Miraculous Staircase

anwmn1

While here in Santa Fe for work I got away for a few minutes to go shoot the Loretto Chapel and the Miraculous Staircase.
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The staircase with almost no people in the picture
1.

For about 20 seconds I had a clear shot of the front of the Chapel
2.

3.

One of the wonderful stained glass windows.
4.

A Visitor lighting a candle
5.

C&C Always Welcome

Ann McRae

Okay, tell us the story of the staircase!

Shots #3,4,and 5 are really super!

ann

anwmn1

Full story of the staircase
The story of the Miraculous Staircase can be found here:

http://www.nmia.com/~paulos/loretto.html

I was there for about 40 minutes and there must have been 200 people that came in and out during that time frame.

goofry

These are beautiful images of this chapel. I have read of this before and I think I even saw a special on it once on the discovery channel. Your images do a nice job of capturing the warmth of this place.

Very Nice!

anwmn1

goofry wrote:

These are beautiful images of this chapel. I have read of this before and I think I even saw a special on it once on the discovery channel. Your images do a nice job of capturing the warmth of this place.

Very Nice!

Goofry-

Thanks for the kind words.

CatOne

#1 really needs a straighten. Well, unless that chapel is actually on a boat crossing the high seas

coscorrosa

These are great, what an awesome building. I really like the compositions of the candles (both the close-up and wide-angle). The exposure is spot-on, good job! (Agree that the first probably needs to be straightened).

summerz

Wow nice shots. Interesting story.

samsplace

Just Beautiful with great color

NorthernFocus

Excellent group of images. Each one is beautiful by itself and collectively they provide a nice visual tour of the location. Well done !!!