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Kasia Z
{K:63} 7/7/2009
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it's great. I like it . Have feeling like playing with them ..
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/14/2004
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Yeah! Telmo! Good to hear from you again! I'm glad you're back!
If anyone was cheating in this game, It would've been me. It was just a very layed back game, no stakes what so ever, (not even a decent gambling game, but a "family sit-in" thus quite relaxed and fairly bleak. But the lighting was right to induce the atmosphere, and it gave me a good opportunity to play around with my "new" medium format camera....;)
Thanks for your comment!
Cheers,
Hugo
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Telmo Domingues
{K:9639} 4/14/2004
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Hi Hugo!!!!!! I'm back!
Wonderful shot here... I can imagine the silence around the player (you created it with the "lack" of light)and the tension in the air, with maximum attention on the game (according to the "strong" lighting on the cards...) Where they nervous? Where they cheating?... I like this a lot... This one creates me a sensation of suspense...
Hugs my friend!
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Murat Harmanlikli
{K:7846} 4/1/2004
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Hi Hugo,
I like the series of "High Stakes" very much. I can say that following your works is really a great pleasure for me...
Regards.. Murat....
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Piotr "Stefan" T.
{K:122} 4/1/2004
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I can feel the mood. Good job!
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luisa vassallo
{K:28230} 3/27/2004
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suggestive and beautiful!!
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Hermen Pen
{K:9168} 3/27/2004
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You caught the atmosphere well... I agree with some other comments about the position of the left cards. It's obvious for me that they are there deliberately, but I think that it would be better if a little bit more of them was shown.
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WALT MESK
{K:10691} 3/25/2004
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scatto interessante soprattutto perche' č cosi' al naturale.sono momenti di vita che ognuno di noi ha fatto e fara',e' strano ma nelle cose piu' semplici e banali si puo' ottenere delle grandi composizioni.complimenti...walt.
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Lori Stitt
{K:75282} 3/24/2004
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Hi Hugo!
A very interesting photograph indeed! I bet sepia would work well also, that 'old' look about it. Great! I like not seeing a person behind those hands....hope you were holding a good hand!! The only thing that disturbs me is the left side, the edges of two cards, yet maybe you wanted that so it tells the viewer that there are indeed others playing....but it's distracting a bit. Also the one white dot! Even if it's a spot on the table, REMOVE IT! LOL (don't ya love me? LOL) But those are just two tiny things...
Lori :)
ps... in answer to your question..the Optio. Yes, they are limiting somewhat, but for the times when I 'wish' I had a camera...it's great to have in my purse. It goes everywhere with me. When I plan to shoot, I use the Canon. Big difference, but I must admit that the Optio does better than I thought it would, so that was a surprise!!
Have a good evening!
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jon parsons
{K:13639} 3/24/2004
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Dear hugo, wonderful shot my dear friend! as a former card player I can empathize with the great tension that goes on in one of these games when a good hand is held by oneself.... only I dont see any money in the pot, and that is unusual! nice presentation....jon
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KEVIN TEMPLE
{K:8657} 3/24/2004
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hugo I have been away for a few days
great to be back testing the site
Did you lose in this game themn startd to take pictures
If you did great stuff
regrds
kevin
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L B.
{K:13965} 3/24/2004
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De server is 'eindelijk' weer on line, maar ik weet niet of ik er blij mee moet zijn. Ik vind het er saai uitzien en weinig keur! Maar misschien is het gewoon wennen, maar nu vind ik er nog niks aan! Ik wist niet waar ik de draad weer op moest pakken, dus ik dacht laat ik maar weer eens bij Hugo gaan kijken!
Ik vind het een mooie foto, de zwart wit keize vind ik erg leuk. De toon is gezet, het zwart wit geeft echt een "bluf" gevoel. Ik ben erg te spreken over de man in het zwart, je kunt hem niet zien, dat is heel mooi gedaan! Een hele mooie foto, goed begin van de serie!
Groeten, Lex..
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tom rumland
{K:14874} 3/19/2004
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this photo makes me smile as it reminds me of a poker game. not any old poker game at your buddies house but a back-room. in some seedy party of town. with someone of questionable character. this is a tense moment. he's got no chips which means i've been beating him all night. he's steaming and starting to get tense and possibly bluffing me. his hands tell me so. they are asking me "what will you do now?". this tension and my feeling of being bluffed is exacerbated (sp?) by the fact that i cannot see his face.
this story can take any number of turns from here. the story, and indeed the mood, could've also been altered completely with only small changes in composition. a felt covered table for example would remove the back room feel, a bit more background detail, or even softer lighting, would've removed the tension.
i like it! i like where you're going with it. i can't wait to see what the next photo will reveal.
take care,
tom
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richard jefferson
{K:72} 3/19/2004
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great shot hugo i can even feel the tension in the card players hands.i like the fact you havent included the peoples faces it adds to the feel of the person to play another card.great shot regards richard
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Emanuele Calvagno
{K:14353} 3/19/2004
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mmm chissŕ cosa ha nelle mani!!!!
ben fatta, ma avrei contrastato di piů
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Jeff Cartwright
{K:52046} 3/19/2004
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Hi! Ya,,,,Hugo : The Slight Blur of this Photograph Adds to the Excitment of the Picture!!!... very nice Shot, Hugo!!!
Best Regards:
Jeff.
Hugo! you are always, very Genteel, with your Comments, and Never use them to offend, I like that this Attribute, and I am sure that Others Share, this Opinion to!....Jeff!!!
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Fabio Keiner
{K:81109} 3/19/2004
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gambling all the night long against your cam
will lead to lose all except your photo-skills
I hope and fear
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Kees and Carolyn
{K:15193} 3/19/2004
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Great shot and lighting! Interesting composition. I am very curious
about the rest of this series!
Carolyn
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John Hatziemmanouil
{K:40580} 3/19/2004
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Hehehe.... I have better pieces! I win! :-) lol. Good this one and surely original composition. I like this soft exposure. The foggy effect I mean in this soft sepia works like old movie's capture!
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Zsolt Radákovits
{K:10376} 3/19/2004
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Hi Hugo!
Difficult shot! Dark table white cards, too strong spot light.
BUT good implementation, nice DOF usage. Perfect lighting at background.
Congratulation! Radák
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Tim Bronkhorst
{K:9391} 3/19/2004
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Dit is een sterk staaltje fotografie. Het is aan de ene kant wel jammer dat niets echt into focus is, maar aan de andere kant versterkt het ook het 'rokerige cafe' gevoel. Mooie veel zeggende plaat.
Tim.
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B:)liana
{K:30945} 3/19/2004
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Today, I decide to look at the work of all my dear Friends, but not to comment so much, but here dear Hugo, I have to comment your photograph! Everything is perfect, love the dark and shadows and light and hands emmerging .. beautiful and well captured and then I look at the left side and what did I find there, a piece of white of the card! Ufff!!! Please be good and remove it at ONCE ha ha .. and then you have a great photograph. Would make a little balance in contrast and add more black but you will do it yourself. Today, because of the TERROR in my country, on Kosovo, I am silent
Be well my dear Hugo and take care
Biliana
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Ozjan Yeshar
{K:15239} 3/19/2004
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Superb black & white! Magnificent drama you handled in here Hugo. Cheers.
Ozjan Yeshar
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Maria Luisa Vial
{K:36017} 3/19/2004
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Great as always!!!
Sincerely,
Maria
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MaryBell
{K:32791} 3/19/2004
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Richard has a point in terms of composition but otherwise - this is going to be fun...shall I go on about the ambience and the possible meanings presented? I am not sure - I think that I will wait for the next two images - because I believe that some amplification and clarifying will go on in the subsequent images...I love the pitch black in the background!!
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Raamses Ortiz
{K:4408} 3/19/2004
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Great photo, Hugo. I bet you got a 21 taking it.!!
Congrats,
Raamses
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Saeed Al Shamsi
{K:47735} 3/19/2004
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More artistic and some how creative,I add more comments when I`ll see the others,"series",Regards ,Saeed
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Richard Thornton
{K:26442} 3/19/2004
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Good ol' Yashica! This has a fine ambiance. I would have liked to see either more or none of the small spot of cards on the left.
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Ursula L.
{K:1125} 3/19/2004
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Great art picture Hugo. Bravo. Regards Ursula
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Nuno Murias
{K:5323} 3/19/2004
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There a couple moovie about card players, when Hollywood had stories to tell. This picture looks like a frame taken from that. Cant wait to see the rest!
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Gerhard Hoogterp
{K:4863} 3/19/2004
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Keurig shot en afgezien van een beetje contrast en een stofje rechtsboven de kaarten links zie ik ook niet wat je er mee zou moeten bewerken. Ik ben benieuwd naar de rest van de serie..
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Teunis Haveman
{K:53426} 3/19/2004
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Hugo, dit wordt zo te zien een mooie serie
Geheimzinnig en toch niet
Je wil de spanningen op de gezichten eigenlijk zien
Groet Teunis
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Thamer Al-Tassan
{K:1358} 3/19/2004
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Great square-ish cropping. I really like the tone and how the photo looks, it gives it that vintage mobster feel. The hands coming out of the darkness into the light adds a mystery element to it. Excellent compositoin and lighting as well.
Well done...
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Paolo De Maio
{K:34932} 3/19/2004
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Hi there Hugo!!
Is it an history about card players?
The only thing the is a little bit disturbing is the little edge of the card in the lower left side.
by the way all works perfectly with a great emotive impact..this is what a feel...
Paolo
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