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Photo Info

Dimensions5336 x 3560
Original file size19.5 MB
Image typeJPEG
Color spacesRGB
Date taken19-Jan-15 16:31
Shooting Conditions

Camera makeSONY
Camera modelDSLR-A700
Focal length20 mm
Focal length (35mm)30 mm
Max lens aperturef/2.1
Exposure1.6s at f/11
FlashNot fired, compulsory mode
Exposure bias0 EV
Exposure modeAuto bracket
Exposure prog.Aperture priority
ISO speedISO 200
Metering modePattern
Digital zoom0x
CitizenM Wooden Spiral Staircase

CitizenM Wooden Spiral Staircase

Sorry, yet another Spiral Staircase! This one is at the CitizenM hotel at Lavington Street, Southwark, London. CitizenM is a small chain of Boutique Hotels. The ground floor is a fairly busy cafe/bar and nobody seemed at all bothered by my taking pictures of their beautiful staircase. Light levels were very low and I could only just get a decent shutter speed at 1600 ISO. For this shot I decided to place the camera on the ground at the base of the stairs and used a remote trigger release. ISO 200 resulted in 1.6 seconds. Not having an adjustable screen and live view I took quite a few pictures to get one I was happy with.

I used a Sony A700 with a Sigma 10-20mm wide angle lens at 20 mm. 3 raw images 2EV spacing. The images were opened in Photoshop first and each image saved as tiffs. HDR processing was in Photomatix using Fusion Real Estate for a natural look.
This picture was enhanced with Topaz Clarity and Topaz Denoise. I cropped for better composition and did a slight vignette using a feathered elliptical selection and slight brightness reduction to tone down the corners.
The picture was given more punch using a clarity effect using unsharp mask with settings of 20 amount and 20 radius.