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Eye of the spiral staircase

This is a spiral staircase in a hotel in Stockholm. I saw there were these threads hanging down in the hole in the center. The threads were enlightened by spotlights on each floor. The cables to those lights are hidden among the threads but can be seen. The red parts are leather covering the railing close to the hole.

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Pourya 2 months ago

wowowowowonderful marcus)

virtual life 6 months ago

cool ++

Christoph Hessel 11 months ago

Great! just great
Christoph

Sieger Joostens 1 year ago

Very cool, the red is a lovely detail.

Marcus Björkman Thanks a lot Sieger :))

Anna Ulmestrand 2 years ago

A totally amazing place, a hotell in Stockholm you say? Wich one if I may ask? I am getting there to visit the Photo fair in November and need a place to stay.
If the reallity is half as good as your photo I soo wanna se it with my own eyes..
To conclude my drivel - a really graceful and stunning photo I enjoyed very much!
//Anna

Marcus Björkman Thanks alot Anna, really nice to hear that! I looked up the hotel and I'm 98% sure it´s the Mornington Hotel. You can check it out here: http://www.mornington.se/stockholm/ My shot is taken to right of the reception desk, in the staircase. The reception can be seen in the slideshow on the site.

Du får gärna visa bilder därifrån sen, vore ball :)
Lycka till
/Marcus

Anna Ulmestrand Million thanx Marcus!
Jag kollar upp det asap:-)
//Mvh Anna

Mal Smart 3 years ago

sometimes it is easy to look at high quality images and think that the photographic process is easy but it takes great skill to visualize and actually conceive the shot. This is perfect in every respect. mal

Marcus Björkman First I must say that your comment made me smile big Mal and I feel honoured by your words!! This picture was actally quite hard to get right, mostly due to my lack of flexibility. It had been easier when I was 20 :)

I had to hang with my chest on the rail to be able to get my feet out of the picture. My arms separated the threads too much so I had to pull them together somehow and at the same time try to keep steady enough in the very low light. I also heard a couple of laughs from people passing by wondering what the .... I was doing :)

Mal Smart lol, glad that you didn't fall in.