Houmas House: Spiral Staircase by auntietk
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From our tour of Houmas House, a restored Mississippi River plantation in Louisiana.
Comments (28)
They say life is a spiral. Parts repeat but always at a new level. It's neither good nor bad, it's just the way it is. Tara, happy birthday to you. The happier half-life cycle is just beginning...nearly forgot: love the compo and contrasts
the staircase is cool but that light! that light is something else!
Now THAT'S a spiral staircase! Mine isn't quite that spectacular.... :-P A lovely capture, Tara!
I love that golden shade/color of old wood when the light hits it just right. Fantastic capture.
cool pov
What a great POV and exposure!
Amazing photo.
There was a cast iron one for sale for ages at a junk store near me and I was tempted to install it in my house between the workroom and bedroom . So glad I didn't, it would not be in use much now as I age and can't breath as well!
cool POV
A very elegant spiral & a fine shot...
A really good shot Tara.
dizzyingly beautiful
classic - but still powerful graphically :-)
Even at 60 years old, I still love to slide down that handrail going weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! :D
Gorgeous POV, and I love the light/shadowplay. Well captured!
Love you composition here! Well done
Spectacular POV !!!
Excellent image!
Excellent image!
Beautifully done! Love the pov and the light.
Wonderful craftsmanship.
Superb capture Tara. God bless.
You have captured the light in all the perfect places . This is most eye catching capture that would make any one look twice.
Wonderful POV and lighting.
You have the eye for things like this Tara. Fantastic capture!
A very gorgeous shot and well balanced between light and dark.And there is a sensation of being pulled up the spiral to its top.
Such a great depth and light, my friend. Sure you have no vertigo, huh? :D. Top!!!
There's a celebrated cinematographer, Gordon Willis. He did the Godfather movies, as well as a bunch of Woody Allen films, incl Manhattan, with all its beautiful darks (in black and white). Well, when he did Godfather 1 and 2, he had very low-tone scenes, with so much black around the actors that some film-people said it was simply unfit for film. And he mixed red with yellow to make his hues very warm. Some people called his Godfather photography "sepia," but it wasn't: It was, rather, deep red and yellow, very warm and very intimate. 'Chamber-like'. (Warm and intimate to contrast the horrors that these gangsters played out in the world.) As a consequence of this style, he was dubbed "the Prince of Darkness". Well this is one of your "Prince of Darkness" shots, just awash in deep blacks, and much of it not-visible. But your deep red and yellow lights---on the stairwell and all its parts---define that darkness, give it voice and utter shape. And poof---all that dark suddenly becomes vibrant and alive. You've set the dark on fire. And it spirals into the top, to the light on the ceiling---which, itself is sourced outside the shot, or at least outside the opening: So even there, the light is invisible, only its 'effects' are visible. You do this often enough---this way with deep dark and golden light---that maybe you don't realize the magic you create: But you've given shape and radiance to darkness itself. The forms of a stairwell are perfect elements to give form and ballet to this deep dark. Beautiful, articulate, and done with the ease of one who's totally at home with the feeling that darkness isn't darkness, it's merely the cradle for beautiful light. Wonderful.