London

Taken 2-Mar-15

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Photo Info

Dimensions5318 x 3563

Original file size13 MB

Image typeJPEG

Color spacesRGB

Date taken2-Mar-15 15:29

Shooting Conditions

Camera makeSONY

Camera modelDSLR-A700

Focal length10 mm

Focal length (35mm)15 mm

Max lens aperturef/4

Exposure1/45 at f/5.6

FlashNot fired, compulsory mode

Exposure bias0 EV

Exposure modeAuto bracket

Exposure prog.Aperture priority

ISO speedISO 800

Metering modeSpot

Digital zoom0x

Tulip Stairs Spiral Up

On my visit to London early this month I included a visit to the National Maritime Museum and Queens House where the Tulip Staircase is located. This is justly called the best spiral staircase in London. I last photographed it in 2013 when there was a temporary sculpture there of streamers coming down from the top. I thought this spoiled the lines a little so a revisit has been on my list for a while. Built in 1610 it is one of the world’s earliest examples of a cantilever stair with no central core support.

These stairs must have been pictured with every possible composition so this is my try at something a little different.

The picture was taken handheld with a Sony A700 with a Sigma 10-20mm lens at 10 mm. 3 raw images 2EV spacing. Opened in Photoshop first and each image noise reduced with Noiseware Pro and saved as tiffs.

This picture was enhanced with HDR processing using fusion real estate. I also used Topaz DeNoise and Topaz Adjust Detail. Adjustment layers in Photoshop were used to bring up brightness with levels and increase blues with hue saturation.