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Vatican Museum Exit Staircase

© Cynthia Merzer

Vatican Museum Exit Staircase

Uploaded: August 22, 2007 09:59:49

Description

Aperture-f/5.6
Shutter-1/50
ISO-1600
Lens- Canon 10-22mm
Focal Length-15mm
Location-Vatican Museum
Nik Duplex Monochrome filter applied in Photoshop (helped to eliminate the distraction of colorful clothing on the tourists).


Comments

Nicola Gonzalez August 22, 2007

Great choice for coloring. I love the lines in this photograph! #720624

Amanda Chapman August 22, 2007

SO HYPNOTIC!!!!
Wow!
I REALLY love this ! #4683949

Julie C August 22, 2007

wow!!! what an incredible shot. I love the angle you chose to shoot from and the sepia tone ...
beautiful photo!


ciao* #4683988

Deon August 22, 2007

This is incredible Cynthia. Like the color also. Well done.

Deon #4684037

Steven E. Ray August 22, 2007

Absolutely incredible photo Cynthia. Never seen a staircase photo like it. Excellent photo in every way! #4685161

Cynthia Merzer August 23, 2007

Thanks to all of you for your comments. I am new to "BetterPhoto" and I must say have been most impressed by a lot of the images that I have seen on the site. #4689578

Kay Beausoleil August 23, 2007

Great choice of B&W for this image, Cynthia, and superb design! #4690441

Cynthia Merzer August 23, 2007

Thank you, Kay. I'm busy looking at your galleries "as we speak." Beautiful work Inspriring. I really like what you'vd done with some of the flowers, the way you converted to B&W and then inverted. Definitely food for thought! #4690463

Kay E. Mahoney level-classic September 22, 2007

Congratulations on your finalist. Good luck in the next round. #4829511

Gregory K. Peterson September 24, 2007

I have almost the exact same photo.
Congrats. #4838598

Cathy Barrows September 24, 2007

Congrats on your win...i love staircases and this one is fantastic #4840472

Kay E. Mahoney level-classic September 24, 2007

Congratulations on your second place winner. #4841050

September 29, 2007

Congrats Cynthia.It's wonderful.I love this scene.Congrats again... #4859659

Janine Russell level-classic September 29, 2007

Cynthia, very nice tones, lighting, DOF and point of view; big congratulations on your Second Place Win! #4861693

Cynthia Merzer October 06, 2007

Thanks to all of you for your compliments and comments. #4890344

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