Watch Your Step
Stairway to the top of a large fuel or gas mass storage tank in Port Botany in Sydney. Taken in high dynamic range of 3 merged images with an AEB of 3.
This image is part of a series I took at Port Botany Shipping Container Storage Facility. Another in the series is Apocalypse I
This image has been featured in the HDR group, December 2009.
Watch Your Step belongs to the following groups:
HDR Photography (3 Photos per 24hr-day), Out of the Blue (75%+ Blue), Stairs and Staircases and Which Way - walkways, pathways, stairways, roadways, and railways Available for sale asGreeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints and Canvas Prints

alistair mcbride
Stunning shadows composition and colour,looks great.
Paul Vanzella
extraordinary image… love the disappearing shadow… tones are incredible.. this is an amazing image! WOW!
Specular
fab photo, the shadows are great, nice perspective also.
Tom Vaughan
as Paul said, the disappearing shadow is very cool… the eye keeps going there and then falling – very disconcerting!
Maxhamish
The shadow is so good…..nice image
Jessica Tremp
wow…
Mark Richards replied
Thanks Jessica, and that’s my thought on it too… Wow! :)
Bruce Watson
Very well seen. Excellent composition and tone.
Pascale Baud
great image !
JanG
I love these. I am waiting for the timing to take a photo of one with a red stairway, but its on the highway, so havent figured out how to stop in the right place yet. This is great with the arched shadows.
Mark Richards replied
Hey Jan, was wondering if you ever got the shot of the fuel storage tank on the highway that you mentioned?
Joe Mortelliti
Love those shadows in this, very effective Mark
TalBright
excellent!
Jing3011
Wonderful!
mimi yoon
beautiful…
Lumase
Perfectly framed.
Angie Muccillo
Incredible work with light and shadows, great composition :-)
Mel Brackstone
Wow, this is fabulous! I was trying to capture shadows on a tank last week, nothing as awesome as this though, and the security guards tried to shoo me away too….
ys-eye
Cool shot!
David Lewins LRPS
Superb photography! Well spotted and taken, it works well and makes the viewer think.
AJM Photography
Excellent composition.
Scott d'Almeida
brilliant
Craig Mitchell
Sculptural and beautiful. Well spotted and brilliantly executed.
Joanna Beilby
Wonderful image. These silos have me captivated!
Philip Johnson 4 days ago
love the colours and shadows congrats
Mark Richards replied 4 days ago
many thanks, Philip for you comments and to the HDR group for the feature!
Philip Johnson 4 days ago
Gary Gurr 4 days ago
Nice work Mark, I think you have a great portfolio.
Mark Richards replied 2 days ago
many thanks Gary, I still working on the portfolio, I think I getting a feel for the type of photography I enjoy doing most now… though not much different to what I’ve been doing, just the post processing.
Josh Hakman 4 days ago
This is great Mark. Composition, shadow and colour mix are excellent.
Mark Richards replied 2 days ago
many thanks Josh, your comments are most welcome.
lizalady 2 days ago
Great work and the lighting is fantastic. Love the touch of HDR.
Mark Richards replied 2 days ago
many thanks for your comments and I’m pleased you had a look!