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John Griep
{K:2521} 4/27/2005
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Hi Hugo, believe it or not, when I started taking photographs (about 30 years ago) my parents-in-law had a summerhouse in Wijk aan zee, and yes I did the hooghovens several times at night.
Nice to see them back ;-)
groet John
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James Hager
{K:6285} 4/26/2005
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Nice image. Good idea to "straighten" it, as I find it's best to have whatever is in the center of the image be straight up and down. It looks like the pipe that is in the center leans a bit, but the image still looks OK, probably because the tall stack on the right helps balance it.
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ken krishnan
{K:19102} 4/22/2005
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Hi Hugo,
Never seen such an interesting image of an mundane factory edifice !
The shining lights from the bottom nicely lead the eye to the flowing smoke above.
Very nice indeed.
Regards,
ken.
Note: I m visiting Amesterdam on 30th April and 1st May. Planning to visit the famous Kuekenhof gardens and Vangough museum.
Are free by chance, during those dates?. I am on my own - if you are avilable, perhaps you can join me for the visit to the gardens.
ken.
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Patrick Ziegler
{K:21797} 4/20/2005
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I do agree. The strait up and down smoke stack appears to lean into the photo... It's not always easy fitting three dimensions into two.......
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Di Ciuccio Maurizio
{K:57398} 4/20/2005
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beautifull of original shot..very fantastic light and perfect composition..exceptional effect for smog sky..another big photo my dear..tanks a soon
mau
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/20/2005
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Hi Pat, Funny to see your rework is exactly like I shot it, but I felt the difference in angle gave the perception of a tilted image, so I made the pipe and the blastfurnace tower converge on the vertical centerline. By doing so, I felt it would introduce a bit more balance in the composition. Well spotted, and thanks!
Cheers,
Hugo
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Antonia BauerleinSehnert
{K:30599} 4/20/2005
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This roars with the motion of the steam rolling from one stack over the other. It is such a rich, bright and crisp image compositionally, in color and in sharpness. I love how you capture the sparkle of lights in your night shots via the slower exposure. Pizzazz! Antonia
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Roberto Arcari Farinetti
{K:209486} 4/19/2005
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to you my friend..
a moment of patience and I arrive! (now I am still working...)
roby
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Patrick Ziegler
{K:21797} 4/19/2005
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Kinda grainy but for ASA800 very good. Icouldn't help but wonder what it would look like if the smoke stack was plumb. What do you think?
PZ
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/19/2005
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Hi Biliana, thanks for your comments. About the polution, with out these plants, you wouldn't have a bike, nor a washing machine, nor an oven, as steel is still vital for our way of living, and has been so for ages...
These plants have become much cleaner, though, with this one probably the cleanest in Europe. The fumes you see don't necessarily imply polution, either, as it may well be water (steam).
Cheers,
Hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/19/2005
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Hi Lee, thanks for your comment. As safety measures are increased, it's almost impossible to go anywhere near a blastfurnace these days, let alone at night.... Luckily, this was an exception (nothing illegal going on here...;)
Cheers,
hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/19/2005
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Hi C, Thanks! I know.... Next time, I'll definately shoot this with my Yashica... Visited your site, yesterday. Looks good! Didn't know you lived in NYC;)
Cheers,
Hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/19/2005
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Hi Antonio, lowering the ISO setting would probably have resulted in a less grainy image, but as I didn't have time to set up my tripod to take this shot, I tried to keep the shutterspeed as short as possible. Hence that choice... I'll definately try it someday, though.
Cheers,
Hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/19/2005
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Hi Robi, It's always a delight to hear from you, my friend! Thanks, I really appreciate it!
Cheers,
Hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/19/2005
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Hi Arwa, Thanks for your comment, The vertical format is because I couln't take it horizontally, without cropping off the pipes below, which I believe to be essential here. Besides, these blast furnaces are over 110m high...
The ISO setting is quite high, as this shot was taken at night, no flash (allowed). Besides, I didn't have a chance to set up my tripod, and I had to wedge the camera. In order to get anything out of this shot, I had to increase the sensitivity to get a reasonable shutterspeed given the conditions.
Cheers,
Hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/19/2005
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Ha Lex, Vervelend om te horen van je camera. Hoop, dat je snel een nieuwe vind!
Wat betreft de dunne witte rand, dat is allemaal Photoshop werk in drie lagen: Achtergrond: zwart, dan in eerste instantie een lege laag, en daarboven de foto. Selecteer de foto (control click op de laag met de foto) en vervolgens Selection > Expand, waarde 1 pixel. Dan de middelste lege laag wit maken, en voila! Vrij eenvoudig maar je zult er wel een beetje mee moeten spelen om hem mooi strak te maken.
Groeten,
Hugo
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B:)liana
{K:30945} 4/18/2005
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Well done daer Hugo. great concept/composition and lighting control.
And what a industrial pollution :(
Biliana
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Erik Neldner
{K:10846} 4/17/2005
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Cool one! Love the sense of motion on the smoke/steam mixed with the saturated color cast.
cheers,
erik
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Rashed Abdulla
{K:163889} 4/17/2005
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i can just say so beautiful my friend,the colors are super ,wonderful capture,best regards
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Roger Williams
{K:86139} 4/17/2005
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I thought I was the only one to try things like ultra-slow shutter speeds, but you've really brought it off with this one! Very dramatic, with that dark red reminding us of the furnaces that produce iron from ore. Good work, Hugo!
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Fadel J
{K:13974} 4/16/2005
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Fantastic lighting and colors, not to mention your angle and exposure Hugo! In the thumbnail it looks like musical instruments.
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Orazio Minnella
{K:49417} 4/16/2005
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Nice scene and great light.Beautiful work.
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/16/2005
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No, it's a blast furnace, where thy make iron from ore and coal....:) Thanks for your comment, Jeanette!
Cheers,
Hugo
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Jeanette Hägglund
{K:59855} 4/16/2005
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Dramatic shot with the orange, windy feel, all lamps, lines and more ....an oil platform?
Jeanette
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L B.
{K:13965} 4/16/2005
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Prachtige foto, ik vind het een mooi effect, de lange sluitertijd waardoor de rook 'bewogen' is!! Ik was zelf ook vrolijk aan het klooien met sluitertijden toen plots me body kapot ging.. Heel vervelend allemaal, ben nu dus weer opzoek naar een nieuwe body wat het fotos maken vertraagt.
Verder is dit natuurlijk een super foto, ik vraag me af hoe je de witte lijn in het frame hebt gemaakt?? Dit geeft een heel erg leuk effect. De foto heeft erg warme kleuren wat een avond gevoel geeft. Door de rook en natuurlijk het gebouw krijg je ook een sterk gevoel van industrie, het is prachtig weer gegeven. De vaak lelijke gebouwen kunnen dus ook als pracht decord voor een foto frugeren!
Groeten,
Lex
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Zeev Scharf
{K:25603} 4/16/2005
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Hi Hugo,you converted an ordinary Industrial plant view into a wonderful shot
in all aspects a real beauty my dear friend
7++++++++
Many thanks for kind comment "Death sea panorama"
My best regards
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Lee Harris
{K:14694} 4/16/2005
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When I was a child my father worked for a steel mill and took me on many tours and these shapes and colors are what I remember.
I think I got to go on allot of night tours because not as many officials around.
Very good colors and detail Hugo, thanks for rekindling some old and pleasant memories.
Lee
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Carlheinz Bayer
{K:14220} 4/16/2005
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I like that a lot! Great colors and a strong comp. Well, the noise, but what can you do under this conditions? But I can tell you with a 100asa film 30s shuuertine and maybe the help of a ND you would get an effect with the smoke that would knock your socks off. SWEET!
CB
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Alex Pieroni
{K:15506} 4/15/2005
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Wondeful and dramatic image, I like the mood in this shot.
Great work!
Regards,
Alex
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Randy Lorance
{K:24769} 4/15/2005
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I always have found the massive industrial machinery fascinating. Once again you've used your knack to capture the feel of the scene, this bringing forth the sensory of noise,smells,vibrations,shift whistles. Great choice of framing for this, bold and strong.
Randy
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Felix Nieves
{K:1143} 4/15/2005
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Great Shot!
Felix
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Antonio Trincone
{K:23167} 4/15/2005
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quite beauty for the smoke escaping effect Hugo; I wonder if it can be improved by lowering to 400 ISO speed and increasing the esposure time
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Roberto Arcari Farinetti
{K:209486} 4/15/2005
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outstanding my friend a TERRIFIC Iron in this one.. so strong, so heavy!
a hrad work for the mans in the industrie.. but the mode and the colors are so magnific, very well done!
have a good week end
roby
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Marian Man
{K:80636} 4/15/2005
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quite fascinating dear Hugo!!!! excellent composition and great colors!!!!! strong image!!!
excellent work
best regards
Marian
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Ursula Luschnig
{K:21723} 4/15/2005
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I like the light and the lamps,the smoke works great...beautiful industrial shot.
Cheers,Ursula
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John Loreaux
{K:86210} 4/15/2005
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Very interesting photo Hugo! I like the golden color from the outdoor lights and what I really like is the plume of smoke being blown away by the seemingly strong winds! Well done! My best to You Hugo!.......................John
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/15/2005
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Hi Mauro, thanks for your comment. I had the white balance set on cloudy, as it was very cloudy. With all insustrial lights, the sky turned orange (not only in this shot, but in real life too) When I first saw the result, I remember thinking that it was almost as I remembered (took this shot last december) but seeing it again before uploading, my first thought was that I'd done something wrong with the white balnce...
I didn't use a tripod, but wedged the camerabetween some metal scrap lying around to hld it steady.
As to the title, it's a blast furnace, the first step in the steel making process, where you produce raw iron from ore and coal....:)
Cheers,
Hugo
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Stephen Bowden
{K:64141} 4/15/2005
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Excellent capture Hugo, my guessings for the exposure times would have been miles off (having read your about).
I must try and find a foundry near here and try these nighttime shots !
Best wishes,
Steve
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NN
{K:26787} 4/15/2005
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The motion of the steam looks great! You made a boring subject look interesting :) Very good tones!
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Saeed Al Shamsi
{K:47735} 4/15/2005
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What amazing photo, I have to search for one like this taken 2 months a go with sun set and the mountain behind it, but was a cement mill factory, what I like is the wonderful clear details of this unusual capture night shot, the "smoke" coming out of the chimney is showing that, it is working even at night, the dark black frame gave it an strong appearance and extra enhancement. Attractive work and subject. Regards.Saeed
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Paolo Barthelemy
{K:25552} 4/15/2005
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Excellent industrial shot, Hugo!
Probably taken in a windy night, the steam's flow pictures, together with the light that hits it, a very nice shape that seems to convolve the structure behind. I like the contrast with the other steam at the bottom that, protected from the wind, has a totally different shape.
Very pleasant natural feeling watching at it!
Best regards, Paolo
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Paul Lara
{K:88111} 4/15/2005
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This is very powerful, made moreso by the slow shutter speed emphasizing the motion of the steam.
Very judicious exposure works well.
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 4/15/2005
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Hi hugo!
The warm golden color are the main striking element in this shot...because its only the first part we don?t know yet where are you going with this new series, im not in favor of the composition it could have been a little but better, why did u choose to take it vertically instead of horizontally with the main pipe on the third quarter...but then it would have been more typical wouldn?t it?
The exposure is excellent!
may I ask you just for the sake of learning why did u increase the ISO?
just to get the grain or is there some other reason?
lol too many questions :P
i wont rate this image till i see the rest of the series :)
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Gerhard Hoogterp
{K:4863} 4/15/2005
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Mooi.. weinig aan toe te voegen..
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Mary Sue Hayward
{K:17558} 4/15/2005
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The framing works perfectly for this shot. It is very industrial-age with all that power and drive and energy! The toning enhances the mood, making it seem a little foreign and unapproachable, even dangerous.
I notice that despite the absence of a human or other living figure in the image, it feels quite dynamic and thriving. Perhaps your wise choice of a slow shutter speed allowed the steam to provide a sense of movement to support the dynamic mood.
I feel like I'm standing there, but I'm a little afraid to get any closer!
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delete my account
{K:3679} 4/15/2005
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wow!! this is great!
Great industrial mood...
Good job!
best wish's
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/15/2005
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I hadn't noticed it yet....:)
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/15/2005
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Very well spotted! I think so... I did clean the censor recently, as it had quite a few of them... Thanks!
Chees,
hugo
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Mark Mahar
{K:3233} 4/15/2005
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Hi Hugo,
Nice job with the slow speed capture. The tones are great! I really like the angles in your composition and the smoke/steam has a liquid almost milky quality with the reflected light.
Nice! -mm
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 4/15/2005
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A very dramatic image, Hugo, with wonderful burnt-orange colours. Very good composition and detail, too.
Excellent work, my friend!
Best regards, Chris
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Girish Chonkar
{K:6903} 4/15/2005
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Nice industrial shot.
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Teunis Haveman
{K:53426} 4/15/2005
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Hugo, een mooi nachtopname
Het geeft de juiste sfeer weer
Hier is het vandaag schitterend weer trouwens
Ozon laag ????
Groet teunis
bedankt voor je goede woorden
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