a touch of color
long way down 2
Posted by e. (New York, NY, United States) on 4 December 2007 in Architecture.
If you missed my first long way down photo, it's here.
This time, it's the famous Exorcist steps!
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Photo taken in Washington DC on October 29, 2007.
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. - Albert Einstein
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Stunner from Kingston, Jamaica
That looks like some dangerous steps! Nice point of view!
4 Dec 2007 5:39am
Me 2 from Hamburg, United States
OMG !!! I new these steps even before I read your caption , my wife's grandmother grew up in DC and she used to play on these steps !!! great shot ..... gives me cold chills !!!
4 Dec 2007 5:44am
Amir from ?, Iran
It's really cool steps down. We in fact have a lot of streets end with steps just like these in Tehran
4 Dec 2007 6:11am
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
Really? Gosh I thought they looked familiar...The Exorcist is the Only movie that has ever scared me.
4 Dec 2007 9:11am
Bron from Canberra, Australia
That's spooky - there was a thing on tv here last night about the boy on whom the movie was based! Cool shot!
4 Dec 2007 11:46am
Illuci from Hurdegaryp, Netherlands
Great stairs shot, I feel dizzy! Excellent POV! BTW I went to Wikipedia and your city website, and noticed you have an Austrian governor with a black name (look at what his German name means in English), a Japanese mayor, that's what I call international! (And your city name is Spanish)!
4 Dec 2007 2:17pm
Viewfinder from Bradenton, United States
Wow! I thought that is what those steps were. Cool shot, e. (am sneaking in from retirement, for just a minute to say 'hi!')...
4 Dec 2007 6:28pm
Sharon from Brooklyn, United States
The exorcist is my boyfriend's favorite movie. Cool shot.
4 Dec 2007 6:55pm
amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada
This is really cool e.! The pov is not only dizzying but excellent! Just a thought: try cropping this to only include the shadow of the lady passing by at the end of the stairs... I think it adds an extra element. What do you think?
4 Dec 2007 7:23pm
@amy: Thanks for the suggestion! I tried it out and really liked the result, so I changed the post.
amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada
Yes yes yes!! It's got that mystery element bang on... Love it when I'm right! LOL Glad you changed it.
4 Dec 2007 8:44pm
@amy: But of course! *sigh* It's things like this that make you the much better photographer. Keep the suggestions coming. :)
Herve from Paris, France
It's giving me vertigo !
That's a very original angle. I needed few seconds to guess where was the top and where was the down side of the picture !
4 Dec 2007 9:37pm
Rebecca from Leicester, United Kingdom
Wow, Another absolutely outstanding capture, dear e. This one today is way cool, and does indeed have max spine-chilling effect!! ;) My mum and uncle (a pastor in Malaysia, where demon possession is not that uncommon) were involved in several exorcisms, when the victims, thankfully all happy and well now, were suffering (not from schizophrenia or other medical, physical or psychological causes) much like the ones featured in the ‘Exorcist’ film (albeit with less special effects!), book and the reported real-life demon possession of the young boy on which the book and film were based; definitely not a lot of fun. :(
This image here is truly a stirring and ace reminder of that, imho. Very well done.
4 Dec 2007 9:52pm
juant3 from Bremen, Germany
Wow... This photo just made me dizzy... It is almost so real... And yes, that is a really mean/nasty "long way down" specially if one was to loose the balance... ;o)
26 Apr 2008 12:38pm
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