Stairway To Heaven, a photo from Somerset, England

Photographer's Note

This photograph was taken in the cemetry surrounding Beckfords Tower, which overlooks the Ancient city of Bath. As the sun started to set, its rays of light shone down onto the tomb stones, which created a very magical experience. I have tried to capture that moment here.

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Zepi (22848) 2006-12-12 7:14

Hello Roberto,
Ohhhhhhh, quelle lumière!
C'est de la pure folie cette image!
Allez, elle va directement dans mes favorites!
J'adore tout simplement
A bientôt
Sébastien

dhurjati (2709) 2006-12-12 7:17

Hi Roberto,
The softness of this snap is the most pleasing part.The POV is excellent.The sun at the horizon is little too much bright -this is the only concern I have.Good pleasing shot.
Greetings,
Dhurjati

Skorj (581) 2006-12-12 7:20

A smidge over-processed perhaps?

gertan (1527) 2006-12-12 7:24

Perfect picture. Just perfect. Congratulations.
Gokhan

SCidER (388) 2006-12-12 7:28

its one magic shot you got there..
although it has almost perfect colours/ highlights and the lens flare kicks ass, it gives me the impression of heavy post process..
if im wrong ill correct my trating.. :)
very nice composition and POV

humanist (695) 2006-12-12 7:38

Beautiful shot! It does look like it has had more work than just lightening -- but I like it! Another aspect that I like is the play between the sun and the reflected golden light on the cross. As well it is cool that one sunray leads me down to the light patch of grass.

Very good. I'd like to hear more about your PP just to learn.

falcon53 (336) 2006-12-12 8:00

This is a truly biblical shot - the light, the composition, and the position of the tombstone to the left. The only thing you need do with this picture is rotate approximately 2 degrees anti-clockwise and re-crop. Other than that, this is stunning to look at.

rocketrouge (509) 2006-12-12 8:03

That can't be real. Did you create it with 3dmax? That's one of the most incredible shots I have ever seen - it's so surreal

m_s_s (1691) 2006-12-12 8:39

Hello Roberto.
amazing shot, wonderfull colors, great composition and light. what you've done is amazing. great work.
regards

Karma (993) 2006-12-12 9:25

hi Rob
Great photo. looks biblical , I have a biblical shot on my gallery " Dawn of mankind".
good compo and lighting.
Very well done
Carmelo

jdwyer264 (1084) 2006-12-12 12:30

At first I thought the glare might be a bit too much and have ruined the image but looking harder I see the light is very well controlled and the brightness is restricted to a very specific area. The colours are very nice and the composition is very good, you like this angel memorial don't you, well as much as you can a headstone.
Well captured.
TFS

postvikram (1199) 2006-12-19 20:17

Hello Roberto,
Great capture. The sun shining on the tombs is very original. I wonder how you managed to get that flare.
Beautifully done.
Excellent POV to shoot the sun with. the tombstone provides an apt atmosphere for the shining sun.
Great capture indeed.
Thanks for sharing.
Vikram

rigoletto (34279) 2006-12-23 15:53

Such a mystical light! The cross, the angel, how he turns his face back to the sunlight! It is mysterious and looks like a scene from a film taken in heaven. I aslo appreciate your narrowband rectangular format. TFS,
Cheers,
Deniz

anes_lc (14968) 2006-12-26 17:20

hye roberto
...no comment...to good to be true.
congratulation
happy new year.hope the new year bring to you all the dreams come true :)
anes

DarkoG (8) 2007-01-15 12:28

Excellent, with great clarity and excellent light and sky.
Regards Darko

hello_ishan (1571) 2007-01-16 8:12

Hi Roberto,
Excellent shot; the sky looks amazing .The sunlight (though little overexposed) creates the magical effect here.

Srinivasan

snowfalken (1116) 2007-02-27 9:16

Hello Roberto,

This is an absolutely fantastic shot! I love your panoramic composition with the diagonal lens flare effect. I only wish the statue was facing the other way to keep the eyes in the picture and to face the setting sun.
The colors are brilliant and well saturated and the complementary red and green hues create a nice balance. I wonder if you get this result with multiple exposures. Excellent work! Thanks for sharing!

With Friendly Regards,
Eddie

sebinho342 (19329) 2007-03-01 8:30

Terrific one Roberto, once again your PP skills are amazing, such an original post here, i see you prefer to have the statue perfectly vertical and the horizon a little tilted. That's a choice, but more than that problematic colors are crazy beautiful and this is such a scene here !
Best of all is the sun and its star effect
A must see