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Phillip Minnis
{K:13131} 8/21/2006
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Wow! Hugo, what a great shot! Very striking! Another top notch image!
Congratulations on the award! Well deserved!
Cheers
Phil
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Erik Neldner
{K:10846} 5/2/2006
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hugo, beautiful image. the combination of all of these light sources is stunning. cheers, erik
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Maurizio Massetti
{K:30463} 4/16/2006
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Excellent shot!
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Derek Bair
{K:1530} 4/16/2006
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This reminds me of the last couple scenes of Terminator 2! Those are some of my favorite combination of colors, very nice!
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/13/2006
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ROFL! Thanks, mate!
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Shane O'Neill
{K:3054} 4/13/2006
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Usefilm and Hugo, up a tree, k.i.s.s.i.n.g!!!
Usefilm loves Hugo! Well done mate .. well deserved praise
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Gorilla K
{K:17526} 4/13/2006
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Hi Hugo,concrats for the DoD! great industrial shot...nice composition and color...good work!!!
Winfried
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Salvatore Rossignolo
{K:13559} 4/13/2006
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I really like this one Hugo, my kinda shot! The exposure is perfect for this type of image and the orange glow of the steel is quite compelling. Nice work my friend. Sal
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Nelson Moore [Kes] -
{K:20241} 4/13/2006
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Hi Hugo, cool hot shot! There's a definate sense of motion here, yet you did a good job of reaching out and grabbing/stopping it for us to see. It really makes me curious as to the why and how of the metal making process.
Best, Kes
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Ali Naghizadeh
{K:19600} 4/13/2006
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Hi dear Hugo.. Very well done a very strong composition with great warm tones.. Congrats for the 2 awards dear Hugo you surly deserved them.
My very best wishes, aLi
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stingRay pt.4 .
{K:250401} 4/13/2006
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...............CONGRATULATIONS...................
Well done indeed Hugo.....not one, but two deserved awards today and both extremely well taken....Best wishes to you....Ray
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Roberto Arcari Farinetti
{K:209486} 4/13/2006
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..and DOD.. a raly "lava" lines.. very hot my friend, have all the best and best wishes for a happy easther..!
hug
roby
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Lee Harris
{K:14694} 7/28/2005
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Hi Hugo....everything is ok and I thank you for your concern. I went a little ape crazy with the photo shooting and kinda got on my wife's wrong side for being away to much. Then I got half looped and the wife was kinda letting me have it and I went to my pc and wiped my uf clean. Well as of now we are doing much much better, I have learned to give the time needed to my wife and it is working out. Even getting a new camera tomorrow :) I do plan on not getting carried away with the new camera, don't need to undo everything I just fixed. I will be posting, viewing and commenting again sometime in the future. Again thanks for dropping me a note. Lee
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Luis Diogo
{K:6019} 7/15/2005
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Very nice industrial scene..love the color metal and the lighting.. great work. Luis.
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 7/15/2005
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Hi Lee, What happened to you? I've been away for a while, and I just tried to find you to see what new work you have created... Your portfolio is completely empty, and You've changed your name too! Hope you are fine,
Cheers,
Hugo
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Angelo Villaschi
{K:49617} 4/26/2005
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Excellent composition here, Hugo. The diagonal placement of the main picture elements adds a nice dynamic to the whold image. It helps me to "see" the steel bars moving along.
Great action with the sparks, also.
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Lori Stitt
{K:75282} 4/24/2005
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Hi Hugo,
This is one AMAZING photograph! I LOVE IT!! Amazing composition and color with fantastic details. Those sparks going 'helter scelter' (sp?) makes it for me.
Superb detail, industrial shot but also abstract as well.
EXCELLENT!! Lori :)
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 4/21/2005
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Hi hugo! :) Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!!! Because of this new series of yours I had the courage to actually change the ISO from 200 (the lowest on the D70) up to 800, 1000 and even 1600!!!!!!! It opened up a lot of new possibilities! Suddenly I don?t need the tripod all the time!!!!! It feels like the first day I got my D70 all over again! When I pointed at a flower and took an image today it came out exactly and I mean precisely the way I wanted it to!!! So thank you ((((((((((hugs)))))))))))
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Antonella Nistri
{K:21867} 4/21/2005
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Oustanding image, Hugo, wonderful lighting and perfect exposure, many congrats,
Antonella
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Hermen Pen
{K:9168} 4/20/2005
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The natural light is beautiful! The sparks make the image very dynamic and lively.
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Ursula Luschnig
{K:21723} 4/20/2005
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Hi Hugo,I find it amazing...but I would say...it lives! I find the colours ,the sparkles and the hot atmosphere fascinating! Cheers,Ursula
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Giovanni Guerrieri
{K:1169} 4/20/2005
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great shot,very realistic, you can feel the heat and noise, I love industrial images, this one reminds me when iron productio was important in my city... ciao and thank you for your comments to my reflex experiment
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/20/2005
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Antonia -- thouroughly appreciated -- Hugo.
:)
But I wouldn't be me if I didn't put something else in my reply... I love your description of the noises and feel of those places, a perfect match, maybe not with reality, but with the image. thourougly appreciated! One more to come, probably later today...;)
Cheers,
hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/20/2005
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Hi Lee, thanks, I would appreciate it! This is part of the steel plant, where they convert iron to steel, and then cut the slabs. The milling process will be next, but not the process for making beams, bu t thin steel sheet they use for soda (and beer) cans.
Cheers,
Hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/20/2005
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Hi Omar, thanks for your comment. And no, they don't let tourists in, but then again, I'm not a tourist...:) This shot was made on assingment, and is used for educational / promotional purposes.
Cheers,
Hugo
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Antonia BauerleinSehnert
{K:30599} 4/20/2005
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Another image alive with motion and sound (the other roared -- this one screeches), rich, sparkley and engaging. This scene is one we wouldn't ordinarily be able to see unless shared by and "insider" so to speak. Beautiful documentary image! I want to know more. Antonia
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Lee Harris
{K:14694} 4/19/2005
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Hugo you did get a good tour if you seen this, was at my moms for a few days and ran across a pic from when my dad used to take me, I will grab it next time and scan it.....I think you will find it interesting. This picture is great...molten hot iron being scaled down to the size....I have seen them make railroad track and it looks very similar to this. Even at the distance that I seen this you could feel the heat. Great shot.
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Omar Rifaat
{K:10141} 4/19/2005
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You capture the infernal atmosphere very well. It reminds me of the movie 'Terminator'! It must have been very hot there. How did you get in to this place? Just wandered in? I would be surprised if they let tourists in! Omar
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Fadel J
{K:13974} 4/19/2005
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Great composition, light, and color Hugo, very expertly captured!
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Jeanette Hägglund
{K:59855} 4/19/2005
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A perfect choosen composition for the industrial iron - as iron in a move....from one "object" to another...from one sense to another. A great capture! Excellent!
Jeanette
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Paolo Barthelemy
{K:25552} 4/19/2005
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Excellent capture, Hugo! So natural and realistic that I can feel the heat. You know that but...very well balanced, dynamic composition too. Congrats! (7+++) Cheers, Paolo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/19/2005
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Hi P.J. Interesting. The weird thing being, that the longer I look at the oveview and the longer I consider your comment and reply, the more I begin to see your point. Just curious, I've used this type of frame before in:
http://www.usefilm.com/image/669043.html http://www.usefilm.com/image/667056.html http://www.usefilm.com/image/664481.html.
Not trying to boast / boost my own pictures, but I'm interested; there must be something else, or I would've noticed it before... (At least I like to believe I would've, but in all fairness, I'm only starting to think about it now....;)
Cheers, and thanks!
Hugo
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Margaret Sturgess
{K:49403} 4/19/2005
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Hugo, I am hollering. I'd really like to know more about the shot. You can send it direct to me at denthompson8@aol.com. No rush but I am really interested. Thanks for replying. Den
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/19/2005
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Tsja, Lex, daar werk ik nou....:)
Groeten,
Hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/19/2005
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Hi Randy, I work at this steel plant, and occasionally, I do some photo stuff for promotional purposes, which grants me the occasional access to these areas (Have a desk job)
Cheers,
Hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/19/2005
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Hi Den, If you're interested in the background behind this shot, I'd be happy to provide it... Just holler...:) It'll take a while, though...
Cheers,
Hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/19/2005
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Hi Manu, I had to take a really close look myself, but I think you're right. If you look at the vertical lines, the angle seems a bit off. Thanks!
Cheers,
Hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/19/2005
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Hi P.J. Interesting.... Although the original idea for this type of frame came from Heath Bennet (?), I thought it would fit with this series mainly because of the nature of the subject. The heavy industry requires a heavy frame. Guess not, heh? Maybe I'll have to reconcider, thanks for the constructive comment!
Cheers,
Hugo
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L B.
{K:13965} 4/19/2005
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Wonderfull shot, have you been in a factory?? You have done a lot of corrections on you're camera haven't you?? The result is excellent, the fire, the flames, the sparkles shooting everywhere. Really gives me a 'busy' feeling, busy with making iron. i like the frame although it could have been a little smaller, i like it that it ain't equal at all sides, but it could have been a little smaller. But no hard feelings overall. An excellent shot! Superb!
Greets, Lex.
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Saeed Al Shamsi
{K:47735} 4/19/2005
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You did excellent what we call it insight out in the two images, showing the outside structure and the inside real "live" work, The control of the camera parameters over high light and perfectly sparks shown, unusual industrial images composition. Well succeeded. Saeed
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Maria Luisa Vial
{K:36017} 4/18/2005
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WOW!!! I like this one very much Hugo... Excellect colors a tones... The sparks give life to it... I almost feel the hot atmosphere and the sounds... Love it!!!!
Cheers,
MaLuisa
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NN
{K:26787} 4/18/2005
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Hi Hugo! I prefer this one to the first version because of the sparkles; I can even call it beautiful! Nice tones, again. Very good work!
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Thilo Bayer
{K:50358} 4/18/2005
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Hi Hugo,
you handled the exposure very well IMHO. Not too easy to get the right mixture here with the strong differences in luminance and color. ;-)
best wishes,
thilo
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Teunis Haveman
{K:53426} 4/18/2005
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Hugo, een goede atmosfere hier Teunis
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 4/18/2005
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Well, the sparks are really flying in this one, Hugo!! What an excellent commercial shot this is!! Very colourful and dramatic, and the exposure is spot on! Good work all round! Best regards, Chris
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Antonio Trincone
{K:23167} 4/18/2005
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with camera in room such as the one depicted here and and life of it became shorter! hope you were aware of this
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Patrick Ziegler
{K:21797} 4/18/2005
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HOT & HEAVY!
Nice Exposure, I like the composition. nast eviroment...
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B:)liana
{K:30945} 4/18/2005
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Great documentary photograph. Love the melted steel and the red color of the hot fire dear Hugo! Kiss, Biliana
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Randy Lorance
{K:24769} 4/18/2005
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This shot nicely captures the feel of heavy industrial production, leaving for imagination the heat and loudness of machinery of popping of molten sparks. Just curious about your access to inside this plant?
Randy
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Mary Sue Hayward
{K:17558} 4/18/2005
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These recent industrial shots are so foreign to me. I imagine loud clanking, roaring engines, hot fires, glowing hot molten rivers of steel, the works. The slow shutter enhances the image nicely by showing the sparks and glowing heat as it must appear in person.
Really scary and cool, Hugo!
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Den Thompson
{K:30432} 4/18/2005
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I agree Usefilm is about photography Hugo, but I also find it very educational when we see things we would not otherwise be able to see. Many times I view an image and a multitude of questions pass through my mind, then I'm left frustrated because there is no "About". I find this image totally fascinating photographically. The amount of action that must have happened during a 15 sec exposure has been captured so well and the clarity is incredible. Thank you for sharing such a fascinating shot. Den
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Manu
{K:13082} 4/18/2005
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Excellent industrial shot, Hugo. I think the heavy frame adds to the heaviness and solidity of the subject matter...well chosen. I know I'm nit-picking here but even though there are no horizontal lines anywhere the image looks like it need rotating clockwise just a little...but hey!..here's me trying to criticise..?!
Well done and as usual thanks for the support.
Manu
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burak avlar
{K:185} 4/18/2005
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well done hugo, really great composition. your comments are very appreciated too:)
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Gerhard Hoogterp
{K:4863} 4/18/2005
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An other great shot. What's to say.. Outstanding colors..
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Larry Monserate Piojo
{K:10780} 4/18/2005
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Wonderful shot! Very interesting! I wonder how would I feel when I'll drop my camera in that thing! lol! ...very very nice shot!
b.rgrds, LarryM.P.
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Roberto Arcari Farinetti
{K:209486} 4/18/2005
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Already from the miniature I had understood that it was your big photography! Personally I find the photographies charmed in natural light and must say that it is strong and wonderful, many the manners and the qualities of the nature Take care my friend.. roby
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