Spirals occur everywhere around us and can be a great way to add interest to photographic composition. These 11 photos show interesting examples of spiral staircases from all around the world. Enjoy the view!
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How have you used spirals to add that extra touch to your photos? Give us examples—in words or photos—in the comment section below!
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Very nice! Wonderful places
The Spiral Staircase in the Vatican Museum, with a Christmas Tree at the bottom. It was designed by Giuseppe Momo in 1932. It is shaped like a double helix, made of two intertwined spirals; one leading down and the other upwards.
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The top one looks like the double helix at the Vatican Museums.
Fantastic photos, and brilliant photo subject idea, but only recognise one of them – The Queen’s House at Greenwich, London, but would be really nice to know where the others are, so we can all go and view them for ourselves!
phare des baleines, ile de ré, France
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Not so grand and much more ancient, this spiral stair is from a tower of Skipton castle in Yorkshire, U.K.
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Great images!!!!!