Stairway

Good B&W work Lutz! FP4 has a superb gradation and you have handled it very well; even managed to tame the violent contrast. I'm glad you avoided a more conventional framing and got this dynamic composition with a perfectly placed vanishing point.

Thanks, Jorge. Yes, FP4 has a wonderfully rich tonality and fine detail, especially when developed in T-Max - it's a shame that we don't know yet what is going to happen to this fine emulsion, once Ilford totally stops production... :?(

As for the pic - that's a lucky shot for both, exposure and composition. I wasn't even planning on including the lady at first. I had just taken a ride upstairs and been attracted by the geometry of lines. So I went back down and prepared for the shot, hoping for a completely empty frame without a person. I let the lady pass and waited a bit longer, than got on the stairs myself just when I thought I might be lucky enough not to have anybody coming down in the next couple of seconds. But just before the lady got off at the top end herself, I realized that I needed to include her in the pic and pulled the prefocussed camera to my eye. Click. A much better photo than the one I preconceived... ;-)

gorgeous. i feel like i'm being sucked into the image...