Stairway to the Southwest [Contest Finalists May 2006]
Uploaded: May 03, 2006 03:51:09
Flavors of the Southwest are brought to life by repeating lines from the stairs, accented by a shadow from the surrounding textured walls, leading into the blue morning sky.
Tamoron 28 - 300XR at 28mm. Morning light, ISO 200, 1/350th @ f11.0 -1/2 stop.
Robert R. Goodman May 03, 2006
Also the stuco pattern on the wall is very southwest.Wonderful image Jeff!!!!!! #438568Claudia Kuhn May 03, 2006
A great graphic shot Jeff! Love those strong lines. #2719345Tammy Scott May 03, 2006
I love your description on this! Great image! #2719367Carolyn M. Fletcher May 03, 2006
Love it, Jeff!! #2719408Ray Clarke May 03, 2006
Nice colours, textures, lines and shadows Jeff!!!(R) #2719466Jim Huffield May 03, 2006
Very well done Jeff. Jim #2719496Su Sana E. P May 03, 2006
Fine capture with wonderful details and textures!! Marvelous composition, Jeff!! #2719615Anita Ott May 03, 2006
Wow, what an eye you have. Great composition & coloring! Very well done. #2719636Carla Metzler May 03, 2006
Wonderful details, textures, shadows, composition, and capture, Jeff!! Ooh, I like this! :D #2719721Donald K. Cherry May 03, 2006
Excellent, Jeff! Love the shadow, textures and colors! #2719747Linda D. Lester May 03, 2006
Great textures and love the touch of blue sky! #2719775Jessica Jenney May 03, 2006
Wonderful graphic design and colors, Jeff! #2719795Shelly A. Van Camp May 03, 2006
Great capture, textures and design!!! well done, Jeff! #2720076Rakesh Syal May 03, 2006
Teriffic elements of design, texture and hues, Jeff!!! #2720087Nadia W. Smith May 03, 2006
Nice textures, colors, tones, composition (love the shadows). Very nicely done. #2720197Darren K. Fisher May 03, 2006
I have the hardest time with compositions like this. But not you. This is very well done. Great colors, and textures. #2720305Emile Abbott May 03, 2006
Nice graphic design and textures Jeff. #2720655Ken Smith May 03, 2006
Perfect, Jeff. By the way, I'll be at the same motel as other BPers, versus the base. Talk with you later. #2720671Judy S. Fung May 03, 2006
Great textures, comp and capture, Jeff! #2720892Karen E. Michaels May 03, 2006
This has such unique light and color for the area Jeff. Quite a slam dunk in my book. Love the comp! Kudo's, karen #2721136Melissa A. Mannon May 03, 2006
lovely comp. and textures Jeff! #2721334Stan Kwasniowski May 03, 2006
Jeff, great shot, I like it #2721345Jeff Robinson May 03, 2006
Thanks Everyone for all of the great comments today! Jeff #2721582Pamela Shane May 03, 2006
I really like the strong lines, & angles in this image Jeff - as well as the contrast of light, & shadow! :) #2722423Glenn E. Urquhart May 03, 2006
Great eye, Jeff! Excellent composition... great color, detail, contrast, geometric lines... Very impressive! Cheers, Glenn. #2722470Melissa G. Meiselman May 03, 2006
I love images with strong design elements and this one fits the bill. Terrific capture, Jeff. #2722696Nadia Paul May 03, 2006
Top image Jeff...the composition, lines, shadows, textures and colours work so well! #2722849Al G. Juniarsam May 04, 2006
What a great capture, Jeff!! Great angle, composition, and color! #2723189Stephen Zacker May 04, 2006
Super eye and use of light and shadow play #2723906Mike F. Anderson May 04, 2006
Great use of light and shadows Jeff! #2723991Graeme yew Chow May 04, 2006
Great lines and design, Jeff. #2724070Bridgette B May 04, 2006
Great caputre, Jeff! #2724109Laura Clay-Ballard May 04, 2006
love the colors and the design. GREAT framing! #2724177Jeff Robinson May 04, 2006
Thank You all very much! Jeff #2725120Milan Banik May 05, 2006
superb shot ,great eye to select this! #2728856Ann Bruynseels May 05, 2006
Beautiful grafics ! #2729307Inge S. Lasmana May 05, 2006
excellent composition, shadows and lighting, Jeff! #2729885Debbie Hartley May 06, 2006
I love these types of shots Jeff! Excellent composition, strong lines and textures! #2731002Jeff Robinson May 07, 2006
Thank you all very much!! Jeff #2733748Nemil B. Chabebe May 07, 2006
This is the 3rd time I visit your gallery, excellent pictures. But this photo in particular call my attention, the tones and angle and the blue sky, fabulous. #2735663Goshka G. May 07, 2006
Beautiful lines and texture, Jeff!! #2736072Evy Johansen May 08, 2006
Awesome image, Jeff!! Love it! A winner in my eyes... #2737171Jeff Robinson May 08, 2006
Thanks so much for all of the very nice comments! I really appreciate them very much! Jeff #2738270April Riggs May 08, 2006
"I never thought I could like a picture of stairs, but this is stunning! #2740699Donna Roberts May 09, 2006
Jeff - this image is perfect.Chris Budny May 09, 2006
You've given me a bit of inspiration to go shoot an outdoor (concrete) stairway near my office; I always though it was visually interesting, but hadn't considered a composition of it, until I saw this cool image! Did you do anything particular to avoid tilt distortion, or simply aimed parallel to the ground here? #2743115Jeff Robinson May 09, 2006
Thank you for the great comments!! Jeff #2743157Carlo Cascone May 15, 2006
A great and perfectly composed picture!Jeff Robinson May 15, 2006
Thanks very much Carlo!! Jeff #2768221Tammy Scott June 21, 2006
Way to go Jeff, congratulations on this winner. #2923897Paul Sikora June 21, 2006
Congratulations Jeff #2924162Debbie Hartley June 21, 2006
Congratulations on this wonderful finalist too Jeff! #2924260Tressie Davis June 21, 2006
Great texture - congrats on this finalist! #2924813Chris Budny June 21, 2006
Congratulations, Jeff! #2924904Jenny Bosmans June 21, 2006
Congratulations again, Jeff!! :) #2925172Su Sana E. P June 21, 2006
Jeff, congratulations on this outstanding Finalist!! #2925650Linda D. Lester June 21, 2006
Congratulations on your awesome finalist! Good luck in the next round! #2925937Judyann Plante June 21, 2006
Congratulations, Jeff!!!Judyann ><> #2926288
Deb Holmes-Hatfield June 21, 2006
Way to go Jeff, congrats again! #2926627Emile Abbott June 21, 2006
Congrats again Jeff on an excellent graphic design capture and finalist. #2927018Tamera S. Phillips June 21, 2006
Congrats again Jeff on a great finalist. Good luck in the next round. #2927720Glenn E. Urquhart June 21, 2006
Congrats, Jeff!!! Well deserved! Cheers, Glenn. #2927958Sylvia Rossler June 21, 2006
SUper shot and design ! Big congrats Jeff ! #2928523William Moore June 21, 2006
terrific angle love the depth and lines on your finalist #2929931Mike F. Anderson June 21, 2006
Congratulations on your finalist, Jeff! #2930048Ken Smith June 21, 2006
Congratulations, Jeff!!! #2930396Nadia Paul June 21, 2006
Congrats on this wonderful finalist Jeff! #2931468Lorraine A. Cook June 21, 2006
The flavor works!! Congrats, Jeff!<:)) #2931776Mary Timman June 22, 2006
Great texture and exposure.Gail Vitikacs June 22, 2006
Wonderful Jeff! Congratulations! #2936819Rakesh Syal June 22, 2006
Awesome finalist, Congratulations, Jeff!! #2937577Jeff Robinson June 28, 2006
Thank you all very much for the wonderful comments! Jeff #2961060Jeff Robinson August 21, 2006
Thank you Harry!! Jeff #3193478Susan Candelario August 21, 2006
Congrats, Jeff. Great comp. lighting, textures and design elements. #3195758Jeff Robinson September 05, 2006
Thanks very much Susan! Jeff #3269068Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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