Southern Spiral Staircase
During a tour of a Houmas House plantation I got the chance to compose this shot and hold the camera still. In Louisiana.
Southern Spiral Staircase belongs to the following groups:
Architectural Photography and SPECTACULAR SPIRALS (3/24) Available for sale asGreeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints and Framed Prints

Jeff Burns
WOW this is amazing. Very well done. Fabulous color
Mark Ramstead
Thanks very much!
Gary L. Suddath
Fantastic shot.Using the natural light give it a good feel.I don’t think I could of got that without falling backwards.
Robert Boretti
WOW! The lighting is superb and the angle is amazing. Nice work!
Hiroko
Your art photos are just so fabulous I can’t say enough about them!! You’re just too darn talented…
Susan Grissom
I love this. The shadows and light make this really work well.
Jodi Webb
This is superb. The colours are brilliant. Gorgeous!
spike
Its like looking inside a shell! great perspective.
Deri Dority
I love this shot. Great lighting on this. Makes me dizzy looking up like that:)
studiofascino
fantastic image! love the composition and lighting
Dan Cahill
extrodinary image. Like the inside of a conc shell. Wonderful
Holly Werner
Wow. Great shot love it.
Rajiv Ashrafi
Looks surreal! Nice one.
banditart
wow its the ying yang symbol great pic
Mark Ingram
An abstrct looking perspective
Natalie Manuel
Really great shot, great eye.
Sharon Hammond
What a fabulous compostion. Great shot
Adrian Jeffs
Cool tones and lighting Man
Nick Hartigan
exquisite and amazing and original great shot!!
J.K. York
top shot Mountain Man! hand held? amazing sharpness. super spiral with perfect proportions.
StacyLee
This is pretty incredible!
Jenny Haskey
Stunning capture. Great angle and composition – love the colour too. Perfect.
Simon Mattocks
added to my favourites
Leigh Ann Pobiak
great perspective. :-D
Michael Kienhuis
Great work! M:>
funkyfacestudio
wonderful architectural design, beautiful photo.
Paul Tait
I love these types of shots – great work!
Mikael Raymond
I like the chosen perspective and the colors are wonderful.. Very well done!
Donald Fuller
realy good color.
Christina Martin
Amazing shot
Marya Humble
gives the feel of vertigo. great shot
Louise Cooke
great composition and love the warm glow ;)
David Stuart
Brilliant use of perspective and colour. Love it!!
Paul Doucette
wow….awesome perspective and color
Jessica Tremp
love this, brilliant spotting
Lance Leopold
Spectacular light and subject!!!
cheerishables
WOW! Great perspect of such depth and height. Love the how the stair way leads your eyes around the spirals and up to the top. Fantastic shot!
Andy Harris
great subject and well captured… nice one!
Benjamin Scheurer
absolutely brilliant shot…..love it!
MegCouch
This is an awesome shot. Beautiful color. Good perspective. You rock.
Care
....Very effective….love it!
Kim Roper
Fantastic composition, great perspective!
Cadence Gamache
I love it!
BlueKnot
Excellent, dramatic, and a bit dizzying!
wolfllink
Wow this is amazing Great lighting! Excellent work!
petelangman
fantastic work
Christophe Testi
Masterpiece!
Crokus Label
Almost looks like a ghost up there… ;)
Love this shot… it is well structured… :)
Pete Chennell
brilliant shot
caseycastille
Great capture! Those colors are just gorgeous. I’m from this part of the country, so this conjures up all sorts of good memories.
billyboy
MtnMan, your art certainly does the talkin. This is one amazing composition!
KylieForster
interesting shot! unusual perspective and attractive subject. i’d be curious to see it in bw too!
Janet Fikar
Hey MtnMan – just looked through your portfolio. Super work! You certainly have a gift. Keep them coming.
Irene Burdell
This amazing,the colours and composition are fantastic.
Eyal Nahmias
Excellent comp, perspective and light. Image has depth and I like the fact that the spiral does not occupy the whole frame, There is a beautiful artistic and calm qualities to this comp. Well done.
HouseofSixCats
Absolutely stunning!
emapearl
really cool shot. :)
Rebecca Ogden
beautiful, very nice pov. good shot!
Jonicool
beautiful!
Sophie Shapiro
Wow this is wonderful! Well done!S
marcelfineart
Awesome image!
EnVee
cool shot! well done
pinkyjain
Wow, brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Outdoors2
Great Shot lighting and neutral tones make it so warm and inviting
a fan of architecture and fine craftsmanship too, quite a project this was
sugarbear
The lighting is wonderful! Wonderful work.
John Douglas
ah, I love spirals, nicely done
mimi yoon
interior of a seashell…
Mark Ramstead replied
Spirals are simply beautiful if difficult to build. I was lucky this shot worked.
Mundy Hackett
Very nice!
lolowe
This image made me sorta dizzy. I like the perspective and the color.
Mark Ramstead replied
Dizzy? Need to lay down a minute? Thanks for the look… :)
Mugsy
Excellent!
AmandaGWright
This is a stunning image, the composition is fantastic and the colors are wondeful.
tuffcookie
a very cool spiral staircase. i have always loved these. mind you they are no easy to climb lol
Jerame *
Striking!
HeatherTS
i love the south…of coursed i am a bit partial!
it’s so damned hot here in Texas today….it’s almost 100 out with the humidity…niiiiice! lmao im sweatin all over my painting
Mark Ramstead replied
I wish I could witness this wet process you are describing…
klezedawg
fantastic perspective
jlynn
Excellent light and perspective,, very interesting image!
Craig Hender
Very cool indeed! Love the pov and warm tones.
Tara Sheffer-A...
OH WOW!!! It’s not Myrtles Plantation is it??? Looks like a beautiful historical place! I live too far away to visit this one though LOL!!!!
One day I really would like to visit Myrtles though! EXCELLENT SHOT!!!
Mark Ramstead
I think it was Shadows by the Tesh, does that sound right? I could be wrong and would have to check my vacation album… Thanks
Nuh Sarche
wonderful composition!
helene ruiz
excellent!
Louise Cooke
love this spiraling shapes, and so beautifully light :)
abeigh
This is amazing. Love it.
linaji
I always fav a good spiral staircase shot.. excellent
Mark Ramstead replied
Shots of spiral staircases could be a website of it’s own. We never tire of them. I was lucky to get this shot.
shanmclean
brilliant work!!
RMonroe
Sooo Cool..:)
DavidAmosPhoto...
What excellent line and framing.
Danielle Espin
Fantastic work! lovely tone and colour and style.
Mark Ramstead replied
Thank you!
Joanne Bradley
Wow! Exceptional shot!
Unspoken
Gorgeous color and design, this is beautiful!
Mark Ramstead replied
Welcome to Redbubble! Thanks.
Paul Vanzella
so well shot – and keeping the exposure so spot on – well done!
navybrat
two thumbs up!!
PPPhotoArt
OMG this is another superb shot
absolutely love it and your perspective!!!!
excellent job
Catherine Crim...
oh man oh man…this is such an amazing shot…. the depth and dizziness is unreal
Mark Ramstead replied
I wish I could go back with an even better lens and take this shot, but truth be told I was lucky to hold the camera still enough to get this… Thanks very much.
amarica
Perfect!
naturelover
The lighting and angle of this are just superb- wonderful work- a fav for me!!!
Jervaulx
Hi
I love spirals and this staircase is magnificent, the lighting is perfect,
Andrew Hoisington
Man, that is amazing lighting. I like your perspective in this!
Mark Ramstead replied
The lighting was there, holding the camera still was the trick…
DiEtte Henderson
Fantastic! I know what you mean about holding still, I find myself holding my breath every time I take a shot!
Mark Ramstead
Thanks I will try to get the name of this particular plantation to you…
Marilyns
fantastic colors and composition ! bravo Mtnman ! for your eye and for having kept your camera still !
Robert Larson
Really great shot, slightly disorienting!
Kaimarie
cool shot
Renee Dawson
This is an amazing image Mark.
ToddDuvall
Amazing perspective and light! Well done.
Anita Schep
WOW! I love this shot….amazing…. nothing new to say about it that hasnt been said, but its extraordinary!
cjcabasal
nice lights
nice colors
overall. nice composition.
Erhan OZBIYIK
GREAT SHOT !!! A masterwork… I got a lot to learn from you I think…
Mark Ramstead replied
Just need to be in the right place in this instance. (and hold still)
Glenn Storey
Wow great image, have never seen so many comments attached to an image.
Looks very organic almost like a type of shell.
Mark Ramstead replied
It is a popular shot! Wish I could try again with my Nikon wide angle lens…. alas…
salsbells69
So many people have commented..and i know why..its a spectacular shot Mark. Wonderfully exposed and composed! Excellent POV and DOF. Great lighting and fabulous angle. Well done!
salsbells69
Oh forgot to tell you..there is a group for Stairs too :)
Mark Ramstead replied
That is very helpful… Thanks.
Keeli
Very nicely done!
Flic Manning
Stunning – both in colour and in angle!
Mark Ramstead replied
Thanks very much!
NewAgeVisionz
Beautiful perspective and I like the tones…
josiem
incredible capture!!!!
Antanas
Great capture, beautiful work
blondiegirl
Oh wow!! what a great capture! I can almost feel someone looking down as we look up! well done
Laurie Search
Love the lighting! Beautiful!
DawsonImages
Great comp
shawhouse
wow, wonderful….
Madalena
Exceptional angle and composition. You have a fantastic collection of artwork!!
Mark Ramstead replied
Thank you very much.
MuscularTeeth
beautiful.
divareVeur
Wow that is outstanding! talk about curves!lol I am just taking a gander at your portfolio! you have some amazing work here! x
Mark Ramstead replied
Yeah, I keep a low profile here… (Not!)
MarcoMeyo18
Excellent shot….cool angle and nice colors!!
LauraHartley
Since I am from Lousisana, originally, I really dig this. Your treatment and angle is wonderful, and makes this much, much more than a staircase or an architectural shot….spot on
LauraHartley
And I am loving the peek at the light fixture, finally, breathlessly, at the top….
Mark Ramstead replied
So many great spiral stairway shots do not have the “chewy center” do they? Thanks.
madvlad
hey! we are going to need a better camera! too, mt man i was a mt man too but years ago when young like you, thank you for your obsivation, this is almost dizzy making! good art when your not climbing!
JohnThunderbird
apparently Freemasons also like spiral staircases and use the symbol frequently. DNA comes to mind.
Mark Ramstead replied
Really? I am unaware of the spiral / mason connection… Hmmmm
JohnThunderbird
spiral staircases, chequered floors, heaps of good stuff.
Jayca
I LOVE spiral staircases!!!! This is a wonderful shot!
Mark Ramstead replied
Thanks! It holds it’s own…
Mohsen Bayramn...
Wow MtnMan! this is something…!
I’m speechless somehow by it’s creative composition. the most lovely thing is this image have all that simplicity… well done!
Laura Cutmore
wow this is awesome! makes my head hurt somewhat, in a vertigo way. fantastic shot
TextureoftheSin
Fantastic! Love the change of light and the way the stair spirals through the image
chen cohen
great shot!!!!!
LoveMy7Cs
Phenomenal shot!
Love the lighting!
tuffcookie
I love this one! I’ve always had a love of spiral staircases. beautifully done :)
Rosina Lamberti
Like everything about this. Very cool shot.
Steve Chapple
Great handheld…..lines, perspective and lighting all used to great effect!
Tim Everding
Cool shot! great angle!
deahna
Love the POV and the lighting here. Great image!!!
Mark Ramstead replied
Thank you.
escape
Wonderful shot.
mrscboretti
Incredible!
Mindy McGregor
Great work!
Angel Warda
this is so cool! almost magical!!!!
queenB
Haunting…. I’m dying to know who’s up there…
Mark Ramstead replied
Just a lamp…
CiaoBella
exquisite image, I love this type of shot and this has a swirling wave crest quality to it
micees
That is a real good shot Mr.Man! Singular indeed.
mekea
WOW….this is beautiful! LOVE IT!
Tara Sheffer-A...
Love this!!! Very nice!!!
Carol-Anne Kozik
Beautiful – Anything with a spiral in it is always very alluring – just like a fern frond opening up, to symbolize new life.
Love all your works – you are so talented xx
sunrender
wonderful shot!
Simone Maynard
great comp.
linda858100
FABULOUS
Earhart Chappe...
i think all of the above covers it ! lol. its a beauty! c from earhert chappel
Ann Rodriquez
Absolutely remarkable!
kitsch
wonderful rich colour & perfect angle/composition, love it!
KcranmerArt
Love this shot Mark…excellent perspective and tones!
jaycee
I absolutely adore this shot.. captivating and draws you in.
Rachel Leigh
I may have commented on this already but the comment list is tooooo long to double check, haha. Love the pov and composition! Wonderful work!
Mark Ramstead replied
That happens! The site is like a gallery in that way, and customers will likely comment on the same things they like. Thanks for dropping in again… It is my pleasure.
Joanne Bradley
Excellent perspective used to capture this spiral staircase. On its own the architecture is magnificent but you have elevated it to abstract art with this shot!
Anthea Slade
You have an amazing eye and perspective on things. I so love the curve and colour in this one.
newbeltane
lovely shot & great use of the ROT (Rule of Thirds![]())
Steve ;-D
Mark Ramstead replied
The golden rules… rule…
rupertrussell
wow
lindybird
All of your work is awesome!
Mark Ramstead replied
I still remember my art teachers in High School… one of them was my Track and Cross Country coach. There was a distinct transition between running and learning how to make art…
lindybird
I showed some of your work to my students today. Redbubble has proven to be an amazing teaching tool for me. I have a ceilng-mounted projector, and can bring up RB on my computer, and project it onto my pull-down screen. We talked about composition, lighting, line, shape, contour, contrast, etc. All of those elements are strongly present in your work. Thanks for helping us out!
Mark Ramstead replied
I wanted to teach in college. I have an MFA. I graduated during the Reagan recession, and they put a hiring freeze on the state college system, and now my job (DHL) is in jeopardy because of the Bush recession. Grrrrrr…. Anyway, I did get to teach one intermediate drawing class, and I cried when that great experience ended… You are welcome.
lindybird
GRRRRRR, indeed!!! Blasted Reagan and Bush disasters! Don’t know how Reagan got voted Best American. Don’t get it. I’ll let you know whenever I use your work for my classes, and you can teach vicariously!
gjones85
Great work mate, I love the composition. GREAT!
cougarfan
Excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very awesome shot:)))))))))))))
mekea
So beautiful!!!!!
TFFDavid
Stunning work my friend.
Stanley Ching
WOW
linda858100
lovely
Mark Ramstead replied
Linda? You close by these plantations. Have you been to any of them?
Dave Corn
SoooooooWell Done!
Kevin Whiting
Incredible lighting.
The shot is crystal clear too. Fantastic.
Monique Alvis
very cool!
LOVE your work
CiaoBella
love the perspective and warmth of the light
dearhonestyx
oh my! this is such a great picture.
so warm.
(and thank you for adding my ‘untitled’ as a favorite! i was flattered.)
Jewd
Stunning drama…
jomash
Great shot, the the feeling of vertigo makes me dizzy so powerful….. xxx
bigbear2311
Fantastic photograph!!!
i l d i l a z...
Brilliant composition and lights!
MichelleR
This is fantastic! Extremely creative. Great job!
Tammera
SIMPLY SPECTACULAR…LOVE THE TONES AND LIGHTING!!!
SueAnne
Totally AWESOME shot, the tones are just perfect with a burst of light at the top.
David Hibberd
I love it
HelmD
PERFECT I love the light at the top and the contrast it brings to this image!!! Spirals are VERY intriguing!!!
Isa Rodriguez
amazing !!!
sunsetrainbow
Great work
Helene Henderson
Beautiful . . . and, yikes, the vertigo! Very powerful.
Roka
Electric!
Charlie08
Awesome!
Maria Moro
please consider one of your artworks for our Spiral Shapes Challenge
Marie Monroe
nautilus your usual fareus.
lgg530
I took the same shot only with a lower level camera at Houmas, and mine pales in comparison. Really nice capture of the architecture and brilliance of those quality builders.
AmandaGWright
This one remains my ALL TIME FAVORITE of your images.
Chanel2
Great perspective here.
Nice shot.
sugarshorts2u
WOW. Wonderful lighting, shadowing. Makes me want to lay on the floor and get lost in it.
banrai
superb photography…
bluewhite
I love this. I have some spiral stairs. Wonder what treasures lie coiled up in them.
Tenee Attoh
Fantastic work!! wonderful capture
Carol Barona
fantastic capture and angle
Mui-Ling Teh
This is a cool perspective! The lighting is lovely too!
Songmistress
This is an incredible shot, Mark. Well done.
Mark Ramstead replied
Thank you!
walela
Well, I have gotten older trying to reach the bottom of the comment list to leave my comment, but it was worth it. This is a fantastic shot!
Mark Ramstead replied
I suspect not too old though… ; )
Chris Fawkes
I love this image.
BLYTHART
It is easy to see how you got so many comments – marvellous photo!!!!!
Scott d'Almeida
outstanding
MarianBendeth
Just fantastic in every way!
Wayne Gerard T...
Very cool!
tmtphotography
Lovely shot!!
Barbara Rahal
SPOT ON MARK!!! awesome composition and luminosity!
Mui-Ling Teh
Nice composition and framing. It’s amazing that even in an open stairwell the lighting above and below can be so different!
Mark Ramstead replied
Warm interior lights below and outdoor lightb from a window above I believe.
Alexander King
wow my first comment on this site goes to this amazing photo , very well done .
Kristin Reynolds
my goodness is this stunning! I mean, come on, awesome shot!
Mark Ramstead replied
Lucky really… It is the only spiral staircase I ever even tried to shoot, I was not really prepared for it and if I had not held the camera still, ( which I did) the moment would have been lost…
Paul Woloschuk
Wonderful composition.
I love the monochromatic effect of the brown colour of the stairs and the lower ceiling finishing in full colour at the top.
Malena Design
Fantastic work, Mark!!!
Anne McGinn
marvelous capture
Santamaria
Stunning capture of the ‘golden section’ design..and love the strong colours
Tanya Bright
Brilliant composition.
Kendra Taber
Great spiral staircase..wowwie!! LOVELY PERSPECTIVE!!
Mel Brackstone
Wonderful view, Mark!
areid about 1 month ago
This would be great for Spectacular Spirals
Christie Moses 28 days ago
this is truly an amazing image Mark. xoxo
Mark Ramstead replied 28 days ago
You know Christie this is a private residence and I can see you being the woman of the house…
saEnarts 28 days ago
Mark Ramstead replied 28 days ago
Thank you so very much for this honor. I was so very lucky to get and keep this shot…
Andrea Ida Rausch 27 days ago
This is really outstanding…....wonderful stairs, wonderful perspective and wonderful lighting!
Congrats on the well deserved feature!
charliethetramp 27 days ago
spiral stair cases mesmerise my psyche
great image mark
midzing 19 days ago
fantastic shot Mark,,, love the perspective and lighting, well done
Koon 15 days ago
Wow! This is dramatic..