hugo tuffen

thanks for visiting, Jerry, and for the brighter image. it's definitely an improvement.

 

however, i beg to differ about the colour of snow - so here is hugo being somewhat argumental!

at least for my psychology, snow can be anything but white at times.

similarly one could say that psychologically water is colourless (or even blue) but many images show water that is not colourless (or blue) as it reflects the colours that are above it, or in some cases below it. when i took this image in grey fog at dusk the snow reflected this grey colour and was grey.

perhaps it's a PN psychology you're referring to? ;-)

hello Stephen, many thanks for stopping by and your helpful comment! it was dusk but you're right that it could be a little brighter. there is almost no texture at all in the snow as it was thick and freshly fallen. what a spectacular day it was!

i'll upload a brighter version (but not too bright as i'd like it to remain true to what i saw).

There were beautiful foggy snowy scenes in the Cumbrian lake district,

northern england this weekend. these walls of stone slabs are pretty

extraordinary....

 

Any comments much appreciated.

 

All I've done to the original image is to slightly adjust the contrast

and balance - no other maniupation at all!

 

thanks

Hugo

fantastic lighting and I like the composition, though perhaps a shame that the foreground gull's reflection is cropped. i like!

Please excuse the poor image quality - this is a still from an HD

video that I recorded 1 km from the vent. We are using the video to

track the velocity of bombs and the how the behaviour of the vent

changes through time. I quite liked this still as it shows a fresh

burst of glowing red fragmented magma flying through the billowing

cloud of fine-grained ash.

excellent timing and lovely blurred background!

This was quickly snapped as I made my way closer to the vent to record

infra-red video footage of the ash plume and bombs, which were being

explosively ejected hundreds of metres in the air. The plume was lit

up briefly by the setting sun, within minutes the vent was glowing red

and the thundering sounds became louder. All night our tent was pelted

by pumices but the wind had changed direction by daybreak and all way

clear. We collected samples of the ash from our tents and work is

underway to analyse it!

 

Any comments on the photo are really welcome - I've been away from

photo.net for three years due to having kids and visiting volcanoes,

this is my first one now I've returned!

 

y un mensaje por los chilenos - que su volcano es una maravilla, una

pasada, aunque puede ser problematico de vez en cuando, y que tenia

suerte poder estar en un sitio tan impressionante y tan lindo.

a staggeringly beautiful shot. the different layers in the foreground create such complex, immersive movement.

A typical view in the eerie ash-covered woods on the southern flank of Puyehue, during light ashfall in January 2012. The vent is 9 km away.

Team members make their way across ash-covered slopes on a successful mission to collect bombs ejected from the vent, which is 1 km away from us. Pulsatory explosions and the strong wind create a twisted, lumpy eruption column. On the right hand side the obsidian lava flow steams away, crumbling as it advances as slowly as a glacier.

The plume was only lit up by the setting sun for a few minutes. We were 2km from the vent on our way to record infra-red video footage of the ash venting and bombs exploding from the vent. All is buried under thick layers of ash. Our campsite was a few hundred metres behind us. We spent a restless night listening to pumices falling onto canvas and hoping they'd not get any bigger. The eruption continues (it started on June 4th 2011) and air travel in Argentina is still affected.

i really like this one though, much more original. the dark tones conjure up something of the dark ages, which i am guessing is your intention, and this track's history makes one wonder...very nice!

Wonderful composition and subject but I have seen exactly the same shot so many times, with the same trees even, that it's hard to give a high rating for originality! I also agree with other comments about the pink sky.

IMHO would be great to see more natural looking colours and an original perspective but then I can't really criticise as my photography is shoddy!

cheers Hugo

hawthorn berries photographed in an autumnal sunset in lancashire.

 

went for an unusual composition and DOF.

 

many thanks if you take the time to comment!

muy buena composicion y utilisacion de color.

 

zorionak!

first day at home with our newborn baby. an unforgettable feeling...

 

thanks for visiting!

 

hugo

A woman taking off her mask at the end of a piece of street theatre.

Thanks!

I like the photo as it is - you have captured the subtle early morning light and the rocks in the foreground don't need to be bright.

a fantastic, unusual image!

amazing image! i love the softness of the water and the delicate dawn light.

at the hot springs on the flank of Unzen volcano, Kyushu, Japan

An incredible place - see the figure for scale!

Taken at the hot springs on the flank of Mt Unzen volcano on Kyushu.

Taken on Mt Unzen volcano near Shimabara. Any comments much appreciated!