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Critique By:
Hugo de Wolf (K:185110)
10/4/2011 8:45:06 AM
Roger, I have no idea how to do that on Usefilm (or any other site, for that matter) other than manually retrieve all info. Hope Usefilm isn't the only place you stored your photos, though.
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| Photo By: Hugo de Wolf
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Critique By:
Hugo de Wolf (K:185110)
9/6/2011 12:20:58 AM
Interesting image, but on closer look, the depth of field is too shallow for my taste. It does give an impression of a roller coaster ride - without the sense of motion. I'm wondering if the latter could've compensated with using a smaller apperture, longer shutterspeed (and with a different lense - zooming in a bit duringthe exposure)? Or a typical tilt/shift or lensbaby shot?
Cheers,
Hugo
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Photo By: Verena Rentrop
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Critique By:
Hugo de Wolf (K:185110)
9/6/2011 12:05:24 AM
Hi Verena,
I'm very impressed. After being away from UF for years, Douglas reminded me of UF, so I decided to log back in. And surfing back and forth through some of the names I remembered, your eye for geometry, shapes and style is still so uncanningly consistent. You definitely look at things differently. Won't say I'd like everyting you've uploaded to UF, but I would've walked right past most of your photos without noticing - thanks for the reminder! :)
Cheers,
Hugo
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| Photo By: Verena Rentrop
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Critique By:
Hugo de Wolf (K:185110)
12/28/2009 11:33:45 AM
Nice image, and good timing. The image is a bit underexposed, though. A bit of work on the levels should fix this quite easily.
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| Photo By: Dmitry Gringauz
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Critique By:
Hugo de Wolf (K:185110)
12/28/2009 2:19:17 AM
Hi Tim,
Good to see you haven't lost your touch :)
Cheers,
Hugo
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Critique By:
Hugo de Wolf (K:185110)
12/28/2009 2:13:14 AM
My apologies, Mr. Douglas Coffey, I won't call you Dougy, or Mate. Just Mr. Douglas Coffey. Won't happen again.
To kindly respond to your concerns:
1. Please do so. Or better, put that hoya CP on Ebay. you don't need it; you're better than a filter on any lens.
2. Sure. Perhaps you could trade in that hoya CP filter for my spot?
I think you forgot to put in a "3.", and forgive me to reply anyway. I'm not a vegetarian, and I'm sure Nr. 5400 isn't alive anymore, But wasn't she a beauty of a cow?
Mr. Douglas Coffey, Please understand, that I don't really mind how you rate this image. I'm just curious what You think the "grand finale" will be :)?
Cheers,
Hugo
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| Photo By: Hugo de Wolf
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Critique By:
Hugo de Wolf (K:185110)
12/28/2009 1:31:29 AM
Hey Mate,
1. Do you fit that shoe? I was referring to the toning of your image.
2. Am I on the front page? cool!
Mate, do give me the pleasure of a real critique. I will provide you with one in kind. The cow has already been killed :)
Continue at will, matey!
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| Photo By: Hugo de Wolf
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Critique By:
Hugo de Wolf (K:185110)
12/27/2009 11:37:33 PM
Very good framing, creating a rather dramatic image. Good stuff!
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| Photo By: Andrzej Paszkowski
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Critique By:
Hugo de Wolf (K:185110)
5/5/2009 10:16:00 AM
Hi Rashed,
Thanks for your kind words.
Please take a look at this: http://www.eckhartgallery.com/site/en/photographer/4/Hugo_d e_Wolf/page/2/49/Mount_Rainer Not bad for such an over processed photo, isn't it?
Cheers,
Hugo
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| Photo By: Hugo de Wolf
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Critique By:
Hugo de Wolf (K:185110)
3/23/2009 8:57:18 PM
Hi Dhimant,
Thanks for your comments. To answer your question, it is not that difficult:
1. Create a panoramic image (preferably 360 degrees, seamless, but any other panoramic image might work, too, as long as both ends show a minimal transition when put next to eachother.
2. Scale the image to a square. I used a 12.000 pixels wide image, so I ended up with a huge file of 12.000 x 12.000 pixels. In photoshop, I use "File>Image Size", and deselect the constrain proportions.
3. Rotate the image 180 degrees, or flip the image vertically.
4. Still in photoshop: Go to "Filter>Distort>Polarize". And click ok.
5. Fine tune the corners, as they will show some beams towards the center. I usually create a circular mask, set the feather to about 25% of the image aspects, invert the selection, and fill it with a dark colour.
Thats it :)
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| Photo By: Hugo de Wolf
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Critique By:
Hugo de Wolf (K:185110)
10/19/2008 11:38:59 AM
Thanks, Aziz!
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| Photo By: Hugo de Wolf
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Critique By:
Hugo de Wolf (K:185110)
10/19/2008 11:38:33 AM
Hi Mirek,
If you were a donor, you could see this image a bit larger; I posted it at 2500 pixels wide. The original is approximately 12000 px wide. It's a stitch of 14 images, just about 180 degrees, which causes the effect of the converging lines, distorting the straight lines. It's one of the effects I like in panoramic images.
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| Photo By: Hugo de Wolf
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Critique By:
Hugo de Wolf (K:185110)
10/18/2008 4:01:12 PM
Very moody atmosphere. I like the layered depth in this photo a lot. Cooling down the tone a bit might add a bit of crispness to the scene, I think. Strong photo, though.
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| Photo By: Rupert Ronca
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Critique By:
Hugo de Wolf (K:185110)
10/18/2008 3:09:52 PM
Hi Saeed,
Nice to hear from you. Hope you are OK. Thanks for the feedback!
As to the copyright, I would agree with you that it weakens the image, and I'd rather not watermark it at all. However, I've had too many images stolen and used commercially to allow that to happen. A single one (anywhere) will not prevent that, as either side of the water mark would still remain intact. It's a unfortunate necessity, these days.
Cheers,
Hugo
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Critique By:
Hugo de Wolf (K:185110)
10/12/2008 8:36:55 PM
Nice use of a fill flash with slow shutter! What flash did you use? With a SB800, you can also set it to stroboscope; which provides several flash bursts, freezing the rolling movement of the dice, too. Good choice of using the rear curtain, though. Great effect, and well exposed.
Cheers,
hugo
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| Photo By: AJ Miller
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Critique By:
Hugo de Wolf (K:185110)
10/12/2008 8:35:36 PM
Hey AJ,
Cool image to "spherise"; quite unusual, but a very suitable image. I like this one a lot! Fun to play around with, isn't it?
Cheers,
Hugo
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| Photo By: AJ Miller
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Critique By:
Hugo de Wolf (K:185110)
10/12/2008 8:34:01 PM
Hi Peter,
Very nice scene, with the huge cranes sticking out above the horizon. Good rework in avoiding the seam, too. Very well executed.
Cheers
Hugo
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| Photo By: Peter De Rycke
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Critique By:
Hugo de Wolf (K:185110)
10/1/2008 12:18:22 PM
Fantastic image, Ian. The radiant sky and and simplicity of the scene is quite fascinating.
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| Photo By: Ian Cameron
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Critique By:
Hugo de Wolf (K:185110)
10/1/2008 10:19:30 AM
I like the back lighting in this photo as well as the natural feel of the image. Good, strong contrast, too. The oak leafs in the top right are an excellent touch.
My only nit would be, that the denseness of the foliage reduces the feel of depth in this image a bit too much; I think it would be nice to include a bit more of the surrounding scenery in the image make it slightly less "2 dimensional".
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| Photo By: Jason v.d.Meer
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Critique By:
Hugo de Wolf (K:185110)
10/1/2008 10:07:33 AM
Hi Roger,
Nice to hear from you! Stitching images isn't that much work, there are plenty of stand alone programs out there, which produce flawless results - I've achieved completely seamless results with PTGui and AutoPano Pro. They're painstakingly slow, though...
Per attatched the original stitch.
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| Photo By: Hugo de Wolf
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Critique By:
Hugo de Wolf (K:185110)
10/1/2008 10:02:26 AM
Hauling 2 laptops and extra Hard drives up there for a 35 day's trip along with all extra gear is quite a heavy load to carry! Besides, my wife won't let me bring a computer, so I have to do with a storage tank...
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Critique By:
Hugo de Wolf (K:185110)
10/1/2008 10:00:43 AM
Hi Tim,
Same here. I seem to be taking more and more panoramas. The only thing is, that they put a large strain on my Hard Disk capacity. The typical full size stitches are usually around 35000 x 4288 pixels each, and I always save them as TIFF's before I apply the final tweaks.
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| Photo By: Hugo de Wolf
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Critique By:
Hugo de Wolf (K:185110)
10/1/2008 9:51:30 AM
Hi Avi,
Thanks for your comment. The timing and how much time after sunset is best also depend on where you are - geographically. Closer to the equator, the sun rises or sets quicker (so you'll have less time during the "golden hour". Also, the season and weather plays an important role - the brightness of an overcast sky is obvioulsy less than on a clear day. Usually, I be "out there" well in advance, to scout the locations, and then fiddle about a bit at various spots. When the "golden moment" arrives, you know, it's hard to miss that way.
I think I shot these images about half an hour to 45 minutes after sunset.
Michael Kanemoto wrote a good tutorial in the forums: http://www.usefilm.com/Photo_Forum/14/1012003/
Cheers,
Hugo
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| Photo By: Hugo de Wolf
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Critique By:
Hugo de Wolf (K:185110)
10/1/2008 9:09:37 AM
Dear Douglas,
There might be something wrong with your keyboard. It seems to be stuck in caps! Hope you can fix it, it sure would be a bummer if it was broken and you have to buy a new one.
Cheers,
Hugo
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| Photo By: Hugo de Wolf
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Critique By:
Hugo de Wolf (K:185110)
9/30/2008 3:36:15 PM
Hi Tim,
I used a separate stitching tool (AutoPano Pro). I find it more versatile and more reliable than the built-in Photoshop feature.
Cheers,
Hugo
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| Photo By: Hugo de Wolf
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Critique By:
Hugo de Wolf (K:185110)
9/30/2008 3:33:08 PM
I like the tranquil feel about this photo. Good shot
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| Photo By: Stan Pustylnik
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Critique By:
Hugo de Wolf (K:185110)
9/29/2008 10:47:52 PM
Very strong image. The silhouette of the overhead crane against the blazing sunset creates quite a powerful image. And by the looks of it, they use the same anti-theft tactics cross-continents, too:)
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| Photo By: Stan Ciszek
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Critique By:
Hugo de Wolf (K:185110)
9/29/2008 10:45:12 PM
Breathtaking scenery... Rocks are great as tripods, aren't they?
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| Photo By: Tim Schumm
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Critique By:
Hugo de Wolf (K:185110)
9/29/2008 10:42:33 PM
Heh:) Quite impressive! (Not running out of memory cards after 35 days out in the wild, that is!)
Seriously, what an awesome trip to make...!
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| Photo By: Tim Schumm
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Critique By:
Hugo de Wolf (K:185110)
9/29/2008 10:12:53 PM
If that's you, who took the photo ? :)
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