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Rui Coutinho
{K:53} 1/27/2007
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Great capture of the brooklyn bridge and its surroundings.
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Rui Coutinho
{K:53} 1/27/2007
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Great capture of the brookyn brigde and its surrounding.
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vladimir antic
{K:3307} 12/6/2005
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super!!!
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Tim Fray
{K:179} 8/30/2005
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This is a great shot hugo. I love the way it looks like the bridge goes on for ever. Did you use a filter for the sky?
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Verena Rentrop
{K:15233} 8/23/2005
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I like the way how the lines on the brige keeps my attention...and leave the skyline as a nice sidework...nothing more...
a hug
Verena
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Renata Lepage
{K:-3321} 8/22/2005
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Fantastic line composition.
:)
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JakeLM
{K:3365} 8/22/2005
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Your use of perspective with those kind of lens is just great and very effective.
The composition is so well balanced and the tones of this b&w are in harmony with the cityscape.
I would to see just more contrast on the right side of the image: I love how you have exposed the left side ... probabily just too much stop difference bewteen the two side..(not your fault!).
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Roberto Arcari Farinetti
{K:209486} 8/17/2005
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the big series is still more big..
hello hugo,..
the created perspective is fantastic.. amazing.. also the cut is homogenous has created a balanced part!
is so fine also the b/w tones.. congrats for the superb use of the 10.5mm
cheers
roby
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moataz k. elkateb
{K:4971} 8/17/2005
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Very well seen and captured. Fantastic work dear hugo well done my friend.
BEST REGARDS
M O A T A Z
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Danny Brannigan
{K:19523} 8/16/2005
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terrific shot Hugo helped no doubt by that wonderful lens,but give that lens to another person and he would just not achieve what you have shown us.a good lens in the masters hand is a wonderful thing.I love the sharpnes, the viewpoint the lines shapes and curves.
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Antonia BauerleinSehnert
{K:30599} 8/16/2005
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Gorgeous! The sharpness and the detail is exquisite Hugo. The BW is perfect and all that negative space in the sky is just right to balance out the meat -- and oh what a big steak this one is! Antonia
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Hermen Pen
{K:9168} 8/13/2005
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A dazzling image... I really like the effect of the fisheye here (better than in your previous image). So no need to 'defish', as far as I am concerned... The distortion caused by the lens it goes so well with the natural curves of the guy-ropes here.
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Angelo Villaschi
{K:49617} 8/12/2005
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I don't know, Carsten. It's a question of personal preference, I guess. I like the feeling of "being inside" the picture brought by the fish-eye in this particular case.
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z z
{K:7231} 8/12/2005
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I like the effect the fisheye gave the bridge. It reminds me of those rickety rope bridges that curve and sway. So it looks the primative meeting the modern city. love the b&W tones!
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Thilo Bayer
{K:50358} 8/12/2005
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Hi Hugo,
oh, I haven't seen Carsten's rework. It seems we both had the same feelind. The rework is fine by me =)
Thilo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 8/12/2005
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Hi Randy, as it was mid February and freezing when I took this shot, I never actually contemplated it being filled with activity.... It being the first time I visited NY, I only know it as quiet as this. Have to agree on the fisheye, Carsten Ranke's rework is much better....
Thanks,
Hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 8/12/2005
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Hi Thilo, thanks for your analysis. I think it's the fish-eye effect that causes the uneasy feeling. Carsten Ranke "de-fisheyed" it, and I think that does the trick here. I see what you mean, though. When cropping this, I focused on the horizontal composition, trying to preserve the Manhattan skyline, not focussing on the vertical comp.
Cheers,
hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 8/12/2005
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Hi Peta, thanks for your comment. It was mid february when I shot this, and quite cold, there were few people on the bridge, and I took this shot when it was completely empty. As it was my first trip to NY, I only know it as empty as this, never even considered it full of people...:)
Cheers,
Hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 8/12/2005
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Hi Angelo, I quite agree, two fluffy clouds would've been perfect in this situation. Still, I also think de-fisheying the image (see Carsten Ranke's would've had a bigger impact. As usual, much appreciated!
Cheers,
Hugo
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Angelo Villaschi
{K:49617} 8/11/2005
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Gotta love me some of that fish-eye action! Incredible depth and perspective, Hugo!
Very nice contrast.
In a way, it's a shame there weren't one or two fluffy clouds there... but ya can't help that.
The division of the shot into two triangles (to the right of the bridge and to the left of the bridge) seems instinctive and natural and is very effective.
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Orazio Minnella
{K:49417} 8/11/2005
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Superb perspective and beautiful scene.Amazing composition and good use of the lights.
Orazio
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Tim Schumm
{K:29196} 8/11/2005
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great shot Hugo,
Although my sense is that you have more sky then needed and that if croped just slightly it would enhanse the impact and distract the eye from so much space above. In fact the skyline is almost centered. This is just a feeling on my part...certainly not an absolute.
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p e t a .
{K:18700} 8/10/2005
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Hugo, I've looked at this 3or4 times and still not sure how to express how much I love it!
Did you have to take people out? I cant imagine there ever being a time where you'd be alone up there?
Love that lens!
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Tiro Leander
{K:19060} 8/10/2005
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Excellent. Never thought it was such a big sky i NYC :-). What tones, clearity and details.. i'm impressed.
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Thilo Bayer
{K:50358} 8/10/2005
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Hi Hugo,
it seems you went for the same places we went =)
impressive shot again, but this time, my deep personal feeeling is that the fish eye is not as "useful" as in the other pictures. maybe it's that the sky is so dominant here... I mean: the sky is great with the fine gradient, but it's kind of overdominant here...
anyway, great shot.
best wishes,
Thilo
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B:)liana
{K:30945} 8/10/2005
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Excellent view and B&W dear Hugo!
Kiss,
Biliana
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Di Ciuccio Maurizio
{K:57398} 8/10/2005
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HI hugo..very fantastic view and perfect perspective..absolute wonderfull composition for excellent photo..congrats for another magic job..a soon dear hugo...
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Ursula Luschnig
{K:21723} 8/10/2005
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WOW! What a perspective...looks like an endless bridge.A fascinating viewpoint and effect!
Cheers,Ursula
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Randy Lorance
{K:24769} 8/10/2005
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Hi Hugo, This is really a good perspective and positioning of walkway at bottom to lead your eyes into the photo. It does seem disconcerting without people, cars or even aircraft present but I think that adds a certain impact that rivets your attention. Adding to discussion of the fisheye in this particular shot, I don't think it enhances this picture. The effects being most noticable in the lower third of image,
to me simply create an odd distortion. Still a fine shot and nice addition to the series.
Randy
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 8/10/2005
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Hi Carsten, Looking at your rework, I do think that would've been the better option. Like I replied to Roger, it's a bit over the top here. I like what you done to it, and I appreciate your effort, thanks for showing me.
Cheers,
Hugo
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Carsten Ranke
{K:14476} 8/9/2005
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Not as embracing the perspective as in other fisheye shots of yours, maybe one gets accustomed slowly ;-) I love the super wide FOV, and have my 10-22 zoom mounted by default, too. Maybe I would prefer a defished version here
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Burak Tanriover
{K:16610} 8/9/2005
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Hello Hugo,
in this picture I like the composition and the perspective a lot.
the composition is well balanced,
best wishes
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 8/9/2005
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Hi Roger, I didn't do anything to this shot, except for cropping it square and desaturating it. Maybe I should've defished it, as I do see your point; Not really necessary here, a rectilinear would've probably created a better image. I think the unsettling curvature in the skyscrapers is mainly because the horizon runs almost through the vertical centerline, and the square crop was taken off center, disrupting the uniform level of distortion.
I've grown fond of the 10.5 mm lens, and my 12-24 f/4 aspherical, keeping them on my bodies practically by default. I need to remind myself on occasion not to over do it, though...:)
I appreciate your critique, very useful, Thanks!
Cheers,
Hugo
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Roger Williams
{K:86139} 8/9/2005
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Another masterful example of an ultrawide-angle shot. Have you slightly "defished" it, I wonder? I think I would have, and would have taken it even a little further. The curvature in the skyscrapers is a little unsettling. Of course it shouts "Fisheye!" but that can soon become tiresome. It's the unique vantage point and perspective that makes this shot (plus the beautiful clarity, of course). A rectilinear 15mm would have been just as effective...
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AJ Miller
{K:49168} 8/9/2005
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I love this one, Hugo, largely because of the unexpected contrast between the bridge and the buildings.
AJ
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Don Loseke
{K:32503} 8/9/2005
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Another great view of NYC. Well composed and nice detail. Don.
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Toshi
{K:11924} 8/9/2005
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Hi Hugo, great angle to this shot, I like how the bridge adds depth to the photo. Very nice tones and a great cityscape shot. Very well captured.
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Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Garcia Barcia
{K:96391} 8/9/2005
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great composition. wonderful tones.
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Richard Thornton
{K:26442} 8/9/2005
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That's a nice thing about fisheyes . . . you get the horizon close to the middle of the frame and and the wildness disappears and it's just a super wide angle shot. Those Gothic arches look familiar. Is that the Brooklyn Bridge or another? You can tell I haven't spent much time in NYNY. Is that a pedestrian bridge in the foreground? You might profitably cropp a little from the top. Crisp with a full gamut of tones.
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Lori Stitt
{K:75282} 8/9/2005
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HI Hugo,
WHat an awesome bridge, it's wonderful.
And it's empty? That in and of itself is amazing. Although there might be someone way down in the distance.
This picture has so much to look at, love it.
Great perspective here, and most appealing it is.
Wonderful leading lines, good range of tones.
Very nice work,
Have a GR8 day/evening,
Lori :)
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Terrence Kent
{K:7023} 8/9/2005
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well, it went ok, lots of training quicktime videos, workbooks, coffee, and gui runthroughs, seemed endless, but such is life, and the back?
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karen clarke
{K:18893} 8/9/2005
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I'm wondering if it is not a bit cluttered? With the lines that lead off from the bridge. In a way I find it to be interesting with the left of the image pretty much open with the walkway and then on the right is a jumble of buildings along with bridge lines and what appears to be a walkway. Even though, I can still see your style in this and would not need a name to know who took it. There is still some great qualities with the b&w tones and little details. My fav. part of the image is the line on the bridge which lets your eyes walk the path and then up the shadow on the bridge wall where it then rests on the flag.
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Jeanette Hägglund
{K:59855} 8/9/2005
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Gorgeous Hugo. So sharp and crisp and i like the composition as well as tones.
Jeanette
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 8/9/2005
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Perhaps not quite the same immediate impact as the first in the series, Hugo ~ but, hey, you can only do that shot once!! This is equally good, though, in my opinion. Perfect composition and exceptional clarity.
Best regards, Chris
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Mohamed Banna
{K:34237} 8/9/2005
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ver simple word
PERFECT SHOT
dont need any more word
out of my reach to comment about this great master piece
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Saeed Al Shamsi
{K:47735} 8/9/2005
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Composition is the most critical factor in photography, the use of vertical and horizontal gives a sense of stability and emphasize height, which in turn gives an enclosed, down to earth feel, which done with efficiency. Although I like the leading bridge off set, but I feel there is a small foreground crop needed to eliminate the bending effect of the fish eye lens. Saeed
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Paul's Photos
{K:35235} 8/9/2005
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great perspective.. you are making me think about getting a fisheye (not sure if I want to carry another lens around though :) ) can never get enough of the brooklyn bridge.. excellent work, nicely captured... .
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Petal Wijnen
{K:50989} 8/9/2005
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Wonderful 'timeless' B&W!!!! Once again great use of the fe lens, wonderful tones, super perspective and composition (with those railings comming out of the corners)... well done!!! BTW either it isn't really busy up there or you waited long (enough) for there being no one in the shot.... ;-D!!!!
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cessy karina
{K:14205} 8/9/2005
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woww .. cool !!
excellent cityscape pic, very nice perspective
I like the lines and the tones
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andrea giuseppe
{K:3122} 8/9/2005
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Is this accessible to walker? Very good perspective
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Carolyn Wiesbrock
{K:14051} 8/9/2005
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A strong and dynamic composition, the narrow aperture capturing all the elements that create this wonderful perspective.
Excellent work, Hugo!
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Galal El Missary
{K:84569} 8/9/2005
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Great ..Great ...Great shot Hugo .
Galal
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a. M.
{K:9020} 8/9/2005
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wonderful shot from the bridge...i like the angle you took it at. great shot
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D W
{K:2560} 8/9/2005
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Awesome work Hugo. I really like that harsh contrast.
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