Stairs - an open thread

[justpix]

Hi, to Broad St. in Birmingham/UK:

 

[justpix]

Hi, Weilburg Palace/Germany:

 

[justpix]

Grüezi, slippery stairs in Switzerland last week:

 

[justpix]

... and after the snow had melted:

 

[justpix]

Hi, leading to St.Peter and St. Alexander in Aschaffenburg/Germany:

 

[justpix]

Hi, NEW STREET STATION, Birmingham/UK:

 

[justpix]

Grüezi, in Andeer/Switzerland:

 

[philmarion]

Latte enjoying autumn at Glen Stewart ravine by Phil Marion, on Flickr
Staircase in Shiodome, Tokyo by Phil Marion, on Flickr
Crisscrossing staircase at Montmorency Falls - Quebec by Phil Marion, on Flickr
interior of The National Art Museum - Mexico City by Phil Marion, on Flickr
Sweeping the Rialto Bridge one morning- Venice by Phil Marion, on Flickr

 

[Kell]

There are some great shots here, but I find it interesting how few have people in.

 

[justpix]

There are some great shots here, but I find it interesting how few have people in.

Hi, to the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, with people ... :

 

[alfbranch]

I hope moving stairs count
Taken on the Copenhagen underground with my olympus XZ-1 compact

Copenhagen underground b&w by Alf Branch, on Flickr

 

[alfbranch]

On Ellis island New York

Golden stairway by Alf Branch, on Flickr

 

[alfbranch]

A back street in Durham

Back street by Alf Branch, on Flickr

 

[alfbranch]

I think this Liverpool 1 car park

Spiral-stairs1 by Alf Branch, on Flickr

 

[philmarion]

veiled Yemeni women getting water from ancient cistern by Phil Marion, on Flickr

Spiral stairs by Donato Bramante at Vatican Museums. Vatican City by Phil Marion, on Flickr

Marble spiral staircase in Supreme Court - Washington DC by Phil Marion, on Flickr

Jantar Mantar - New Delhi by Phil Marion, on Flickr

Path - Okunoin cemetery of Koyasan by Phil Marion, on Flickr

 

[justpix]

Hi, stairs for a small brook near Clugin/Switzerland:

 

[mrtoad]

L by mrcrow_uk, on Flickr

the lowry, salford

 

[mrtoad]

Hi, NEW STREET STATION, Birmingham/UK:


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[justpix]

Hi, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery:

 

[Brian G]

There are some great shots here, but I find it interesting how few have people in.

Well the theme is "Stairs" not "People walking up or down Stairs"

 

[morfis]

Stairs and a free doorway

 

[Ian W]

The Lighthouse, Glasgow.

Lighthouse Spiral Staircase by Ian Williams, on Flickr

 

[mrtoad]

kathmandu, nepal

 

[justpix]

Hi, stairs leading to a museum farm building in Fladungen/Bavaria:

 

[Brian G]

Viewing the images here, I ponder the question "When do Steps become Stairs?" (And vice versa.)

 

[morfis]

Viewing the images here, I ponder the question "When do Steps become Stairs?" (And vice versa.)

To me all stairs contain steps....

Steps being more a description of the individual increments and stairs being a collection of steps. My granddad described it to me like that about 50 years ago when climbing over a stile in Cumbria.

 

[justpix]

Viewing the images here, I ponder the question "When do Steps become Stairs?" (And vice versa.)

Hi, I think, this depends on the number, and on the distance between them. A few examples:

A path with "slip-preventers". No stairs:





Paths with steps. No stairs:








"Proper stairs" (unused):

 

[philmarion]

Kasbah of the Oudayas - Rabat, Morocco by Phil Marion, on Flickr

 

[philmarion]

stairwell in Hassan II mosque - Casablanca, Morocco by Phil Marion, on Flickr

 

[justpix]

Hi, to a tower in Kastellaun/Germany:

 

[Brian G]

To me all stairs contain steps....

Steps being more a description of the individual increments and stairs being a collection of steps. My granddad described it to me like that about 50 years ago when climbing over a stile in Cumbria.

It's a bit like "What's the difference between a ship and a boat?"

All staircases contain steps (the correct word is "treads") but to me a staircase is a more formal arrangement, with hand rails and a regularly spaced sequence of treads.

 

[justpix]

Hi, all most people may want to know on this topic ... :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stairs

 

[morfis]

 

[morfis]

 

[Kell]

Well the theme is "Stairs" not "People walking up or down Stairs"

By that logic there should be nothing else in the photos other than stairs.

 

[justpix]

By that logic there should be nothing else in the photos other than stairs.

Hi, maybe we can find a solution to the deep question "what makes a picture of a thing a picture of that thing ?" by looking at a few examples:

Above, I showed a crop from this picture:





The crop first shown above (in my morning posting):





Closer crop:





Just the stairs:





I think, it boils down to the question how much context the photographer feels necessary to make his pictorial statement.

How much context is necessary? When is it too much?

I would leave it to the photographer to decide, and it is a matter of taste.

The ancients had the dictum de gustibus non est disputandum I feel we could consider ... ---

 

[morfis]

 

[Brian G]

I think, it boils down to the question how much context the photographer feels necessary to make his pictorial statement.

How much context is necessary? When is it too much?

I would leave it to the photographer to decide, and it is a matter of taste.

The ancients had the dictum de gustibus non est disputandum I feel we could consider ... --- [/QUOTE]
To me, it makes no difference if there are people in the shot, as long as the main subject is steps or stairs.

 

[justpix]

Grüezi, in Andeer/Switzerland:

 

[DerekD]

Lake Bled - Castle stairs