going down...

Vikki (@summerfield) agreed to be a human element on the stairs as we were leaving Commerce Court in the financial district on Saturday night... :)

[☠northy]

@summerfield - thank you!!!

[Graeme Stevens]

Excellent shot and processing, like this a lot

[Karen Smale]

I love the lighting and the way the stairs (which are very clean and simple) are leading out to the possibly chaotic night (with all those lights and fragments of lights). Really great mood!

[Annie D]

what a wonderful human element she is :)

[Simply Amanda]

Look at that thug you got in there. So cool. I mean, Vicki looks great. Love me some human element!!! @summerfield

[Bill Fenske]

Awesome lighting and capture.

Hi there my friend. @summerfield

[Ukandie!]

Super shot, love the light and the processing.

[Kerri]

Awesome shot

[~~JT]

Way cool shot! Good to have a willing human element.

@summerfield Great humaning, Vikki! ;)

[Lisa Stein]

Very moody shot. Love the lighting.

[Gabi]

Beautiful lighting in this scene. Love it.

[Kristin]

Really great lighting and feeling of desolation. fav.

[Yao RL]

I can hear the foot steps. Lovely night shot.

[Suse♡]

Excellent noir shot!

[Andrew]

love the isolated figure. wonderful. fav

[Issi Bannerman]

Kinda spooky! Nice though.

[Laura]

Lovely photo.

[Sue]

Feels very creepy :p

[GiGi]

Perfect

[Junko Y]

That human element is essential for showing the sense of "going down."

[Lindy]

Fabulous light. Very moody.

[Andy Mcculloch]

You've created a really atmospheric shot.

[Laura]

Beautiful!

[Steve]

not your usual cup of tea but I like it a lot an very strong image - more please

[Steve Angell]

Awesome.
As ever.

[☠northy]

@scarybird tx! And funny you should say that... For a long stretch, most of what I did was like this :)

[Bill Fenske]

Why would I say anything about Vikki's shoes?

[☠northy]

@bill_fe i dunno... ask her... she didn't want them mentioned ;p

[Bill Fenske]

@northy @summerfield I did notice them yesterday, but failed to notice the tags then. :-D

[kali]

plain old runners! she seems the kind of lady to wear very fancy shoes eh vikki @summerfield

[Margaret Obey]

Great sense of isolation.

[Cathrine Mitchell]

Best seem enlarged on black. Love it. I like your model choice. @summerfield FAV

[Kitti Nelson]

Great image - love the sense of moving through the image that your model gives - wonderfully composed.

[summerfield]

@annied @amandal @voiceprintz - i was told to walk down the steps, i'm a good human! :-)

@northy - good thing you post in b&w then no one would know that my runners were of neon orange and neon green colours! :-) @bill_fe

[☠northy]

@summerfield indeed... you take direction well :)

[summerfield]

now, about the photo. it looks a bit ominous, doesn't it? it's like that door's going to suddenly open and suck me right out into the cold night! did i really look like a hobo that night? :-P

[☠northy]

@summerfield I dunno... Didn't think you looked hobo-ish at all... You were walking w such purpose! Too bad I missed the shot when you did the arabesque at the bottom ;)

[summerfield]

@northy - awww! schucks! i was hoping you did but i knew you didn't because you were busy rolling your eyes when i looked at you! tee-hee!

[☠northy]

@summerfield we'll have to try it again sometime! Someone at work suggested night time street photography... Need to do some research for good spots, but I'm liking the idea... Have to shoot at high ISO, but I've been having some success with it so may be worth the experiment... Not sure when, but if we can find the time and suitable spot, wanna give it a go?

[summerfield]

@northy - sure! i'll bring a fancy pair of shoes with my tripod! :-P

[☠northy]

@summerfield no - no tripod... And comfortable shoes... Well - at least, that would be my plan... Do the ninja thang ;p

[summerfield]

@northy - okay, but i will at least bring my monopod. we have to have some kind of protection against thugs. yeah, kinda like the ninja!

[Richard Sayer]

Love the grittyy, moody feel of this... Fav.

[James_Nicholas]

I love these shots!