Market Stairs

At the Ancient Agora, the original site of ancient Athens, this is in the same marketplace building as the b&w shot of the columns, restored by the Rockefeller Foundation in the 1950s.
Combined 3 bracketed shots using Photomatix. Processed to bring out the details and textures. Decided not to convert to b&w as I liked the warmer tones.
Conference has started so little time for photos.

[Graham Thresher]

Fabulous shot.

[Beryl Lloyd]

A wonderful capture -- lovely light in the doorway drawing your eyes up all those steps and the whole scene in mono tones -fav

[june milner]

Super tones and textures

[Shailesh]

beautifully captured...

[Kerri]

Awesome shot

[Shepherdman's Wife]

Favulous processing

[Cathie]

Wonderful shot, Taffy. Such a fascinating part of the world!

[Elyse Klemchuk]

This is so cool!

[Simply Amanda]

Oh such a neat pov! Kinda trippy!

[Linda]

Cool shot!

[Diana Moss]

Great pov

[Maggiemae]

Photomatix is so good - makes a photo stand out like this one!

[sally agnew]

Great perspective, love the steps leading into the arched doorway :)

[Irene]

Instant fav

[Kathy Burzynski]

LOVE this - fav

[Gayle Sears]

I love all the texture.

[Tony]

Fantastic use of the HDR, looks terrific. Fav

[Yeshanghai]

Great POV and textures

[Babs]

Fabulous shot and I love the illusion. You really have to look a few times to figure if the steps are going up or down. Very clever.

[Joan Robillard]

Funny how sometimes a picture that is almost BW can just be better with the warmer tones or color. You have a lot of detail here.

[Kane Arlow]

Beautiful shot, and what a place. I will have to download photomatix for when I do HDR with the new camera.

[Call me Joe]

Very striking capture!!

[Kathleen Hinkaty]

Stunning! fav

[Joan]

Love this..

[Sandy]

Oh I really like this and how it draws my eye up the stairs.

[Lisa Poland]

Fabulous textures and colors!

[Erika]

Great staircase shot. Love the textures and wide angle perspective.

[Emiko]

Stunning! I love the color tone and simplicity!

[Tom]

Love the textures, subtle colors and the pov

[Peter Dulis]

lovely POV...

[eDorre]

Love the sense of wonder.....

[Rosie Kerr]

Singing the awesome lines song. :) So glad you didn't put this into b&w.... the tones are beautiful.

[Dianne]

Nicely done - the steps lead your eye into the image.

[Elizabeth]

Super shot of the different textures in the stone walls and steps!

[Joyce]

Great shot and processing Taffy

[Dione Giorgio]

Excellent shot and processing. Fav.

[Rachel]

It makes me want to go up the stairs and explore. What an interesting place!

[AC]

Wonderful... just love traveling vicariously through your images!

[bkb in the city]

What a great pov

[Annie D]

I love stairs and these are full of character

[Leon Buijs]

Great PoV and processing,

[Judith Johnson]

I love the contrasts between the stairs and the walls.

[Ivan]

Has a lovely feel, and perspective - fav.

[Rosan]

Excellent shot and processing. Great textures and tones

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Excellent shot!

[carol white]

A super perspective and great processing. Fav!! 😃

[☠northy]

Wonderful pov, and a it of trompe d'oeuil to boot :)

[Osia Strasner]

Beautiful textures in the walls and the stairs!
Hope the conference goes well, and that you get some time to do some sightseeing at this beautiful island....it is quite a special place with incredible history and beauty!

[Sarah Munnings]

such gorgeous textures Taffy.

[Nicole]

This is fabulous Taffy! It does play tricks with my mind thoug, one moment I see the stairs going up and the next they look to go down ;)

[Gena Pegg]

Love this...it is almost an optical illusion. (going up or down...at first sight I wasn't sure) Fantastic!!

[Darlene]

I love this photo, Taffy. You were right to leave it in color and not B&W. The detail you captured is amazing. FAV

[Eric di Bosco]

Great eye for architectural lines as always, and your processing is spot-on.

[Keri]

Love the warm tones in the stone

[Margaret Obey]

Great processing. The warmth of the shot is great.

[Eve Pulsater]

Fab and Fave!

[Yao RL]

I like this one very much, the perspective makes me think Escher's art works.

[Julia]

very cool POV