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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 6/14/2006
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Hi Andre, good to hear from you, and thanks for your comment. I know about that film, but haven't seen it yet. Your comment is spot on, that's exactly what I wanted to achieve; The film in mind is Fear and Loathing Las Vegas, a completely uncomfortable film.
Cheers,
Hugo
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 6/8/2006
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A very interesting set of images from Zabriskie Point! As you say, this is not really about the landscape so much as you are using the landscape for an elaborate prop. This type of landscape is wonderful for creating an isolated, all alone feeling in an image.
I vaguely remember a film in the early 70's or late 60's by Antonioni (sp) called Zabriskie Point.
Andre
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Karina Brys
{K:16541} 4/16/2006
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Brilliant landscape (love the little man in it). Very nice colours, as usual.
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/4/2006
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Hi Ian, I take that as a great compliment! Much appreciated!
Cheers,
hugo
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Ian McIntosh
{K:42997} 4/3/2006
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the sharpness it gets is so sharp.
real emotional wrench here.
I couldn't watch all of fear and loathing. blow out of the senses!
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/2/2006
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Hi Dave, Death Valley is an awesome place, After having first seen the DV photos by Tom Rumland, I just knew I had to go there myself to really get a grasp of this remote, forbidding place... And it triggered my passion for the other NP's I've visited consequently. The ruggedness and natural beauty is something we don't get that much in this part of the world...
Thanks for your comments, much appreciated!
Cheers,
Hugo
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Dave Arnold
{K:55680} 4/1/2006
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Definitely not about the landscape. Very interesting effect, I'll have to read on and see what you are talking about ("Lensbaby").
Appreciate your shooting the Death Valley. I've been tempted to check it out one of these days and I'm glad to see what there is to see.
Best,
Dave
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z z
{K:7231} 3/28/2006
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Incredible landscape! The blurred edges really make this dream like or your person is deep in thought. Breathtaking place!
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 3/28/2006
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Hey Butch,
You're almost the only one...:) As you know I have quite a few more, but I still need to weed them out. I'll link you when they're on line too.
Looking forward to yours!
Cheers,
Hugo
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Butch Jones
{K:24} 3/27/2006
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Hey Hugo,
I really like this one a lot...I've got to get a Lensbaby! That thing is relly cool. This shot comes close to representing what it feels like to be there. Sorry I haven't had a chance to post yet, but it will happen.
Butch
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Glenn Morgan
{K:1029} 3/22/2006
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Nice design and imagination. CU glenn
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giovanni guido marchi
{K:27040} 3/20/2006
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un uso molto creativo di questa lente....ottima immagine....anche le altre due della serie sono ottime!!!
ciao
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 3/18/2006
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Thanks for the feedback, Thilo, much appreciated and very useful!
Cheers,
Hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 3/18/2006
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Hi Rashed, I feel privileged to receive such an honest critique from you. I'll work on the contrast and saturation of the previous one. And you are right, I didn't take care of that yet, as both these images are almost straight out of the camera. I posted these photos to get the feedback on what to change and on the lensbaby effect only...
Much appreciated,
Cheers,
Hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 3/18/2006
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Hi Mohammad, thank you very much for your elaborate feedback. Exactly the kind of feedback I was hoping for when I posted thi photo. I agree with the anchor and the excessive blur; I haven't post-processed this photo properly, yet. This series of three is a selection from the first shots I've taken with the lensbaby. I didn't really know what to expect until I uploaded them to my computer when I got home. What you see here is basically straight out of the camera. I decided to upload them virtually untouched, as I wanted to receive the feedback on the whole image. I think I'll change the composition a bit, probably preserving the aspect ratio, but with less blur on the right side.
Thanks again,
Cheers,
Hugo
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Thilo Bayer
{K:50358} 3/16/2006
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Hi Hugo,
way better IMHO than the first one. The reduced babies effect, the golden cut and the reduced threat by nature makes this image special.
good one!
Thilo
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Rashed Abdulla
{K:163889} 3/16/2006
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Well, I think the Lensbaby has done its function here and the limited zone focus did prove itself in this image much more than the previous one. Again this one has much better contrast and color saturations which obviously you did not take care of in the previous image. After I did not come here searching for a head of needle to critique but to say it’s a good work.
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Shane O'Neill
{K:3054} 3/15/2006
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I think it looks like a birds view flying over the guys head - keep up the good work with the lens baby
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Mohammad Porooshani
{K:20765} 3/15/2006
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Dear Hugo,
Hi, it's a very impressive image, with a full sense of motion in each part: the main subject in the Left Golden Point, and is sharp enough to make the visitor think about it. but it has a wrong anchor just like my Old Look as you told me.
Maybe there is too much blur on right side but it holds eyes on right side and won't let it go!
There is a very good effect of illusion on sizes. the Human and mounts are not comparable in size and it looks the man is huge, or he is inside of organs and these are something like Muscles!
The Bump detail of mounts is superb and make this photo a very good piece of work!
Very best for you,
Mohammad
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 3/15/2006
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Nope, Thought about it, but didn't. Yet...:)
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Patrick Ziegler
{K:21797} 3/15/2006
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Did you get the close-up adapters as well?
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 3/15/2006
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Hi Pat, buying a lensbaby is money well spent... I love that piece of plastic a DSLR! I sure hope I motivated you! Now go and get one...:)
Cheers,
Hugo
PS, Thanks for your comment!
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Patrick Ziegler
{K:21797} 3/15/2006
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Nice work with the lens baby, I keep putting off getting one myself. perhaps you have motivated me.. Well done Hugo!
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 3/15/2006
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Hi Elisa, Sure you are qualified to give constructive comments! I believe everyone is! You know if you like or don't like an image, right? Well, then you are qualified! Thanks for your comment, I always appreciate your thoughts!
Cheers,
Hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 3/15/2006
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Hi Bruce, Thanks for your feedback, much appreciated! I agree with you (and Joel) on the blue tones. I haven't post-processed this photo properly, yet. This series of three is a selection from the first shots I've taken with the lensbaby. I didn't really know what to expect until I uploaded them to my computer when I got home. What you see here is basically straight out of the camera. I decided to upload them virtually untouched, as I wanted to receive the feedback on the whole image. I think I'll try to preserve this aspect ratio as much as possible, though.
Cheers,
Hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 3/15/2006
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Thanks Joggie! Reading your comment, I guess I'm on the right track.... Good to know! Thanks for your help!
Cheers,
Hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 3/15/2006
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Thanks, Shane, I guess you like this one better than the previous one, then? Good to know I'm on the right track!
Cheers,
Hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 3/15/2006
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Hey Rina, thanks for pointing her out to me, she's definitely got some very interesting stuff! Thanks for your continuing help. You always seem to be there with advice and pointers for others, both here as in the forums... You sure have been active!
Cheers,
Hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 3/15/2006
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Hi Paolo, what an amazing new insight, he? A long time ago, people thought the earth was the center of the universe, and I guess I have just proven beyond reasonable doubt that that's not true; This man is the center of the universe, as the earth revolves around him, and not around the sun...
Thanks for your comment, much appreciated!
Cheers,
Hugo
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Bruce Harper
{K:5305} 3/15/2006
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I think I would crop some off the right side where it is just a flat blur rather than the blurred lines closer to the man, I think that would heighten the slipping away effect. As Joel says, the blues need a little work but overall the colours are strong and add to the image.
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João F * Photography
{K:41945} 3/15/2006
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Wow beautiful i like this series dear Hugo!!!
regards
jo
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Nando Mondino
{K:14261} 3/14/2006
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Stunning image.
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Joggie van Staden
{K:41700} 3/14/2006
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alelment = element
Joggie
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Joggie van Staden
{K:41700} 3/14/2006
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Very differnt from the first one and more successful IMO Hugo. I like the use of colour, it gives more impact, the tighter crop too place more emphasis on the figure and the "sliding away" feeling Chelsea describes actually adds a dynamic alelment and creates the impression that this was shot out of a helicopter, pulling away from the scene. Great one!
Joggie
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Paolo Corradini
{K:59552} 3/14/2006
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wow it seems that the earth turn around the man..It's amazing! excellent work
PAOLO
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Don Loseke
{K:32503} 3/14/2006
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Looking forward to the regular stuff Hugo. We all have to try new things, that is what this is all about. kEEP up the great work. You must travel all the time. Was looking at your web site. Lot's of great work. Don.
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Shane O'Neill
{K:3054} 3/14/2006
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lens baby works very well there Hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 3/14/2006
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Hi Don, And surreal it is, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. I know you prefer the more regular stuff, and I promise, i'll be posting "sharp stuff" soon, again...:)
Cheers,
Hugo
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Joel Aron
{K:14920} 3/14/2006
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Wow Rina, you were so right. I have seen that portfolio before, and didn't make the connection w/ the lensbaby. She has a style very much like my own (abstract), so it was very nice to see! I guess there's two way to go w/ the lens baby. You do what Hugo has done so amazingly well, and make the real world look like a miniature, or you go for the abstract bent look at every day life. Both, are a fantastic alternate avenue for photography!
thanks Rina, and thank you Hugo for your amazing images to push me off the rails of straight shooting ;)
cheers,
-Joel
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Don Loseke
{K:32503} 3/14/2006
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With the out of focus areas it still looks sureal..I am still from the old school that of sharpness. Don.
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Annemette Rosenborg Eriksen
{K:55244} 3/14/2006
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Hi Hugo
A very interesting landscape which is "broken" by the person which is a good detail because it shows the size of the place. I think I would have prefered it to be clear all over, but a nice shot indeed:-)
Thank you for commenting so well on my icephoto! It´s nice getting some hints in order to improve one´s photos! I can imagine that you also look for Spring and all the beautiful tulips in Holland:-)
Best wishes,
Annemette
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Caterina Berimballi
{K:27299} 3/14/2006
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Hi Hugo & Joel, this isn't a critique but just thought this may be of interest to you both. Mel Brackstone: http://www.usefilm.com/photographer/99370.html has been working with a lensbaby for a while and has some shots in her portfolio worth taking a peek at. She puts the lens to some pretty cool uses...
Cheers to you both!
Rina.
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NN
{K:26787} 3/14/2006
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Hi Hugo! I try to avoid CC images, as I´m not qualified to give constructive comments, but just wanted to tell you that I think this one has a greater impact than the previous one. I feel like sitting in a helicopter :) Cool stuff!
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 3/14/2006
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Hi Joel, The lensbaby is attached directly to the body (so get the one with the proper mount (in your case the canon one, I figure....:) The thing that amazed me is how light strong that baby is.
I did find it a bit more difficult to get used to, though, but it's definitely money well spent!
As to PS tweaking, I don't consider it tweaking if it's kept to manipulations that could also take place by a skilled person in a darkroom; replacing skies, editing in bears and such could still be considered cheating, but then again, there's a market for that too, and that doesn't say anything about the quality of an image... It's just no longer a photograph, but more of a digigraph, I guess...
Cheers,
Hugo
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Joel Aron
{K:14920} 3/14/2006
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Hugo,
Straight out of the camera.. that's amazing!! So did you use the lensbaby on it's own (using it's optics) ? ....so impressed by that little lens!
I admire the fact that you didn't do anything to these images before uploading. It took me years to get over the fact that manipulation in PS is cheating. ..it's not.. Of course, it doesn't help that I work for a visual effects company.. all images look fake to me :)
well done! ...my other mozilla tab has the the lensbaby order screen up ;)
cheers,
-Joel
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 3/14/2006
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Hi Joel, thanks for the feedback! Excellent comment (and marked as such)
There seems to be a slight misunderstanding, there is no cropped version. I added it to the about as quite a few people suggested one with the previous, more or less similar photo I uploaded.
As to the curve adjustment, I haven't really started post processing these images yet. This series is a selection from the first shots I've taken with the lensbaby. I didn't really know what to expect until I uploaded them to my computer when I got home. What you see here is basically straight out of the camera. I decided to upload them virtually untouched, as I wanted to receive the feedback on the whole. Great little device, that Lensbaby. I've only just begun exploring it's capacities... The way the aperture ring is literally levitated above the lens using the three magnets is a very creative design, Love the ease that feature.
I do agree with your suggestions, though, and I'll definitely follow that approach.
Cheers,
Hugo
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Joel Aron
{K:14920} 3/14/2006
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Yeah!! Proof that the lensbaby works!
Hugo, this is brilliant! I *love* tilt shift photography, and have been thinking of getting the new lensbaby for some time. I love the look that you've captured here, and the compositon suits the lens distortion perfectly with the person on the left. I have not seen the crop, but I can say that I love this wide, full distorted view. What I like most, is that your image takes on the life of an abstract painting.
I feel that your low blue tones are a bit strong here, and sending the shadows into hard blue. Have you attemtped a curve in PS to pull the blue just out of the bottom end?
Great image!!! Well done!
cheers,
-Joel
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Jeanette Hägglund
{K:59855} 3/14/2006
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Oh i missunderstood, and when looking at the other i remember it was not. A bad memory - sorry!
Jeanette
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 3/14/2006
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Hi Jeanette, Thanks for your feedback, much appreciated! What (or which image)are you referring to when you say you like "this uncropped better"? Both images are uncropped...:) I don't quite understand...
Cheers,
Hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 3/14/2006
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Hi Linda, thanks for the feedback! It's the effect I tried to achieve, so I consider it quite a compliment! I realise this photo is not an aesthetically appealing one, nor was it intended to be...:)
Cheers,
Hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 3/14/2006
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Hi Roby: WHat Else? That's for you to decide! Thanks for your comment,
Cheers,
Hugo
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Jeanette Hägglund
{K:59855} 3/14/2006
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Oh GOSH - i feel sick!!! I mean, this effect of the lensbaby have this effect here....suggestive as such, yes!!! I like this uncropped better! Excellent work with high level of vertigo created!
:)
Jeanette
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avi saar
{K:2728} 3/14/2006
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feeling vertigo,interesting experiment. congrats, avi
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Linda Mac Donald
{K:1892} 3/14/2006
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I love the focus effects.. It makes me dizzy to look at this photo for any length of time.
I have never found a photograph that has had that effect on me as yours does.
That is what makes this photo so great in my opinion.
I love a capture that involes the looker .
I see many that involve me emotionaly but never one that made me dizzy. Congratulations on your originality
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roberto canepa
{K:7382} 3/14/2006
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very impressive! i like composition, colours & effect : what else?
roby
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 3/14/2006
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Hi Chels, Well put! Know the film Fear and Loathing Las Vegas? I tried to capture the feeling I get when watching that film. And yes, the sudden movement out of an otherwise solidly situated subject is very close to how I feel when whatching that film...:) (or when I'm really, really drunk, of course)
Thanks for the feedback,
Cheers,
Hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 3/14/2006
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Hi Giulio, thanks for the feedback. As to the effect, it has been created with a Lensbaby, and you're looking at the original version. It's the lens that created it.
The atmosphere I tried to create is the feeling of disgust and revolt I get when watching the film Fear and Loathing Las Vegas. Apparently, that didn't work too well in this case, heh?
Cheers,
Hugo
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Giulio Rotelli
{K:28441} 3/14/2006
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I think that this is a great composition, with many diffucltys and a great sense of space and perspective...
The man is just in the right place, near the corner where all the mountains lines converge. The orange sweatshirt help us to see him in the middle of all this spectacular natural lines...
The only think that i'm not so shure is the graduated focus effect.. For me it give anything to the shot, but it steal something.
I'd really like to see the shot in his original version, without effects, 'cause I still think tha this is a great shot...
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Chelsea Burke
{K:5750} 3/14/2006
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Nice exposure, I really like the figure with the shadow, overall composition is good...but I find that out of focus on the side and bottom really distracting. It's like half the image is just sliding away. It creates a sudden movement out of an otherwise solidly situated subject, makes me dizzy looking at it.
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