wonderful photo. Very crisp, clear and great DOF. I found the presence of the two ladies a tad distracting, but not enough to sway my score. You should do well in this very difficult challenge.
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04/19/2005 04:33:42 AM
Wearing khaki's while shooting? Great subject, though! Very interesting architecture!
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04/19/2005 04:16:40 AM
Absoluely classic composition, form and lighting. Love it!
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04/19/2005 12:59:07 AM
Wow, striking photo. I love the detail and composition.
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