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Not Exactly a Stairway to Heaven

Not Exactly a Stairway to Heaven

We suppose you all are old enough to remember “Stairway to Heaven”, the song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. This is not a stairway to heaven. It is just a short little stairway in Oslo, Norway, photographed in the night. Cold and lonely, but neither leading to heaven nor to hell. Just helping you get up the little hill – and with a light to lead your way at the top – which is not to bad either, for a stairway……
Handheld, we took two pictures and combined them to reduce the noise. First time we tried this combinations and are quite pleased with the result. The two handheld single pictures have visibly more noise than this combined one!

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model NIKON D700
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isoEquiv 6400
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3. March 2010, 00:05 hide details Posted in: Architecture & Art, Urban The permalink address (URI) of this photo is: http://framedandshot.com/2010/03/03/not-exactly-a-stairway-to-heaven/

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  1. Nice exposure you’ve created in this image. And yes, I remember the song from my middle school days when it was overplayed on the radio.

    Kala — March 3rd, 2010 at 00:21

  2. great perspective

    Chantal — March 3rd, 2010 at 02:04

  3. Truly amazing capture

    Deepa — March 3rd, 2010 at 02:55

  4. Looks like a frame from science fiction movie !

    Sidney — March 3rd, 2010 at 05:52

  5. I do not think that at the end of the stairway there’s Robert Plant :) , but I like the photo, has an amazing vertical depth and an interesting sharpness

    fabrizio — March 3rd, 2010 at 07:05

  6. Utrolig stilig perspektiv på trappen som er på vei rett til himmels :)

    Rune — March 3rd, 2010 at 10:52

  7. When this first opened and I saw the top half I thought it was a raised rail track or ride of some sort then the stairs appeared was a cool transition to see, have never tried combining two shots but it sure worked well here

    and yes I remember the song well, if I remember rightly is about 8 Min long which was quite unusual but so cool a song I still love it

    JJ — March 3rd, 2010 at 11:35

  8. Herlig bilde og passet godt til teksten. Flott jobba

    Heidi Fossen — March 3rd, 2010 at 14:36

  9. at first i thought this was the tracks of a roller coaster.. lol! but looking at it closely i see how nice it looks.. very nice capture.. :)

    rian — March 3rd, 2010 at 18:22

  10. Cool image, love the light especially on the rails. Great dark tones and mood. Like the perspective and the appearance of the rails are awesome.

    John Maslowski — March 3rd, 2010 at 20:48

  11. Cool shot, really looks like a stairway to heaven, even if it is in Oslo :-) Nice work

    Ivar — March 3rd, 2010 at 23:05

  12. Nice color on the top of the stairs.
    Nice work !

    Sylvain — March 4th, 2010 at 01:32

  13. Aaah but if there was an image to the Stairway to Heaven song..this would be what I might imagine. Wonderful..moody capture!!!

    Marcie — March 4th, 2010 at 10:37

  14. Great night time shot! Love the shining metal rails.

    Andy — March 4th, 2010 at 14:24

  15. A friend of mine had the priest and his wife playing the guitar and singing this song on their wedding :-) Great capture!

    Frida — March 4th, 2010 at 15:27

  16. Excellent symmetry. Nice job.

    Tom — March 4th, 2010 at 16:12

  17. amazing image! love the symmetry!

    Suzanne — March 4th, 2010 at 16:19

  18. very nice! I thought it was rail road tracks … !

    crash — March 4th, 2010 at 20:41

  19. Great perspective and fantastic light.

    BoB — March 5th, 2010 at 05:11

  20. This looks quite familiar. If I’m correct this is not far from where I live. Could you tell me where exactly it is taken in Oslo?

    Kjetil — March 5th, 2010 at 05:34

  21. really nice one! at first I didn’t even realize it was stairs. I thought it was some kind of rail line or something. great POV!

    Charles Dastodd — March 5th, 2010 at 09:11

  22. Nice one almost like a rail road.

    Morten Pedersen — March 5th, 2010 at 14:33

  23. buena prspectiva e iluminación

    NJ & SB Photography — March 6th, 2010 at 15:00

  24. Great perspective and gread mood.

    Nicolas B. — March 6th, 2010 at 17:12

  25. Flott bilde flotte farger :)

    Ragnar Steinmoen — March 7th, 2010 at 11:29

  26. For et tøft bilde, både naturealistisk og helt over i det surrealistiske! Kult!

    Objektiv-t — March 8th, 2010 at 13:35

  27. Very nice ! Great tones !

    ?éline — March 8th, 2010 at 17:31

  28. the perspective made it so nice! excellent mood!

    joshi daniel — March 9th, 2010 at 05:13

  29. Great perspective and composition! Excellent work!

    Andrei Barbu — March 9th, 2010 at 07:29

  30. Har aldri hørt om den arbeidsmåten for å redusere stør. Men du verden som det funka :-) Godt gjort å få to håndholdte bilder så identiske at dere kunne bearbeide dem videre.
    Morsomt persketiv på trappa. Er det den som går opp til Slottsparken fra Drammensveien? Ser mye lengre ut her enn den gjør i virkeligheten…
    Fint lys også. Likte særlig godt linjene og det blå skjæret øverst oppe mot himmelen :-)

    Ståle — March 9th, 2010 at 07:44

  31. Jøss, sier som Ståle at denne arbeidsmåten har jeg aldri hørt om tidligere. Resultatet ble i hvert fall alle tiders! Ser jo ut som om det er en “stairway to heaven”… og jeg har gode minner til den sangen. ;)

    Inger Johanne — March 9th, 2010 at 12:03

  32. Bonsoir,
    A nice perspective..Beautiful composition..bravo!

    jelb — March 9th, 2010 at 17:01

  33. First thought when I saw this was that it was a speeding train on a track going up hill. Thank you for writing details on this shot.

    Brian H. — March 11th, 2010 at 16:30

  34. Great perspective,very good shot.

    foto-rolero54 — March 13th, 2010 at 08:59

  35. A really interesting shot! nice!

    food photography singapore — March 16th, 2010 at 21:01

  36. I really like this composition a lot. Also, the lighting you achieved is very nice.

    Mike Paulison — March 18th, 2010 at 08:37

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