stairs with a story Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is not the first or last photo of spiraling stairs to be found on this site.
But I still enjoyed the perspective and the colours; especially since these are the stairs of the Old State House of Boston, a landmark in the history of the US.

An external view of the Old State House was posted yesterday.

This building was the center of Boston ’s civic life in the 18th century and the scene of some of the most dramatic chapters in the lead-up to the American Revolution. Within these walls, Samuel Adams, James Otis, John Hancock, and John Adams debated the future of the British colonies. Just outside the building, five men were among the first casualties of the battle for independence, in what would later be known as the Boston Massacre. The Declaration of Independence was proclaimed from the balcony to the citizens of Boston in 1776. History happened here.

After the American Revolution, the building served as the first state house for the newly-formed Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Then it was used for a variety of purposes in the 19th century, including shopping arcade, city hall, post office, merchants’ exchange, and offices. In 1881 The Bostonian Society restored the building, and has operated it as a museum ever since.

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silverhead (1642) 2008-12-17 4:40

Hi Poul, Nice work capturing. Spiral stairs very clean, lightning and balance super. Congratulations
Köksal

ericfarge (872) 2008-12-17 5:06

Hello Paul,
Nice shot and nice note, very good light used.
Eric.

azizbilgili (1714) 2008-12-17 5:32

Hi Paul,
Nice shot and nice note, very good...

And my stairs:
http://www.trekearth.com/viewphotos.php?l=3&p=977019

TFS

jonathan_hart (22739) 2008-12-17 17:15

indeed, very nice stairs, worth to be shown from this angle
jc

paura (39608) 2008-12-18 16:12

Paul,
The geometric visual effect is really interesting. Very well done.

Regards

Paulo

yso (3209) 2008-12-20 1:40

Salut Paul,
Toujours efficace ces escaliers en colimaçon pour donner cet effet ennivrant ! Une belle profondeur !
Bon we,
Yves

xavshot (63345) 2008-12-20 4:46

Bonjour Paul
j'aime bien ce genre d'escalier pour le graphisme qu'ils offrent. Belle photo beau rendu des couleurs et de la lumière.
Xavier

sacavem (8693) 2008-12-21 3:35

Olá Paul,

The curving stairs have a strongly graphic appeal that is enhanced by your framing and excellent sharpness. That is an impressive staircase, I'd love to see more details of a place that would have a staircase like this.

Merry Xmas to you,
Filipe

Vasa (6665) 2008-12-21 16:03

Bonsoir Paul,

j'ai vu tes autres images dernierement postees, mais celle-ci sera decoree par mes deux Sourires. Le sujet qu'on a vu pas mal de fois, mais s'il est realise de cette maniere, on n'en a jamais assez. Une belle image thematique que je rencontre avec plaisir.

Passe une merveilleuse annee 2009!

Branko

Yves-triga (3813) 2008-12-22 13:20

Hello Paul,
Nice,very nice,i like it.
Very good Capture.
Well see.
Friendly
Yves

faubry (32511) 2008-12-22 14:00

Bonsoir paul, une photo graphique, intéressant toutes ces spirales, très bonne umière aussi,
Bon Noel
francine

danyy (69929) 2008-12-23 22:46

Bonjour Paul,
belle perspective descendante spiralée, une photo somme toute classique, le secret de son esthétique réside en la capture des lumières et celle de cette impression de profondeur. Je dois dire que ta photo rend bien les deux.
Bien plus esthétique qu'interpelante.
J'aurais cadré un rien plus à droite pour éviter le coin au dessus à gauche et décentrer à gauche l'oeil de l'escalier.

Je te souhaite un joyeux noël ainsi qu'à tes proches.
Amicalement.
Daniel

Silvio1953 (43412) 2008-12-24 0:51

Ciao Paul, fantastic view by wonderful POV, superb perspective, great light and colors, splendid composition, very well done, Happy Holidays to you, ciao Silvio

mafegan (4633) 2008-12-25 13:12

Hello Paul
Very creative and yet very simple - a wonderful effect. TFS, Marlene

Felip (3905) 2008-12-31 9:00

Bonjour Paul,
Very beautiful graphical shot. The good POV has created a really nice depth view of that stairs.
All the best for 2009

Felip

specialist (893) 2009-02-24 1:36

hi Paul,

i liked the perspective and colours too. it'd seem to be going downwards forever only if the diagonal stick at the bottom
weren't there. nice capture. cheers,

kurtul

clic (4065) 2009-04-23 7:17

Bonjour Paul
Malgré leur superbe architecture, il faut éviter ce point de vue d'un escalier en spirale après une beuverie!!
L'attention est ici captivée par la volute de la rampe et conduite
irrémédiablement vers le trou noir en bas. J'ai essayé le chemin inverse et il me semble plus difficile.
Merci pour cette page d'histoire.
Robert