Pictures of Our Awesome Earth III

Photographer	Hugo de Wolf {K:184670}
Project	#55 Peace & Tranquility	Camera Model	Nikon D2x
Categories	Landscape Nature	Film Format	Digital RAW
Portfolio	Creative Photos The Dutch Files Emotions	Lens	Nikon 28-70mm f/2.8 ED-IF AF-S
Uploaded	3/14/2007	Film / Memory Type	ISO 100
		ISO / Film Speed
Views	435	Shutter	1s
Favorites	1	Aperture	f/22
Critiques	58	Rating	6.33 / 18 Ratings
Location	City - Leenderstrijp State - Country - Netherlands
About	Hi Folks, Continuing the series after a very eventful period... Ingredients: Our Awesome Earth - see http://www.awesome-earth.com The first autumn storm of the year brewing in the distance (October 2006) Our Awesome Earth - II Nikon D2x Nikon 28 - 70 f/2.8 (the Beast) Aperture: f/22 Focal lenght: 70mm Shutterspeed: 1/4 sec ISO rating: 100 Your comments are - as usual - very welcome. I'm still here, but you know how things go....:) Cheers, Hugo

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Vesna Radakovic {K:1572} 3/14/2007

Beautiful!!!
Vesna

Petros Stamatakos {K:11419} 3/14/2007

Definitely a wonderful image! Well done Hugo :-)

Simone Pallesi {K:3586} 3/14/2007

This places are beautiful... the name "Awesome Eart" is the most appropriated.
I like the fog that exalt the silhouette of the trees in foreground. Sorry for my bad english
Cheers
Simone

Rajesh Bhattacharjee {K:2909} 3/14/2007

wow. great shot. fog in the ground made this one special. your "Our Awesome Earth " series is very good

Gary Dyck

{K:11822} 3/14/2007

Great shot, Hugo! The low lying fog really gives depth and mood to the shot. The "Awesome earth" title is really appropriate. Very nice. Cheers, Gary

Roberto Arcari Farinetti

{K:176263} 3/14/2007

superb.. my friend..
really and also is favorite.. but from this time i have captured one moon's shot of last eurepoean eclypse.. i hope you like it!!!
and soon my post for this event..
all the best to you dear hugo..
have a nice time!
roby
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march.. 3/4 2007

Francisco N-G {K:22010} 3/14/2007

A classic! Wonderful example of our awesome, extinguishing, Earth... Hope many generations ahead of us will see sights like this one.

Perfect in all respects.

All the best!

Francisco

Galal El Missary {K:83970} 3/14/2007

Great natural composition & tones , The fog add alot to the beauty of the photo .

Galal

Doyle D. Chastain

{K:99049} 3/14/2007

Well Hugo this is likely my favorite of the series thus far. The image has a superb balance of the cooling blue hues lifting from the ground hugging mist contrasted in a harsh, almost violent slash of warm color, diagonally, no less, through the dramatic sky. I was thinking I saw something like a halo on the right central protrusion of the central tree. Actually . . . it's a tricky area which to my eye has a bit of brighter digital noise that gives an ever so faint hint of a halo. A closer look revealed an extraordinarily narrow line from there along the tree lines to the right. Apparently, grain or noise . . . eliminated from most of the cooler skyline area - but not too intrusive to cost details in the tree-lined horizon top. It's not noticeable at all at less than 200% but I don't know about the actual size of your image and, quite frankly, it's not distracting to me anyway. See what lengths we have to go through to critique YOUR work??

Brilliant slashs of warm light and color on the left reflected by the lazy, curved reflections of the same light on the right . . . The gentle progression of colors through the sky from blue through a greenish blue . . . reflected in the blue / white mists under it all. Lovely image. Open, serene and tranquil.

Mooi. En gedaane heel goed!

Groetjes mijn Vriend,
Doyle I <~~~~~

arijit(ratul) talukder {K:4804} 3/14/2007

amazing as usual !!! i'm spellbound
besy regards
arijit.

Peter De Rycke

{K:35400} 3/14/2007

Yep, it's awesome at times in the morning .. i made a promise to myself to go see this more often than in the past (as i am not a morning type at all) .. i think definition and exposure are very good !
Peter

Andre Denis

{K:54192} 3/14/2007

So far Hugo.. my favourite of the three!!
I'm a sucker for fog and mist. So if you combine a beautiful sunrise (I assume) with a double layer of mist, you have my approval :)
This one really is a lovely composition. Many people try to do the single tree on a landscape scenario, but this one stands out from the crowd!
Great job!
Andre

Dirk Noort {K:9197} 3/15/2007

Prachtig landschap, mooie fotografie!
Dirk.

Dan Wilson {K:9060} 3/15/2007

Very lovely shot, you seem to have captured so much mood in this shot, well done

Salvatore Rossignolo

{K:13544} 3/15/2007

Great work Hugo, I think what I'm most taken with here is the almost complete lack of color on the bottom and the brilliant and natural saturation at the top. Nice to see your work again my friend.
Sal

Annemette Rosenborg Eriksen

{K:55218} 3/15/2007

Nothing else to say but astonishing

Saeed Al Shamsi

{K:47330} 3/16/2007

The silhouette is surprisingly challenging and rewarding in this scene, along with the fore and background atmosphere which complement the stark silhouette. to me this one has every single elements to be a real special capture.
Regards
Saeed

NN {K:26787} 3/16/2007

Hi Hugo! I like this tranquil & moody scene ... the bright spots in the sky indicate that the fog is going to disappear very soon. The apt word here is certainly: AWESOME! :)

biljana mitrovic {K:37518} 3/17/2007

This is realy something special!!!Wonderful landscape,great picture
regards
Biljana

Michael Kanemoto {K:22073} 3/18/2007

HdW

Yeah, what doyle said, except I would have been thinking to myself "HDR"... I've been using the tripod a lot now that I'm in ISO 100 land and with the tricky lighting I'm attacking these with bracketing. Let's hope they all assemble in the end though...

The only thing I can add to the ongoing commentary is there is a very young tree in the early light protected by the elder. Very good choice of symbolism.

Michael Fox {K:3310} 3/18/2007

Hugo -- Awesome colors! The contrast of light and dark, colors, and textures really set this image apart. Great Eye!

Keep 'em coming!
-Mike.

Diego Bullita {K:14045} 3/18/2007

hi hugo,
fantastic colors for this optimal natural landscape,
beautiful shot,
compliments
regards
diego

Hugo de Wolf {K:184670} 3/18/2007

Hi Rajesh,

Thanks for your comment, much appreciated!

Cheers,

Hugo

Hugo de Wolf {K:184670} 3/18/2007

Hi Gary,

Thanks for your comment, I appreciate it; nice to hear from you again!

Cheers,

Hugo

Hugo de Wolf {K:184670} 3/18/2007

Hi Roby,

Thanks for that email too! Great series, and very well captured images...

Talk to you soon,

Cheers,

Hugo

Hugo de Wolf {K:184670} 3/18/2007

Hi FransicHi Francisco,

Thanks for your comment, it sure was an awesome morning... I'm afraid that with all global warming, pollution and such things make the sky look radiant.... Nice clouds? naw... Aeroplane trails.

Either way, it was spectacular this morning.

Cheers,

Hugo

Hugo de Wolf {K:184670} 3/18/2007

Hi Galal,

Great to hear from you again! Thanks for your comment!

Cheers,

Hugo

Hugo de Wolf {K:184670} 3/18/2007

Hi Doyle,

I can only bow deeply to your indepth analysis! You are totally right....

The halo you see is there; it's the result of a bit of overprocessing. The original shot was much weaker than shown here, and I did some extensive work on this photo:

1. the mist is emphasised by using the select colour range, applying a huge feather, and copying the "misty" tones to a new layer, setting the layer mode to screen, transparency to about 50%

2. I selected the sky, using the same method, and set the layer mode to "multiply"; feather: about 3px, That's where the line results from.

3. I then combined the background layer and the sky layer into one, and used a shadow / highlight pass (CS2), that's what created the halo.

4. If I remember correctly, I then did the same with the trees in the foreground, layer mode: multiply.

5. I then rearranged the layer order, setting the mist layer to overlap the tree, and flattened the image.

6. Last step was to - if I remember correctly - duplicate the image onto a new layer, and used the "soft light" layer mode....

That's it...:)

Very nice to hear from you again, and keep up those excellent comments!

Cheers,

hugo

Roberto Arcari Farinetti

{K:176263} 3/18/2007

..oh.. sure.. i'm happy that you are back again..and i'm happy that you like it!!!

i wait your talk..

cheers
roby

Roberto Arcari Farinetti

{K:176263} 3/18/2007

.. thanks , tahnks, thanks for your appreciated words dear Hugo.. when i post the photos i hope that they like it!!!! sure also for the sensation and emotive mood..

have a great week my friend.. and.. i hope taht soon my post of "moon".. hugs

cheers
roby

p: have a great week..

Joanna Lamb {K:1312} 3/18/2007

...layering huh? (you've lost me there!)... just looks like a fab result! Stunning. Cheers, Jo