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Inspired by this week's Light Stalking weekly challenge (you have entered, haven't you?), we decided to go looking for what others have done with the theme of reflections. Using water to get a reflection shot narrows the theme a little further, but also allowed us to find some amazing shots! Check them out, and share your own in the comments!
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The aurora borealis photo should not be included as a reflection shot. The “water” is a very simple photoshop filter and not a true reflection. The other photos all use real water for fantastic reflections. You can see how the trees and water are chopped off where the “reflection” begins. While it looks neat, it does not belong in the same category as the others.
I was pretty pleased with this reflection of the Millennium Bridge and Baltic Flour Mill Gallery from a series of pictures I took on the Quayside in Newcastle in July 2012
I was pretty pleased with this reflection of the Millennium Bridge and Baltic Flour Mill Gallery from a series of pictures I took on the Quayside in Newcastle in July 20127573813878_3fd006dff9_b.jpg
Beautiful images, unfortunately many of them are so heavily retouched that most of the magic of true, simple water reflection is lost.
wow!! awesome!!
A really lovely selection. There’s a lot of talented photographers out there.
I think alot of them are really great — truly a “reflection” photo. Some I feel are little too re-touched, just my opinion of course. Overall, really nice selection!
I screwed up a photo I took of the Spinnaker in Portsmouth. I cut off the top of the tower. I almost deleted it but realised the reflection was perfect. A quick flip made it a good picture. https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8036/8068679479_1b12c1ab7b_n.jpg
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27 Comments
Somehow my work was left out of this, here are some of my beach reflections.
https://www.evatrust.com/beach_reflections
The aurora borealis photo should not be included as a reflection shot. The “water” is a very simple photoshop filter and not a true reflection. The other photos all use real water for fantastic reflections. You can see how the trees and water are chopped off where the “reflection” begins. While it looks neat, it does not belong in the same category as the others.
Victoria is right.
Agreed. The Aurora Borealis is quite beautiful in the original photo (https://www.flickr.com/photos/walkadog/3389058334/), it is definitely NOT a reflections.
I love these pictures!
I was pretty pleased with this reflection of the Millennium Bridge and Baltic Flour Mill Gallery from a series of pictures I took on the Quayside in Newcastle in July 2012
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8003/7573813878_3fd006dff9_b.jpg
They all look great to me, some fantastic images
I was pretty pleased with this reflection of the Millennium Bridge and Baltic Flour Mill Gallery from a series of pictures I took on the Quayside in Newcastle in July 20127573813878_3fd006dff9_b.jpg
Beautiful images, unfortunately many of them are so heavily retouched that most of the magic of true, simple water reflection is lost.
wow!! awesome!!
A really lovely selection. There’s a lot of talented photographers out there.
I think alot of them are really great — truly a “reflection” photo. Some I feel are little too re-touched, just my opinion of course. Overall, really nice selection!
Amazing
Excellent shots. I love trying to get reflections.https://www.flickr.com/photos/steeljam/6153447149/
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3268/2891127783_f1d4e4ce2c_o.jpg
https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6165/6153447149_d349ba83bb_b.jpg
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3278/2970102930_988cdf10c0_o.jpg
https://www.flickr.com/photos/65063814@N03/6669091241/
This is a shot taken in Guilin, China, hope you like it…
Great photos. I look everywhere for all types of reflective surfaces in my own work.
Wonderfully done allhttps://farm8.staticflickr.com/7259/7753553096_52dbf7e726_z.jpg
Fantastic images…great photographers doing wonderful work.
Nice pictures!!!
I screwed up a photo I took of the Spinnaker in Portsmouth. I cut off the top of the tower. I almost deleted it but realised the reflection was perfect. A quick flip made it a good picture.
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8036/8068679479_1b12c1ab7b_n.jpg
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2346684082393&set=a.1013415711517.1936.1708791960&type=3&theater
Awesome
Amazing photo’s. Amazing collection. I believe you have done Narcisus well (not meant in negative
transported to different worlds
https://500px.com/photo/11972101/steady-waters-by-ramon-schutte?from=user