Bob Rickert
About the Image(s)
I took this image during a two hour photo shoot in the Fox Theater in St Louis. Lots of dark red carpets and wallpaper which I think took the viewer's eyes away from the design of the staircase.
This was a very dark area. I made a three shot HDR exposure at 15, 8 and 4 seconds at f/13 in order to capture the bright lights and the shadows.
Nikon 850 ISO 64, 30 mm lens setting on a Nikkor 16-35 mm f/4.0
Post processing for Monochrome treatment in Lightroom Classic (including the HDR)