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The spiral staircase inside the tower of the redundant 15th century St.Peters Church, Marlborough.
Some grain added in post processing.
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@Kylie Greenan: Thanks Kylie!
@Vincent Bertrand: Thanks....I was trying to give a sense of just how small the stair was but none of my attempts were working until this one which I took on the way back down from the top of the tower.
@Enrique Vidal: Thanks Enrique!
@Ted: Thanks Ted!
@MadScientist: Thanks...yes, it's a very narrow stair and with not enough headroom so you have to bend backwards going down the first part of the spiral. You guessed correctly that those are my legs in the frame.
@Michael Skorulski: Thanks Michael....no, not dangerous but something I do find really interesting. It wouldn't however be the place to go if you were claustrophobic or afraid of heights. The view from the top of the tower was worth the climb.
@jkjond: Thanks John....I tried taking a few photos of this stair but this one was the only one worth keeping. The natural lighting was very difficult and I had my 10-20 on the camera which doesn't like the pop-up flash (it casts big shadow arcs as the lens is too wide for it)
I felt like a brief change from all the landscape photos I've been posting recently.
@paulski: Thanks Paulski!
@ordinaryimages: Thanks very much jf!
@Cheryl: Thanks very much Cheryl !
@Lorraine: Hi Lorraine :-)
@Marcie: Thanks Marcie!
@IanSmith: Thanks Ian....your comment had been sent to Aminus3's very efficient spam folder for some reason!
The worst knock I've subjected this camera and lens to was when I fell over on some seaweed covered rocks on the foreshore at low tide but fortunately the heavy duty plastic lens hood took the blow and I got away with nothing more than a mark I could wipe off (apart from my leg that is...I was limping for an hour or so afterwards :-)
I used to go to airshows like the ones at Fairford and Farnborough in my youth and the red arrows were always a firm favourite.
@Nataly: Thanks Nataly!
NIKON D40
1/20 second
F/8.0
ISO 1600
15 mm (35mm equiv.)
