- Love the spiral - Mike's Greek
- very cool illusion :) - StaceyMellar
- aand i feel dizzy! love it - amateur astronomy
Well the Ocean Took My Baby
The Mechanics Institute Library, located at 57 Post Street in San Francisco, is the oldest library on the West Coast. It was started in 1854. Inside this spectacular library is a stunning spiral staircase definitely worth exploring. Inside you will find this hidden gem of a staircase. Try not to make eye contact with the security guard and just start walking right up the stairs like you know where you're going.
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mlangsam2004, ♫CoolMcFlash♫, Lars Kehrel, Daniel Light, and 413 other people added this photo to their favorites.
♫CoolMcFlash♫ (49 months ago | reply)
Wonderful bw!!!
Arjan Almekinders (49 months ago | reply)
Nice work! It gives a feeling of desorientation. BW works out well.
Lars Kehrel (49 months ago | reply)
fantastic angle and perspective!
KHarland (49 months ago | reply)
Wow this is really great! When I first saw it I thought it mightve been like tracks from a roller coaster haha.
weesen (49 months ago | reply)
Very cool!
Alejandro Ramírez (49 months ago | reply)
I love the distortion, it really creates the effect of feeling lost to a more powerful being -like nature- and letting go helplessly...
Ess.Raaa [deleted] (49 months ago | reply)
So cool! amazing capture!
Espinal Photography (49 months ago | reply)
This is gorgeous...kinda hypnotized me a little.
eloy cortinez m (49 months ago | reply)
awesome spiral, great work
c.ferrol (49 months ago | reply)
Una perspectiva que realmente te cautiva!
torbakhopper (49 months ago | reply)
like a huge octopus tentacle!!!
ticonoscoit / Marics Timea (49 months ago | reply)
Bellissimo!!!!
thelightstudios (49 months ago | reply)
very good work
Fresh From the Lens (49 months ago | reply)
oh my.....I wish I'd taken this. stunning!
lesprit_descalier (49 months ago | reply)
Gorgeous!!
ksuwildkat (49 months ago | reply)
One more spot in the city I need to see! Thanks!!
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sandip_chatterjee (49 months ago | reply)
Really nice staircase. Don't really like the crop on the left side... but I like the b&w a lot.
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johnny onion [deleted] (49 months ago | reply)
grainy blurry mess in right lower corner and blown-out highlights in top center ruin an otherwise excellent composition. i would have thought a 5D would produce better than this
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univrsltransl8r (49 months ago | reply)
I think the composition, total range and lens distortion all work here.
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yualbert (49 months ago | reply)
Excellent! The composition is just great!
Benjamin Bloom (49 months ago | reply)
Very nice. The lens distortions really brings this up a notch.
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Tor HÃ¥kon (49 months ago | reply)
@funnelwebmaster: Guess you didn't bother checking the ISO?
Anyway.. the photo sucks me in, so... save
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Rob Weir (49 months ago | reply)
Like something out of M.C. Escher. Very nice.
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T_Stiver (49 months ago | reply)
It has great comp and looks good in B&W...
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stammberger13 (49 months ago | reply)
wow what a wonderful staircase I think I have to go there asap:)
SA_Steve (49 months ago | reply)
Wonderful!
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bcg~art (49 months ago | reply)
wonderful and amazing take on this.
(love your title!)
kcolwell (49 months ago | reply)
Great shapes
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bcg~art (49 months ago | reply)
("grainy blurry mess" ??? wtf????? It is perfect, and brilliant as is. )
Tim McDonald (49 months ago | reply)
Nice distortion in the staircase. Save.
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MeckiMac (49 months ago | reply)
Great - looks exactly like the Fibonacci Sequence - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonacci_sequence
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travoll (49 months ago | reply)
nice shot
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johnny onion [deleted] (49 months ago | reply)
TorHakon Guess you didn't bother checking the ISO?
irrelevant in this day and age of tripods. unless the grain and blown highlights were intentional, that is...
Juancho Gatica (49 months ago | reply)
Escher and the Fibonacci Sequence on the comments how cool is that, duuude!
allow me...
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RuanNiemann (49 months ago | reply)
i like it Mr Chickenhawk. generally thats not a good thing.
generally i'd delete it.
but this is iconic.
so SAVE.
Cygnus~X1 - Visions by Sorenson (49 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called ***MONO**SEPIA***, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
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helen sotiriadis (49 months ago | reply)
stunning
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Tor HÃ¥kon (49 months ago | reply)
@funnelwebmaster: Ah, I forgot about this day and age thing. You mean he is using a digital camera?? Eeek....
My blown out highlights and grain is always intentional :-)
I suck on purpose.
Mike's Greek (49 months ago | reply)
You are my winner!
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saramellander (49 months ago | reply)
Beautiful!!
WjButt (49 months ago | reply)
If ever there was a rail to slide down...haha
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geoff.greene (49 months ago | reply)
Vertigo!
Joy_4ever (49 months ago | reply)
Awesome shot! Nicely composed!
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Bullet76 (49 months ago | reply)
Nice composition.
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Hello, friend. Thought I'd do my Flickr duty by heping bump up the *real* good images that I find in today's Explore. You know... help weed out the ummm... interesting... ones that probably shouldn't be in there. :-) Yours definitely should. Well deserved with your talent.
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enigma_sensuality1986 (49 months ago | reply)
truely artistic i must say !!!!!!!!!!!!
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gato-gato-gato (49 months ago | reply)
Wow, cool.
Aaron_Bennett (49 months ago | reply)
blinding. :-)
PhilippNB (49 months ago | reply)
Great b/w processing!