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Up and Down - Escher styleby ~aalf

Photography / Architecture / Other

Illusion.

I found these ancient medieval stairs, and I thought it could be a nice challenge to get them look like Escher's illusions.
(If you don't know who Escher was, I really advise you to make a quick search on the Net right now: his work is really impressive.)

They looked so interesting, but I only had few time to shot these, for this was a private place :) (Smile)

Anyway, the work I had on this picture was huge.
The shot was not this way: I had to get different exposures in the dark room (6 different exp. time in fact) so as to obtain this final result.
I hope I achieve in giving it an odd but nice look.

Btw, if you look at the picture this way, these are ascending stairs, and if you look at it upside down, these are descending :) (Smile)

~mellowedge Jan 11, 2005

ahh, i see you are an escher fan yourself. fantastic work you have, sir, truly fantastic.

~aalf Jan 11, 2005

Thank you very much, I'm glad you liked it.
I like his work indeed.
Very interesting to try to apply it to something else.

~nee Oct 10, 2003

Hmmm....I was at a poster sale today and saw this Escher poster...and immediately thought of this particular deviation for some reason.

Took me a hell of a while trying to find it....hahaha. I knew if was from somebody that I had once commented on.

Anyway...this is an awesome piece. Now that I've actually seen an Escher piece I know what look you are trying to achieve. Looks great.

I'm still trying to figure out the picture....

~yhancik Apr 12, 2003

uhm... j'avais pas trop envie de commenter le hobbit parce que j'ai une relation conflictuelle avec tout ce qui touche aux univers heroic-fantasy, donc je me suis plongé dans tes plus vieux travaux (et je remarque que je ne l'avais par ailleurs pas encore fait, il est loin le temps des grandes vacances ou je me faisais des journées pluvieuses de galleries entières sur DA)

et en voilà un qui est intéressant !

jusqu'à ce que je lise le commentaire de kbb, distrait que je suis, je n'avais pas vu que c'était une photo (je croyais à un dessin super-réaliste)
(ce commentaire sent d'ailleurs très fort la private joke :D (Big Grin)

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donc, des deux mains j'applaudis, les côté Escher est super-bien rendu... bien vu bien vu monsieur aalf

(je fais un bel imposteur, hein ? ... un pâté de texte qui laisse croire à un commentaire approfondi, poussé, presque pro quoi... et puis finalement, la substance dure du commentaire tiens en moins de 2 lignes... tsssk)

euh... Thumbs Up

, hein

~calmamericans Jan 5, 2003

Amazing shot...the angles and the contrast of the up and down...great work!

~sirensin Dec 13, 2002

oh lord, it does look like Escher! wow, his drawings make my head spin, and now a photograph! lol, good job.

~eeevilkiwi Dec 13, 2002

Wow, very nice! I love black and white pictures. It's very intricate and could give someone a headache. :) (Smile)

I wish I could have visited the place where you took the picture when I was in France. I'll be checking out more of your stuff!

~bankair Dec 8, 2002

La perspective dechire tout !!!
bravo :D (Big Grin)

~mera Oct 27, 2002

ah, that's so cool. It's confusing to look at (which is good if you're going for Escher, right?) and interesting, too...

~akashka Oct 4, 2002

j'adore le concept que tu as choisi, c'est super interressant. D'autant plus que ca représente un sacré travail et que le resultat est impécable. Bravo, mes félicitations Hug

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