Inspired by Nature

Artist: Paul Tupman
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Inspired by Nature

Spiral staircase in the Vatican Museum.
I love spiral staircases and this is an amazing example. Definately inspired by nature, when you looked at it you coudn’t help but see the shell like forms appearing. I would love to photograph this with nobody else around, but I actually feel the people add some scale to this piece and I dont mind them being there at all. If I didnt have the Vatican Guards looking over my shoulder I would have been there all day!

Inspired by Nature belongs to the following groups:

Architectural Photography, Italy and all things Italian, Masterpiece: Photography and Stairs

Victor(Vic) Be..., 9 months ago

great perspective and burned tones of sepia !
Paul Tupman, 9 months ago

Thanks Stran9e!
Deri Dority, 9 months ago

Awesome image!!
Paul Tupman, 9 months ago

Thanks Derid!
sueKay, 9 months ago

by far one of the best shots I’ve seen of this staircase…love the perspective!
Paul Tupman, 9 months ago

Thanks Sue.. appreciate the comment!
Chloe Flathers, 9 months ago

wow the perspective is so great! Love this!
Paul Tupman, 9 months ago

Thanks Chloe!
paulspoon, 9 months ago

This is a great shot Paul. I think that having the people there is better that having it empty. Fantastic.
Paul Tupman, 9 months ago

Thanks Paul.. I appreciate your comment about the people.. I agree!
midzing, 9 months ago

perfect image, well done
Paul Tupman, 9 months ago

Cheers Midzing
hdphotos, 9 months ago

love this, great lines!
Paul Tupman, 9 months ago

Thanks hdphotos!
Kim Roper, 9 months ago

Lovely curving lines and tones, the people definately add perspective, so much to look at!
Paul Tupman, 9 months ago

Thanks Kim.. the people seem to be getting the thumbs up! :-)
myart, 9 months ago

Cool image. It’s look very good.
Paul Tupman, 9 months ago

Cheers myart!
pmistric, 9 months ago

This is fantastic. Love how you captured the spiral. Beautiful architecture and I like how you have humans in this photos for an interesting effect.
Madison Ellis, 9 months ago

Very cool!
Paul Tupman, 9 months ago

Thanks pmistric and Madison.. another Aye for the people!
cynthiab, 9 months ago

stunning details
Emma Anderson, 9 months ago

Fabulous shot, excellent perspective.
Paul Tupman, 9 months ago

Thankyou Cynthia and Alterego!
Paul Tait, 9 months ago

i love the spia effect here. Having the people on the staircase adds to the dynamic feel. Great work!
Paul Tupman, 9 months ago

Cheers Paul!
Per Einar Gunn..., 9 months ago

Wonderful shot, perfect timing and sephia tones
Paul Tupman, 9 months ago

Thanks Per..
funkyfacestudio, 9 months ago

Beautiful architecture, nice work.
Paul Tupman, 9 months ago

Thanks funkyface.. :-)
Benjamin Scheurer, 9 months ago

sensational lines!
Paul Tupman, 9 months ago

Cheers Benjamin!
Lisa Kenny, 9 months ago

Paul this is so good! ~ i love the tones, ..and the compostiion is wonderful!
Paul Tupman, 9 months ago

Thanks Lisa.. really appreciate your comment! :-)
Paul Gana, 9 months ago

awesome shot, good perspective and usage of people for scale and the sepia tone
Paul Tupman, 9 months ago

Thanks for the comment Paul..
Jason Byrne (joB), 9 months ago

interesting perspective!
Paul Tupman, 9 months ago

Cheers Jason!
Martin Mullen, 9 months ago

Super image!
The sepia works well with this, and of course the composition is top notch!
Excellent!
Paul Tupman, 9 months ago

Thanks Martin.. I appreciate the comment!
joolz, 9 months ago

Great capture. I love the sepia tone which emphasizes the age and granduer of the building.
Paul Tupman, 9 months ago

Thanks Joolz… the building certainly does have some grandeur to it!
Jenny Haskey, 9 months ago

Fantastic perspective, great colour and lovely use of light. Perfect capture too – are those peeps models or is it perfect timing? Amazing shot!
Paul Tupman, 9 months ago

Thanks Jenny.. The people were memebers of the paying public! I wish I could set up a shoot there! Lucky with the timing I guess! :-)
Gracey, 9 months ago

This is great – shadowing and light work together very well here.
rikkipaul, 9 months ago

beautiful treatment.
Alan Rodmell, 9 months ago

Brilliant shot – everything about this shot works. Well done
Paul Tupman, 9 months ago

Thanks so much Gracey, rikkipaul and Alan.. really appreciate the comments! :-)
googa, 9 months ago

Fantastic shot well done !
Paul Tupman, 9 months ago

Thanks Googa! :-)
CiaoBella, 9 months ago

I love this – just so beautiful
Angela Damecki, 9 months ago

Nice!
Mel Brackstone, 9 months ago

It’s a fabulous sight, I’d love to see it in RL! Love the sepia tones
Helene Kippert, 9 months ago

Amazing image!
Paul Tupman, 9 months ago

Thanks all for all the great comments on this one! :-)
Crokus Label, 9 months ago

I like the perspective that the people there add to your photograph… Great shot … :)
Paul Tupman, 9 months ago

Thank you Crokus Label.. greatly appreciated! :-)
Hougaard Malan, 9 months ago

damn this is amazing….wish i had a building to photograph nearly as great as the vatican.
Paul Tupman, 9 months ago

Damn, thanks hougaard! :-)
Samantha Cole-..., 9 months ago

WOW this is splendid! What a gorgeous shot!
xx Sam
Paul Tupman, 9 months ago

Thanks Sam! :-)
Helen Bascom KMA, 9 months ago

Wow, this is beautiful. The angle of the shot draws the eye down, down, down. Great photograph.
Paul Tupman, 9 months ago

Thanks Helen for a great comment.. :-)
Colin Tobin, 9 months ago

Expert shot!
Love the toning.
kaylarenee, 9 months ago

beautiful!
Paul Tupman, 9 months ago

Thank you Colin and Kaylarenee.. :-)
Lachlan Kent, 9 months ago

Very cool.. nice timing to capture the people in the same position spaced evenly apart
Paul Tupman, 9 months ago

Thanks Lachlan… timing can be everything! :-)
Joe Mortelliti, 9 months ago

Neat selection Paul
Paul Tupman, 9 months ago

Thank you Joe.. :-)
elbambino, 9 months ago

great piece of work, it’s something different and beautiful, lines are amazing here.. beautifully geometric..
Paul Tupman, 9 months ago

Thank you elbambino for a great comment.. :-)
HouseofSixCats, 8 months ago

Very cool, great perspective!
Paul Tupman, 8 months ago

Thanks Houseofsixcats! :-)
Christophe Testi, 8 months ago

Masterpiece. Your work is amazing.
Paul Tupman, 8 months ago

WOW! Thank you so much Christophe! :-)
Al Neaimi, 8 months ago

Beautiful , excellent shot
Dakolina, 8 months ago

this is exceptionally good
memory, 8 months ago

Your portfolio is crammed with brilliant photography.
David Harris, 8 months ago

Splendid shot! the tones and shadows realy show of this beautiful work of art. Great work Paul.
Birgitta, 8 months ago

I think of M.C.Escher when I see this. (one of my favourites)
And yes, it does look like a large shell. I too adore spiral staircases-
this is propably among the top best 3 I’ve ever seen. (Photographically
speaking, that is.) Gorgeous work and VERY cool photo!

I think I prefer it with people. :-)
emapearl, 8 months ago

increbible shot :)
shanghaiwu, 8 months ago

awesome work
adriano, 8 months ago

Great shot! fav this.
Stephen Colquitt, 8 months ago

Another great shot of yours to add to my favs!
Birgitta, 8 months ago

Did I tell you how much I like this??!

Oh right.
Been here.
Heh…....
Birgitta, 8 months ago

(seriously, my all time favourite here..of ALL shots.)
I like it that much.
Jeremy Harrington, 8 months ago

another amazing photo.. this image has a great perspective and fantastic lines.. well done
elbambino, 8 months ago

MASTERPIECE
GingerSnaps, 7 months ago

Très cool.. I’m actually feeling a little dizzy looking at it..!!
Beautiful tones and perfect composition
earthangel, 7 months ago

Great stuff , framing is brilliant
bites, 7 months ago

Unreal!!
Daniel Rarela, 7 months ago

Aaaah…. i was here when i visited Rome… this place attracts so many photographers its not even funny… what i love with your shot, however, is that you chose not to include the entire spiral, seeing as to how thats exactly what a lot of people tend to do when they take pictures of this staircase. and the people in this photo really add to it as well, especially since they create their own pattern on the staircase! i.e – 1st stair level is empty, 2nd stair level has a person, 3rd stair level is empty again, 4th stair level has a person, and so on. tonal range is great too!

hehe i could go on and on but i’ll just say this is an overall brilliant shot and leave it at that! great work, Paul!
Lumineux, 6 months ago

Phenomenal! You definitely have an eye for a heart stopping composition.
Steve Bulford, 6 months ago

Really great work! Love the composition and pov!
Weshon Hornsby, 6 months ago

This is a truly stunning shot!!!
coffeebean, 6 months ago

I know it’s an incredible staircase isn’t it, i thought my pic of it was nice but this is AWESOME. Well done and i actually love seeing the people in it.
Rebs O, 6 months ago

great! i agree, the people add to it. what a fab shot!
mieclarke, 6 months ago

great capture. gorgeous!
mhollestelle, 6 months ago

I went with school for a week to Rome, but we didn’t see the Vatican museum, so I missed this. This picture makes me want to go back!
bobdollar, 5 months ago

awesome! nice work.
GerryMac, 5 months ago

amazing perspective! just love your creativity and work Paul!
Ani Corless, 5 months ago

this one is perfection
Christian Hartung, 5 months ago

great photo well done
MeaganMiller, 5 months ago

This is a beautiful shot. I love the composition.
karenanderson, 5 months ago

fantastic perspective …. looks great in the sepia … great portfolio Paul and congrats on the Daily wrap interview ….
intheflesh, 4 months ago

Amazing point of view, great atmosphere. Frozen in time
HeatherOwen, 4 months ago

Beautiful composition…almost hypnotic quality to it. Well done, Paul.
Jean M. Laffitau, 4 months ago

WOW! What a great capture!
Craig Goldsmith, 3 months ago

Great timing and composition, this is just a well documented stair case, but your tighter then average crop gives it a fresh new feel.
Christian Hartung, 3 months ago

awesome perception, well done
David Wyatt, 2 months ago

Fantastic shot!
Girl WithACamera, 2 months ago

Beautiful tones and comppsition!
Paul Tupman, 2 months ago

Thanks again to everyone for all your fantastic comments on this.. its definately one of my favourites… :-)
augz, 2 months ago

Like this very much! Great light and looks great in sepia
Globalphotos, 2 months ago

Wonderful perspective and tones, this is an awesome shot :)
Phil Deaves, about 1 month ago

Wow…this is just amazing. Just about perfect….hard to find any fault. Great work.
Paul Tupman, about 1 month ago

Thank you Phil.. I really appreciate that. :-)
Naomi Mawson, about 1 month ago

Beautiful tones and an interesting perspective – I like the way the heads down into the bottom corner.
Robyn Carter, about 1 month ago

Fantastic tonal colour and composition.
stormyseas, 25 days ago

Great symmetry
Jacqueline Bar..., 23 days ago

this is an amazing capture. and you’re right, the people fit well in this shot. i love your treatment. well done.
serilium, 22 days ago

this is a fantasic shot … i just love it
Elana Bailey, 11 days ago

Fab perspective of this stunning spiral staircase. Love the use of sepia and the people included too. Well done.