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Photographer Hugo de Wolf  Hugo de Wolf {Karma:185110}
Project #20 Classic Landscape Camera Model Nikon F100
Categories Cityscape
Journalism
Travel
Film Format
Portfolio Dossier Iran
Reporive Photography and Journalism
Lens Nikon  28-105mm f/3.5-4.5D IF AF
Uploaded 4/22/2004 Film / Memory Type Fuji  NPH
    ISO / Film Speed 400
Views 11654 Shutter 1/125
Favorites Aperture f/16
Critiques 57 Rating
5.81
/ 40 Ratings
Location City -  Tehran
State - 
Country - Iran   Iran
About Air pollution is a major problem in Tehran. The city's smog give Mexico city a run for its money. Day in, day out, a brownish fog settles over the 16 million citizens. From the foot of the mountain ridge in North Tehran, this harrowing effect becomes even more apparent....

All comments are appreciated!

Cheers,

Hugo
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There are 57 Comments in 1 Pages
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Iman M. Nezami Iman M. Nezami   {K:3276} 3/16/2008
Wow! so you were in tehra. A great place to take this shot!
Regards
Iman

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Sam Andre Sam Andre   {K:12484} 6/10/2004
This maybe an intolerable situation for the inhabitants of the city, but it gave you the opportunity to shoot a terrific photograph.

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Bob Marcus   {K:390} 6/10/2004
Beautiful shot, very etherial.

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Enjoy    {K:16125} 5/17/2004
Gosh it is sad to see such air polution... It just makes me not take fresh air for granted .... well seen

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Richard Thornton   {K:26442} 5/17/2004
f16 seems to have bridged the gap, Hugo. The branch on the left not only frames the image, but also draws us in. The vertical orientation lets us see the air at altitude compared with the air near the ground.

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Ozjan Yeshar Ozjan Yeshar   {K:15239} 5/5/2004
Fantastic shot Hugo! Cheers.

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Camerani Matteo   {K:99} 5/3/2004
it gives me a sensation of peace...

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Carmem A. Busko   {K:48785} 4/26/2004
I like the way sillouettes frame your smoggy landscape Hugo!
Another great work!
I agree Lori?s opinion about vertical option, it?s perfect.
Best regards,
Carmem

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Annika Ekebert   {K:1741} 4/26/2004
Hi Hugo!
Lovely composition and light.
Regards!

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donato r. donato r.   {K:16361} 4/25/2004
Molto ben composta , gradevolissima nel colore!
Ciao donato

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John Hatziemmanouil   {K:40580} 4/24/2004
This photo is very good, much better than the last. I like the small frame from these brunches. Good shot, bad fealling about the sky's polution.

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ken krishnan   {K:19102} 4/23/2004
Very well captured, Hugo.
Its the heat of the sun which makes the dust to raise up in those hot countries. Ho boy you have not seen the city smog in India.
Regards, ken.

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Yoshi Enoki Jr   {K:3021} 4/23/2004
This is exactly how it looks in L.A., every day.

Nicely captured. Amazing how this resembles L.A. so much. If you did not inform people of where this really is, I think most people would think it was L.A., it they had ever visited L.A. and climbed up into the hills here.

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Verena Rentrop Verena Rentrop   {K:15233} 4/23/2004
Hi Hugo,

luckily I'm not living there, I don't know why but I want to be able to see the stars in the night ;)

Cheers,
Verena

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Faride Valigholizadeh   {K:496} 4/23/2004
Hi Hugo,
I?ve lived my whole life in Tehran before i came to Nederland. This picture reminds me my vacation to Iran last year. There have been lots of changes since i left my country except Tehran?s pollution which gets worse and worse.
If you toke the same image at the night, it would have been much different. Maybe you did!!! And believe me those fogs won?t disappear with any kind of shouting?..then next time don?t bother:-)
regards,

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Hugo de Wolf Hugo de Wolf   {K:185110} 4/23/2004
That's what I figured....;O)

Cheers,

Hugo

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Roberto Arcari Farinetti Roberto Arcari Farinetti   {K:209486} 4/22/2004
oh.. thanks for your clarification.I'm Italian and live in Italy..
goodnight! roby

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Peter    {K:4365} 4/22/2004
A personal favourite from your collection. Pollution is something that I'm only too used to myself living in Tokyo. But it is difficult to photograph well, and in a way that captures a mood - this has been achieved here with the brown fog over brown grass,and with the bare branched trees in the foreground suggesting the hard struggle to survive in such a suffocating atmosphere.

My compliments, Peter

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Kees and Carolyn    {K:15193} 4/22/2004
Strange that such a dreadful thing as smog can make such a beautiful photo, isn't it? We are ruining our planet. Excellent shot with the tree in the forefront!
Carolyn

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jon parsons   {K:13639} 4/22/2004
Dear Hugo, marvelous marvelous shot of a tragic and perhaps someday fatal, world problem! it is a shame that our beautiful world has come to this because of industrialization! at any rate, wonderful work with a strong message!....jon

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Hermen Pen Hermen Pen   {K:9168} 4/22/2004
Ouch! I think I would not have stand this very long, in your place... You made good use of the foreground to create the perspective. Otherwise it would be quite a flat image, so well done!

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Kam Broumand   {K:-82} 4/22/2004
Hi Hugo,

Wonderful shot! You've done a great job capturing the Tehran smog! The sun light really adds to your photo. I know its not easy to get a nice shot, sometimes that smog really covers everything...

regards

Kam

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Hugo de Wolf Hugo de Wolf   {K:185110} 4/22/2004
Hi Telmo, You crack me up! You should've been there, hearing me shout and swear at the fog to clear up after asking politely a few times. I don't speak the language, though, so I thought that if I shouted, the fog would understand me better.....;o)

On a more serious note, you hit the spot. Thanks for your comment, my friend!

Cheers,

Hugo

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M. Tigrek   {K:2298} 4/22/2004
Air pollition was also big problem in some city of turkey. After Natural gas aplication mostly solved.
(nice depth, light and soft colors)
My best regards.

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Kristina Kohut   {K:49990} 4/22/2004
Smog might not be so nice in real, but on this photo it looks wonderful! It adds a special nice mood, like if it's sunset. I think this loos so beautiful, and the composition is super!

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Jani Salvataggio   {K:27283} 4/22/2004
Wonderful image!!!!!
regards
JAni

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Telmo Domingues   {K:9639} 4/22/2004
Hi Hugo! The photo is good, although I believe it should have less smoke, so we could see the city better... (...) pffff! Just kiding my friend! This acid humor will kill me someday! ;-)

I read most of the coments above mine and I believe that there isn't much more to say... I wished this photo was the exception to the rule... Unfortunatly it is the rule...
I say - this is my fault too! I?m trying to change my habits and, specially, I'm trying to teach my son how to live in this world respecting the environement more than I do myself...
Thank Hugo for your participation with this significative photo...
I'm waiting for the others... Big responsability you have, my friend!
Cheers,
Telmo

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Jan Symank Jan Symank   {K:22030} 4/22/2004
This air pollotion looks very nice with the mist and soft colours in the sky, but staying in Tehran I prefer to live in the north part hills.
Great composition
( BTW Thanks for your comment on sunny moor, but the given link leads me back to my picture. Please check)
Bravo and regards from Jan

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Teunis Haveman Teunis Haveman   {K:53426} 4/22/2004
Hugo, je laat echt zien hoe smerig de lucht is
Wat gaat er toch veel mis in deze wereld
Maar ja zolang de mensen elkaar niets gunnen zal dit wel een probleem blijven.
Teunis

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Margaret Sturgess   {K:49403} 4/22/2004
Beautifully composed shot, showing up beauty but emphasising the polution

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Hugo de Wolf Hugo de Wolf   {K:185110} 4/22/2004
Hi Darrin, You hit the spot there. I'd need a book to point out what you aptly phrase in a few words.

Thanks!

Cheers,

Hugo

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Darrin James   {K:3944} 4/22/2004
It's kind of ironic that something so bad provides us with beauty. Such a strong photo, aesthetically very pleasing yet somewhat disturbing.

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Lori Stitt   {K:75282} 4/22/2004
Right after Mexico city just might be Los Angeles. Yes, this is a familiar site, sad to say. Fortunately not in San Diego.

Very interesting photograph, Hugo. I like the 'filtered' lighting, and really like how you composed it. Also like the fact that you made it a vertical instead of horizontal!

Nice work, as usual!
Lori :)

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tom rumland tom rumland   {K:14874} 4/22/2004
amazing that tehran's pollution is worse on a daily basis than LA on a bad day! i guess twilight cityscapes here are impossible. it would be interesting to see a night shot of this. i remember travelling around SE arizona and coming up to a border town. agua negra, i think. it's one of those towns where half the town is in the US and the other half is in mexico. as you drove up to it you could clearly see a massive pollution cloud that prevented the town's light from escaping upwards. the strange bit was that the pollution was neatly settled on the mexican side. i guees we know on which side of town the industrial bits where ;^)

great photo!
tom

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Maria Luisa Vial   {K:36017} 4/22/2004
Hi Hugo,

This picture reminds me of the Mexico City I lived in 13 years ago... It was terrible... I did not if the sky was blue or gray.., Daily I saw it gray... It was awful...

This pollution problem, I think exists in all big cities, and most of all in cities hidden within valleys...

Great reporting job (Taken from your wordws)... Seeing this picture, we have to thinks that we are killing ourselves, and if we do not act we will perish to our own accord...

Thanks for reminding us this...

Your friend,

Maria

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Tim Bronkhorst   {K:9391} 4/22/2004
Mooi licht maar inderdaad wat een smog, niet normaal meer!
Maar terug naar de foto, op het goede moment genomen en met een perfect frame. Mooie overlopende kleuren trouwens, (gelukkig nog wel een beetje blauw daar boven).

Groeten Tim.

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Roger Williams Roger Williams   {K:86139} 4/22/2004
So even pollution has its redeeming features. Look forward to the other two in this set...

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Dan Lightner   {K:12684} 4/22/2004
I love the light and the haze , every thing has that golden glow. Great shot Hugo

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Getulio Melo   {K:6481} 4/22/2004
What a impressive hue! Beautiful image, although to be resulted of the pollution... Nice composition and lighting, Hugo. Congrats.

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B:)liana    {K:30945} 4/22/2004
wow.. I am caughing uh uh.. very interesting color ;-) my dear Friend
Kiss, Biliana

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Hugo de Wolf Hugo de Wolf   {K:185110} 4/22/2004
Hi Roby, Thanks for your comment. Just to let you know, I'm Dutch, live there too. (not in Iran) I only visited Tehran once....;o)

Cheers,

Hugo

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Roberto Arcari Farinetti Roberto Arcari Farinetti   {K:209486} 4/22/2004
hello hugo...
one beautiful sight of your city!
there is well also the branch up on the left otherwise would have been too much "knot" and too much sky!
the Paolo's comment is more than right. is "terrific"

cheers
roby

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Richard Thornton   {K:26442} 4/22/2004
The picture is a graphic illustration of a world-wide problem that most people don't give enough importance. Even worse than looking at the stuff, we have to breathe it, too!

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Lou Dina   {K:12194} 4/22/2004
Hugo, lovely effect. The light and shadows work well with the smog and give the picture a nice glow. It may be bad to breath, but is good for this photo. Lou

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Saeed Al Shamsi Saeed Al Shamsi   {K:47735} 4/22/2004
As a photographer, you find yourself part of it by taking this shot up a"hill", pity the city is
in "haze? atmosphere due to smog, lovely framing and composition,Saeed

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Hugo de Wolf Hugo de Wolf   {K:185110} 4/22/2004
Yep. Also for a magnificent sunset, with truely amaising colours....;o) (see http://www.usefilm.com/image/321674.html)

Cheers,

H.

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Gerhard Hoogterp   {K:4863} 4/22/2004
So the pollution is good for something.. Wonderful colors and a very nice composition.. Nice shot.

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Pedro Casals   {K:90} 4/22/2004
Great view. Well done.

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Hugo de Wolf Hugo de Wolf   {K:185110} 4/22/2004
Hi Neil, I almost always use ISO 400, and the NPH in particular, as I think it is a very versatile film.

Using three different lenses (28-105 @ f3.5-f4.5, a 135mm macro @2.8 and a 135-400mm @f4.5-f5.6, each with a different number of segments) with the Nikon F100, I can use it in virtually all circumstances without reaching the limits of my camera settings. (even indoors, without the use of a flash)

Especially while travelling, where I tend to shoot under very changing lighting conditions (which I cannot predict when loading the film), I find that very useful. I hardly ever shoot a roll of film on a specific subject under comparable situations when I'm "on the road".

If I can plan the situation in advance, I do select a "dedicated" film.

Thanks for your comment,

Cheers,

Hugo

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Al S   {K:5131} 4/22/2004
Hi Hugo!

Beautiful lighting and tones in this image. The composition is pretty cool too with the branches of the tree.
Great job!
Cheers
Alan

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Paolo Grusovin   {K:3344} 4/22/2004
great composition Hugo.

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Neil Dolman   {K:26883} 4/22/2004
Nice document, Hugo. It makes you stop and think! Nice lighting and good capture. Why did you use the ISO400? Look forward to the rest of this series. Greetings Neil

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Ursula Luschnig Ursula Luschnig   {K:21723} 4/22/2004
What a wonderful photo!Amazing light and toning,what a shame,that it is due to the smog.
Best regards,Ursula

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WALT MESK   {K:10691} 4/22/2004
very drammatic.
walt.

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Mauro Giacomazzi   {K:610} 4/22/2004
As always, a great composition with an excellent light and tone.

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Alan Armanini   {K:5407} 4/22/2004
Hugo,
Wonderful Composition, really great tones. I like how the tree frames the picture. Wow smog looks worst than L.A.! Wonderful Work!
Alan

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Paolo De Maio   {K:34932} 4/22/2004
Terrific!!!

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