Up or Down * by Canon DSLR Challenge


07-JUL-2005	Mikel Featherston

Just wait until you see what I plan to do *tomorrow*

Canon EOS 20D ,Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
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Guest		11-Jul-2005 19:15
I have shot a photo very similar to this one, taken duing the Documentary: My life challenge, going up the stairs on my way to work. Mine is in color and has a poster hanging on the end wall, which added a point of interest. I was primarily looking up while you are primarily looking down. I never posted mine, as I didn't think it interesting enough. To be brutally honest, this one is even less interesting to me. It is too generic and there really isn't much for the eye to explore. A more elaborate stair-well with interesting details would have helped. A point of interest at the end of one of the lines, a splash of color, just something for the eye to explore is needed imo. I like the idea, the tilt and the lines in the composition, but it needs more...

Mikel Featherston		08-Jul-2005 22:10
My friend, I cannot claim to never create common images. But I sure as hell wish I didn't. ;) I snapped off a handful of photos in the stairwell here at work, on two different days. It all started when I was leaving work to go take the pictures of the building that I entered in this gallery. As I went to take the first step down, I stopped, opened the bag, and pulled the camera. Then, a day or so later, I was walking down the steps again. I stopped, pulled out the camera, and started looking for things, through the viewfinder. And I chose a very simple method for choosing my shots. And that was to take a non-traditional line in the image, and use that to frame the shot. Note that I was not bothered by the 'humph', merely curious.

Canon DSLR Challenge		08-Jul-2005 21:59
Because you made me think, you forced me to back up and take another look at what should have been a very common image...you made me, forced me, to re-evaluate my percetions. That always warrents a "Humph," if only because the process makes a person uncomfortable....which is not to say that this isn't a wonderful image for forcing me to do this. Best Wishes, Traveller

Mikel Featherston		08-Jul-2005 17:41
Why the humph?

Canon DSLR Challenge		08-Jul-2005 06:33
Humph! This is very nice...creative, outside the box....weird...but makes me think where all the strang perspectives are coming from. This is impressive...oh, and I really liked the V also. Best Wishes, Traveller