Inspiring Photo: Supremely Elegant #13118446

Supremely Elegant

Uploaded: July 01, 2012

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Elegant curves with a little flourish of the handrail at the end, of the final flight down to the ground floor, inside the 7-story oval-shaped,
white marble, self-supporting spiral stairwell inside the US Supreme Court.
07-12 EOD 2nd Place

Exif: F Number: 8, Exposure Bias Value: -2.00, ExposureTime: 1/6 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 400, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 22.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 7D

Comments

Leslie McLain July 01, 2012

Stunning capture, Chris. Sorry I never made it to the Supreme Court. #1472287

Katarina Mansson July 01, 2012

WINNER!!! Love it!!! #10208643

Carolyn M. Fletcher July 01, 2012

Gorgeous! #10208659

Usman M. Bajwa July 01, 2012

Very effective curve, pov and lines, Chris!

UB. #10208661

Joy Rector July 01, 2012

beautiful shot #10208691

Robert Jensen July 01, 2012

SUPERB #10208763

Nikki McDonald July 01, 2012

Beautiful staircase and great perspective and framing, Chris. #10208768

Carol Flisak July 01, 2012

Stunning image, Chris... excellent in every way and appropriately titled! #10208862

Mitch Spence July 01, 2012

The title is correct and refers to both the subject and the image, Chris. #10208916

Naomi Weiser July 01, 2012

great shot and pov! #10208980

David M. Montero July 01, 2012

Absolutley masterful capture Chris!!! Love the juxtaposition of the stairs and floor, the soft tone and of course POV. Yes indeed, this is a winner! A new fav for me. #10208982

Melinda F. Schneider July 01, 2012

Supreme image! This is a winner for sure!! Wowee Kazowee!!!!! #10209030

Dr Silly July 01, 2012

Awesome. :O)
#10209106

Bob Cournoyer July 01, 2012

Love the pov/comp... :-) #10209199

Michelle Alton July 01, 2012

Magnificent work, Chris. You are (in my esteem) the King of architectural photography on BP. #10209292

Chris Budny July 02, 2012

Thank you all very much for the kind words! (Wow, Michelle, you're good for the ego!)
I was very surprised this turned out; the viewing angles are limited (the public is allowed to enter and stand on 1 landing, with large solid wood walls preventing you from going up or down from that landing. You can basically lean over the landing's railing), the lighting is challenging (bright, hot-spot wall-mounted sconces) and I shot fairly underexposed to minimize camera shake. (You'd laugh at the original RAW image of this!!) I'm thrilled with how this turned out, given all of that, and glad you all like it as much as I do! #10210219

Carol Quina July 02, 2012

A very pretty image! "Super!" #10210459

Dayna Cain July 02, 2012

This is STUNNING! I agree with Michelle. You da KING!!!!LOL #10210938

Chris Budny July 02, 2012

Thank you Dayna and Carol, very much! #10211296

Kara L. Hendricks July 04, 2012

Oh Chris... I see another GP in your future... at LEAST first! #10214461

Chris Budny July 05, 2012

Ah, wouldn't that be something! Let's hope your predictive powers are spot-on! #10214929

Linda D. Lester July 13, 2012

I really loved this view too! Excellent work hope we see it again!!! #10228350

Chris Budny July 14, 2012

Of all 3 visits I've made to the Supreme Court, shooting the spiral stairs each time, this is far and away my favorite result. Thanks! #10228797

Kara L. Hendricks July 16, 2012

I know I chose an image from you not long ago, but when a shot needs to be showcased, it needs to be showcased! Congrats on the 101 POTW Chris.. WINNER! #10231517

Chris Budny July 16, 2012

Thank you for the 101 pick, Kara! This is definitely one of my two or three all-time favorite stairs captures! #10231604

Nikki McDonald July 18, 2012

So very elegant, Chris. Looks great on the home page. Hard to find in your gallery, lol, but worth the search :) #10234579

Chris Budny July 18, 2012

Thanks, Nikki! Glad you searched it out! My regular BP gallery is overdue for some pruning I think; I try to keep my chrisbudny.com a little less packed-full, and grouped by subject, loosely. It isn't a perfect system, clearly ;) #10234583

Amanda D. Austwick July 23, 2012

Just love this Chris.The title is perfect, since it is so elegant!
Nikki you did better than I did. I got waded down in the search and asked Chris for help:) #10241081

Chris Budny July 23, 2012

Thanks, Amanda! ;) Apologies for my gallery layout... I haven't struck on the perfect system yet ;) #10241084

August 29, 2012

Beautiful #10295772

Julianne Bradford August 29, 2012

Boy! This has the most elegant feel to it too Chris! What a fabulous finalist! Congratulations! #10295926

Lindley Johnson August 29, 2012

Terrific POV, and a wonderful image of this elegant curve. So well done, Chris - big congratulations! #10296048

JO ANN CLEVELAND August 29, 2012

Elegant it is!!

Congratulations on this outstanding finalist Chris..

jo ann c. #10296312

Shawn Jennings August 29, 2012

Super shot, Chris! Congratulations on your finalist! #10296392

Leslie McLain August 29, 2012

Congrats on a stunning finalist, Chris. #10296600

Nancy L. Green August 29, 2012

CONGRATULATIONS Chris, wonderful lines, POV and comp, WTG!! <>< #10296822

Tammy Espino August 29, 2012

Congrats Chris!!!1 #10297531

Tammy M. Anderson August 29, 2012

So beautiful. Congrats, Chris. #10297683

Nikki McDonald August 29, 2012

My pick for a sure gold from among your many finalists this month, Chris. Congratulations and good luck. #10298219

Ellen Hodges August 29, 2012

Huge congrats on an absolutely gorgeous finalist, Chris!!! Very best luck with this and your other fab finalists!! #10298314

Carol Flisak August 30, 2012

Happy to see this again! Huge congrats on your stunning finalist, Chris! #10299598

Dayna Cain August 30, 2012

The king strikes again! LOL This is truly amazing Chris...I am jumping up and down, clapping my hands and hollering like crazy for you! (My co-workers are looking at me funny) Grand Prize here you come!!!!! #10299673

David M. Montero August 30, 2012

Genius!!! Congratulations on your Finalist selection Chris! Candidate for Grand Prize for sure. #10300039

Chris Budny August 30, 2012

Thank you all very much!
I believe I shot this with Renee & Linda, on the same day I shot my Lincoln Memorial Finalist, and my Pension Building Finalist, and the day before my Passage Finalist---making that weekend certainly one of the most successful on record, for me personally!
I recommend shooting with Renee & Linda all the time, now. ;) #10300446

Renee Doyle August 31, 2012

That's too funny Chris - we'll be back next weekend :-)
BIG congrats to you on this - I have a shot of you actually shooting this :-) .... want me to post it!!!
Seriously, just getting to the finalists so sorry for late congrats ,... but BIG congrats for this and all your other wonderful finalists!! #10301011

Chris Budny August 31, 2012

Thanks!
I'm pretty sure I DON'T want to see myself leaning out over a railing ;) Sure wish they let us access the entire stairwell, with tripods! ;) #10301186

Ryan Murphy August 31, 2012

Congrats, Chris on a wonderful month! Hard to pick a favorite amongst your 6 finalists, but this is probably mine. I expect to see some of the silver turn to gold to add to your already spectacular portfolio. #10301233

Amanda D. Austwick August 31, 2012

I can see this one going for Gold! Great image Chris! #10301439

Donna La Mattino Pagakis August 31, 2012

An incredible POV and image Chris. Congrats! #10301946

Phyllis H. Burchett August 31, 2012

BIG congrats Chris on this and all your fabulous finalists, good luck! #10302115

Kay Beausoleil August 31, 2012

Congratulations on your win for this superb image, Christopher! #10302338

Stefania Barbier August 31, 2012

superb winner... congratulations Chris! #10302343

Jill Battaglia August 31, 2012

this is gorgeous! congrats Chris!! #10302400

Ellen Hodges August 31, 2012

Huge congrats on a gorgeous winner, Chris!!!! #10302422

Peggy Pfister August 31, 2012

Huge congrats on a truly elegant winner! #10302509

Tammy Espino August 31, 2012

Congrats on this awesome win!:) #10302521

Rona L. Schwarz August 31, 2012

WOW! and then some, Chris! I haven't even made it through all the finalists yet and now see you had 6 (!) and 2 Gold Winners! This is my favorite - it is truly spectacular and so very elegantly presented. Have to agree with Michelle - you are definitely the KING of architectural photography at BP and probably wherever else you choose to compete. Huge Congratulations on this superb Gold Winner! #10302551

Susan Williams August 31, 2012

Huge congratulations for the Gold on this outstanding image, Chris. Outstanding work! #10302648

Michele Peterson August 31, 2012

Big congratulations, Chris, this is fabulous!!! #10302736

Katarina Mansson September 01, 2012

Gold star in stairs photography! Congratulations again Chris! #10302829

Bojan Bencic September 01, 2012

Fantastic. Congratulations on your win, Christopher. #10302899

Linda D. Lester September 01, 2012

Great so see this one....Congratulations on your win!!!. #10302944

Gail Sullivan September 01, 2012

Classic and elegant...congrats, Christopher! #10303028

Dr Silly September 01, 2012

Congrats Chris on your Gold for this photo. :O)
#10303031

Leslie McLain September 01, 2012

Congrats on a fantastic winner, Chris. #10303052

Chris Budny September 01, 2012

Thanks so much! I stand by my earlier comment---try to have Renee & Linda nearby whenever you shoot ;) Both of my golds this month were shot in their presence... (The other included Gail V. on the outing.) There just might be something to that ;) #10303108

Jessica Jenney September 01, 2012

Congratulations, Chris on your win! Fantastic! #10303187

Monnie Ryan September 01, 2012

Fabulous, Chris - congratulations on a well-deserved win! #10303346

Claudia Kuhn September 01, 2012

Wonderful Chris, congratulations #10303367

R. J. Laudenbacher September 01, 2012

Congrats Chris on your winner. Outstanding! #10303368

Barbara Socor September 01, 2012

...and supremely seen and shot! A truly outstanding image, Chris. Congrats on a memorable winning image! #10303485

Julianne Bradford September 01, 2012

Congratulations on this elegant winner Chris! #10303518

Lindley Johnson September 01, 2012

Big congratulations on your elegant and well-deserved Win, Chris! #10303526

Diane Dupuis September 01, 2012

love love love it!! congrats!!!!! #10303569

Carol Flisak September 01, 2012

Huge congratulations on your stunning winner, Chris! Glad to see this again! #10303768

David Phalen September 01, 2012

BIG Congrats on a spectacular Winner!! #10303787

Mitch Spence September 01, 2012

You know, I think every time I see this that, as I said before, the title is perfect because it is. It's just so very nice, Chris. Congratulations. #10303789

Terry Cervi September 01, 2012

Fantastic EOD work and winner, Chris! Congrats! #10303861

JO ANN CLEVELAND September 01, 2012

Congratulations on this fantastic 2nd Place Gold Winner Chris!

jo ann c. #10304113

Renee Doyle September 01, 2012

:-) WTG Chris on this excellent Gold! #10304296

Michelle L. Frick September 01, 2012

Supremely beautiful! Congratulations Chris!! #10304307

Janet Fikar September 01, 2012

Hey Chris - awesome shot and great comp. Gotta love those spirals! I know what you mean about hanging over the rail with low light. This shot is fantastic! #10304483

Don Johnson September 01, 2012

Another stunning image, Chris. Congratulations! #10304520

Deborah Lewinson September 02, 2012

Superb winner, Chris!

Congratulations!
Debby #10305009

Phyllis H. Burchett September 02, 2012

BIG congrats Chris on this fabulous winner!!! #10305997

Chris Budny September 03, 2012

Thank you all very much! #10306538

Dayna Cain September 03, 2012

You know how I feel about this image....nuff said. #10307046

Chris Budny September 03, 2012

Thanks, Dayna! I'm so glad you like it as much as I do! #10307371

Chris Budny September 05, 2012

Thanks, Christine--I've been on the watch for stairs too, ever since getting the ultra-wide EFS 10-22 lens (inspired directly by Katarina's magnificent stair captures across Europe.) #10309950

Lydia Williams September 07, 2012

Magnificent, Chris! Congratulations on your golden win! #10313226

Chris Budny September 07, 2012

Thank you, Lydia! #10313295

David M. Montero September 09, 2012

A belated but rousing appluse on your win Chris! I can't fecide if I like this one better than "The Way Up" Oh well, I like them both! #10315981

Chris Budny September 10, 2012

Thank you, Dave! How can you not love a great spiral? ;) They're so appealing as subjects. Glad you like 'em both! #10316788

Usman M. Bajwa September 13, 2012

Glad to see this win a Gold badge, Chris. Huge CONGRATZ on this stunning Second Place Gold!!!

UB. #10320759

Chris Budny September 13, 2012

Thanks, Usman! #10320966

Dayna Cain March 05, 2013

This photo is so captivating, so skillfully taken. Resubmit this one. Second place is not nearly good enough for this. #10597628

Chris Budny March 06, 2013

Thank you very much Dayna; it is definitely a favorite of mine! I may work up a revision to enter, in light of your re-entry suggestion. #10598786

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