Reflections that build an image with impact: Water/glass no matter

[Rich Beaubien]

I'd like to focus a little further this important but under attended thread on reflections by Rich Beaubien. Look at the bicycle especially. We don't happen to see the optical reflective mechanism that constructed this mage. So let's consider that bicycle the archetype. It's energized, simple and interesting. It only has what's needed. If more is required for a concept, include whatever makes the picture but no more. ADK



Jim Galli's challenge - Car as a frame or mirror! (http://www.openphotographyforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6574) had me thinking about all of the reflection shots I've taken. I don't consider these Photojournalism, Street, nor Documentary but what I call Streetscapes or Cityscapes. I'm not quite sure where to stuff these so I'll put them here in this forum.


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2793/4126580922_5fb1cb24f7_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/intheviewfinder/4126580922/)

This is what is referred to as the "Mother Church." It's the home of the Christian Science Church in Boston. The reflections come off one of the structures in the Christian Science Center. The blue color is from the mural inside.


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2433/3594078908_f83e735e09_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/intheviewfinder/3594078908/)

This is a compound reflection. Chris a fellow photographer is actually standing to my right. So you are seeing the mannequins in the window the buildings across the street, and because the glass is angled the structures down the street on my right.


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2590/4135088560_a4d2f7669c_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/intheviewfinder/4135088560/)

Sometimes I walk around with my digital camera set in monochrome mode which allows me to think that way during a session. The bicycle is standing in the bottom of a canal and the high key processing gives it a unique look.


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3209/3036796930_985e88cce7_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/intheviewfinder/3036796930/)

It's a bit subtle on white but I often have to remind folks that this is a single photo and is not layered nor a multiple exposure. I'm standing in front of a set of doors shooting through one pane of glass into the large kiosk on the dockside hence the reflections of the Rowes Wharf Hotel and arch. FYI that's the Stad Amsterdam at the dock.


Comments?
Or maybe you have a unique and interesting reflection photo.

--Rich B.

[Wayne Stratton]

I am used to taking "flat", very square and centered pictures. The photography class I am taking is challenging me to change my perspective. Please let me know what you think of these.



http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4003/4324518243_78cbecff9e.jpg

Wayne Stratton: "Phantom of the Opera"

[Asher Kelman]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2590/4135088560_a4d2f7669c_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/intheviewfinder/4135088560/)

Sometimes I walk around with my digital camera set in monochrome mode which allows me to think that way during a session. The bicycle is standing in the bottom of a canal and the high key processing gives it a unique look.Where natural reflections combine objects, one can make the final composition by changing one's viewpoint. So let's look for special examples of this where you complete what a chance reflection started by how you shot it.

So this is the archetype we might look at for inspiration. We don't need a whole window/mirror unless your concept demands it. Let's see what's hidden n your archives!

Asher

[Ruben Alfu]

Not happy with IQ, but I like the way this reflection makes a sort of caricature of three landmark buildings in NY.



http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q232/doubletrack/newyorker.jpg

Ruben Alfu : New Yorker

[Ken Tanaka]

This is a scene/location with good potential, Ruben! Now you should return and wait. What you've shot is in the "close-but-not-a-photo-yet" category. The lower four panes need to show something like passers-by. I'd also love to see a plane in one of the upper 4 panes.

I think what many photo enthusiasts with cameras on the street don't understand is that good "street" photography is very often about waiting for a scene to develop. It's generally not a matter of pure happenstance. Familiarity with locations, human nature, and local customs is what often leads to one terrific image. You might find a good location, such as this, but so what? That's only a stage set. The next challenge is to determine the right time of day/year and to wait for just the right combination of elements to come together. I have several images that have taken me up to two years to create by revisiting scenes and waiting, and waiting, and waiting,....

Keep at it, Ruben. You have a good nose for the hunt.

p.s. If you want to see a nice exposition of some of my remarks watch this William Klein video (http://www.public-life.org/media/william-klein/12/) in which he discusses his shot selections using some of his contact sheets.

[Asher Kelman]

This is a scene/location with good potential, Ruben! Now you should return and wait. What you've shot is in the "close-but-not-a-photo-yet" category. The lower four panes need to show something like passers-by. I'd also love to see a plane in one of the upper 4 panes.

I think what many photo enthusiasts with cameras on the street don't understand is that good "street" photography is very often about waiting for a scene to develop. It's generally not a matter of pure happenstance. Familiarity with locations, human nature, and local customs is what often leads to one terrific image. You might find a good location, such as this, but so what? That's only a stage set. The next challenge is to determine the right time of day/year and to wait for just the right combination of elements to come together. I have several images that have taken me up to two years to create by revisiting scenes and waiting, and waiting, and waiting,....

Keep at it, Ruben. You have a good nose for the hunt.

p.s. If you want to see a nice exposition of some of my remarks watch this William Klein video (http://www.public-life.org/media/william-klein/12/) in which he discusses his shot selections using some of his contact sheets.

Apart from Bresson and Cappa and the like, much of the iconic images that we think are spontaneous are not gifts from God but the result of plodding hard work of refinement.

So thanks for adding the prod for our efforts to go the extra measure to move from good to excellent and then to outstanding. That means working, planning and waiting like a hunter or master thief!

Asher

[Rachel Foster]

This is not at all in the same vein, but it IS a reflection and was a lot of fun. It ain't art, but fun counts for something!

ISO 800 (Rebel XTi), 1/200, 60mm, f/2.8.

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x153/annieblues/opf/smeggreflect.jpg

Jacob Eliana: Egg On Top Old Piano

[Asher Kelman]

This is not at all in the same vein, but it IS a reflection and was a lot of fun. It ain't art, but fun counts for something!

ISO 800 (Rebel XTi), 1/200, 60mm, f/2.8.

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x153/annieblues/opf/smeggreflect.jpg

Jacob Eliana: Egg On Top Old Piano
Rachel,

That's the germ of the concept. Now might it spark your imagination to go further? Draw on top of a B&W photocopy of the print. Reread Ken's post. Just for now, nice try!

Asher

[Nill Toulme]

I don't think the reflection makes this image, but I do think it adds to it substantially. I just happened to have it handy... it's an old image shot with... gasp... film. One of my favorites.

http://www.toulmephoto.com/misc/laura_with_waves.jpg

Nill

[Rachel Foster]

Lovely, Nill.

Asher, that is a lost opportunity. I did that last year on my old, beat-up piano (which someone set on fire a few months before when I was shooting candles on the piano bench!). I now have a Kuwai K3 upright and I begin to break out in hives if anyone breathes on it!

[Asher Kelman]

Lovely, Nill.

Asher, that is a lost opportunity. I did that last year on my old, beat-up piano (which someone set on fire a few months before when I was shooting candles on the piano bench!). I now have a Kuwai K3 upright and I begin to break out in hives if anyone breathes on it!

Nonsense, Rachel, there's black plastic or a tile, each about $1-3! Artists make things happen!

Asher

[Asher Kelman]

I don't think the reflection makes this image, but I do think it adds to it substantially. I just happened to have it handy... it's an old image shot with... gasp... film. One of my favorites.

http://www.toulmephoto.com/misc/laura_with_waves.jpg

Nill Toulme Reflected

Nill,

This picture will be best, to my mind, printed very large with the waves at eye level. Then one is faced with the reflection just below the waves and it's so impressive. The water attracts attention but the bather intrigues and so we get drawn in and that's splendid when it happens. The colors work very well. It's also soothing and reflective in itself. The composition, itself could lock you in the darkroom for months there are so many rich possibilities in what one would think is so simple.

Thanks for adding to this theme,

Asher

[Ruben Alfu]

This is a scene/location with good potential, Ruben! Now you should return and wait. What you've shot is in the "close-but-not-a-photo-yet" category. The lower four panes need to show something like passers-by. I'd also love to see a plane in one of the upper 4 panes.

I think what many photo enthusiasts with cameras on the street don't understand is that good "street" photography is very often about waiting for a scene to develop. It's generally not a matter of pure happenstance. Familiarity with locations, human nature, and local customs is what often leads to one terrific image. You might find a good location, such as this, but so what? That's only a stage set. The next challenge is to determine the right time of day/year and to wait for just the right combination of elements to come together. I have several images that have taken me up to two years to create by revisiting scenes and waiting, and waiting, and waiting,....

Keep at it, Ruben. You have a good nose for the hunt.

p.s. If you want to see a nice exposition of some of my remarks watch this William Klein video (http://www.public-life.org/media/william-klein/12/) in which he discusses his shot selections using some of his contact sheets.

Hello Ken, I truly appreciate your interest in this image as well as your advices and words of encouragement. This particular reflection was very familiar to me, I had it on my mind for quite some time before going there to do this photo. I was moved exclusively by the way these iconic buildings, with such a grandiose aura, were "caricatured" by the windows. The space around the buildings is just a frame, and it helps to make them look less dominant, to stress the irony of the irreverent windows.

Thanks so much for the William Klein video link.

[Michael Fontana]

Using reflections expands space and objects, while keeping them natural - whithout technical cheats.

The reflections on the next example create a poetic counterpart to the rough construction; that shot has been printed as a new years card for a museum:


http://imago.macbay.de/OPF/MKB/card.jpg



The other possibility shows the reflections only - hiding the object (construction) itself. It's just a photo of the concrete floor covered with water.

It will become a large print - laying horizontally on a socle for a exhibition. You will see it as it was taken, looking to the ground......

http://imago.macbay.de/OPF/MKB/MBK_09_N_30_c.jpg

[Asher Kelman]

I am used to taking "flat", very square and centered pictures. The photography class I am taking is challenging me to change my perspective. Please let me know what you think of these.



http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4003/4324518243_78cbecff9e.jpg

Wayne Stratton: "Phantom of the Opera"



I added this picture by Wayne from his thread here (http://www.openphotographyforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11008). I really like the chance finding of the halloween cloud. Maybe it's saying something. The facets of the glass break things up in an interesting way and show ways in which we can construct creatively.

[Rachel Foster]

I liked that shot of Wayne's, too, Asher.


I've been trying to create a new reflection photo for this thread. This is what I've come up with. It isn't "art," but I'm putting it in the fun category. It's a candle holder filled with glass pebbles sitting on the keyboard cover of my piano.

ISO 6400, f/4.0, 1/50, handheld. I was not able to "get" what I wanted while attached to tripod.

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x153/annieblues/opf/smallreflection1.jpg

Jacob Eliana: Piano Reflections

[Matthew Bryan]

I"m not sure if this qualifies but it caught my eye on that particular day.

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_yRMDPWSiVVk/S2rn8zCzxkI/AAAAAAAAD1A/uAuaCYGmQ64/s800/IMG_2851%20(Custom).JPG

[Asher Kelman]

[CENTER]Using reflections expands space and objects, while keeping them natural - whithout technical cheats. The reflections on the next example create a poetic counterpart to the rough construction; that shot has been printed as a new years card for a museum:


http://imago.macbay.de/OPF/MKB/card.jpg

Michael Fontana: Expanding Space #1


Michael,

Impressive work, simple & effective! The hard concrete floor seeming to float and becomes the center of something that might move to explore the planet. Reflections not only help to make our 3D world recognizable and extend our vision beyond the camera or behind a subject, it also has the opportunity, as here, to transform a hard solid structure to something ethereal. That ability to go beyond what was there to allow the observer to fill in the blank spaces in this new universe, is one of the delights of imaginative art. It does not, as in this case, require any beauty or purpose beyond being.


http://imago.macbay.de/OPF/MKB/MBK_09_N_30_c.jpg

Michael Fontana: Expanding Space #2


You have kindly left one leaf in the right hand corner to help orientate us that the picture is a reflection.

[Rachel Foster]

Yes, I love the leaf.

[Michael Fontana]

........ That ability to go beyond what was there to allow the observer to fill in the blank spaces in this new universe, is one of the delights of imaginative art. It does not, as in this case, require any beauty or purpose beyond being.

Thanks Asher
you' re not the first using that type of description - some thought it beeing a montage, but realising on a 2nd view that its just real - when they recognized the tower in the background.
The reason for shooting a night is, that that photos's view is pointing south - a nono during day in the winter season.

Sidenote for the color: city and sky are lighted just with the cities ambient light, meanwhile the construction' site light is the add at the cranes top-back. There weren't many options.


You have kindly left one leaf in the right hand corner to help orientate us that the picture is a reflection. There's no reason to take it away. If you move skycranes for some photos you don't bother with leaves.

[Graham Harris]

I took this last week after a couple of days of storms. It is a puddle reflection of the second largest hotel on this side of the island.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b3/juliegraham/hotel-reflections.jpg

Graham

[Phil Marion]

i love good reflection shots. Paradoxically, it seems whenever i PLAN to look for interesting reflections I NEVER find one. I just end up frustrated. The only good reflection photos i have are ones that i stumble upon by sheer luck.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3456/3303024717_517035d109_o.jpg

[Michael Nagel]

Most of my reflection shots are planned. I have a few where I was simply lucky, among these is the one I like the most.
This is a planned one I like.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3352/3205876585_8500fa29b3_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/3205876585/sizes/l/in/set-72157615936005622/)
Eingang-Nord-3 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/3205876585/) - click on photo for larger version

Best regards,
Michael

[Ben Rubinstein]

Love that one!

[Mike Shimwell]

Just noticed this thread and thought I'd share a recent picture.

Mike


artspace - Mike Shimwell
http://stillsv3.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/psl-artspace.jpg

[Sandrine Bascouert]

Long time lurker, then poster...Here I am:

http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac115/4personnen/Salisbury53.jpg
Salisbury Cathedral - UK


http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac115/4personnen/panneau-cole-dans-leau.jpg
Road Sign - France

[Charles L Webster]

Ah reflections, one of my very favorite things to shoot.

Here's one of a building in San Jose, CA that I like. The reflected building is about 200 yards from the one reflecting it. I used a 300 mm lens on a tripod on top of my car to get the angle right.

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/4202132-lg.jpg


And this one was featured in one of Asher's articles here a couple of years ago. This is some wood in a salt evaporation pond at sunset.

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/5547030-md.jpg

[Michael Nagel]

Ben - Thanks.

Mike - I love the combination of inside and outside in your photo.

Sandrine - The cathedral shot is amazing, difficult to get the orientation right. Did you use a tripod? The road sign is intriguing by the reflecting structure.

Charles - I like the opposition of straight lines and distorted geometry in the first one. For the second, this is all about colors.

Here is the lucky shot I like the most:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2462/3780647928_8b24fe2c8e_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/3780647928/sizes/l/in/set-72157621925782144/)
Focus on green (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/3780647928/) - click on photo for larger version

This is one of my favorite lake reflections:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3421/3942271134_58445b3740_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/3942271134/sizes/l/in/set-72157622301989275/)
Trübseespiegelung (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/3942271134/) - click on photo for larger version

Best regards,
Michael

[Sandrine Bascouert]

Michael,
Your portrait of the photographer is well done! good idea... (the man with the big green eye by Ed Wood!)

I didn't use a tripod for it was taken with my small LZ4...
The central basin (?) is a sort of contemporary work of art they've put in the middle with scriptures on each side...This is a marvelous subject for photography (needless to say that the rest of the cathedral worth the visit as well)


http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac115/4personnen/Salisbury55-1.jpg

The road sign is quite PP. :) hehehhe
but the cathedral has only the usual curves adjustments done.


I also like the distortions on Charles' image... It's a very "perfected" structured image.

[Michael Nagel]

Sandrine,

thanks - I did not think of Ed Wood, but now as you mentioned him...
I like cathedrals for their geometry and the sometimes surprising details.

Best regards,
Michael

[Odille Esmonde-Morgan]

Taken from outside through the glass doors of the Tweed Regional Art Gallery during the "Art Horses' exhibition in 2007. I went there for the publication I was working for to take some shots and the reflections struck me, this one was quite a surprise when it came up.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4055/4714923083_b42ffa3702_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/odille/4714923083/)
Art horse through a glass darkly (http://www.flickr.com/photos/odille/4714923083/) by Photography by Odille (http://www.flickr.com/people/odille/), on Flickr

[Michael Nagel]

Seen on an old cemetary in Munich I never visited before:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5209/5357756555_feeb162a7f_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/5357756555/)
Reflektion über das Leben (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/5357756555/)

Title means 'Thinking about life'.

Michael

[Michael Nagel]

I am somehow addicted to reflections, so here is one more:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5183/5627905511_836aaca5eb_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/5627905511/)
Zug (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/5627905511/)

The title means train - which can be seen in the reflections.

Best regards,
Michael

[Maris Rusis]

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5102/5678685388_a99d5b7898_b.jpg

Angular Pool, Monument Bay
Gelatin-silver photograph on Agfa Classic MCC 111 FB VC from a 4x5 Tri-X negative exposed in a Tachihara 45GF camera with a 90mm f8 Schneider Super Angulon lens.

Some things, clear still water for example, are invisible unless they reflect some thing else. But their beauty, while borrowed, is not diminished.

[Mark Hampton]

Michael,

http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac115/4personnen/Salisbury55-1.jpg

.

Sandrine,

I have revisited this a number of times - it keeps me interested.

cheers

[Sandrine Bascouert]

Thanks Mark, I was considering turn it into Black and white, but I admit I don't know where to start. If you want the file, I'll be happy to lend :) it to you to see what you can do...

I nearly forgot Maris' addition. That's what I call black and white! soft and sharp at the same time...

[fahim mohammed]

There is some seriously admirable work in this thread.
I somehow missed it.

Michael, Michael, and Michael ( 3 different surnames ) Maris, Ruben, Rachel, Odille and of course
Sandrine. Lovely contributions.

My apologies if I missed someone. I shall re-check just to make sure.

( Sandrine, I am not only hopeless with names, but with faces too! ).

Thanks for sharing.


p.s And Graham, Mike and Phil. And Asher and Ben for their comments.

Honestly excellent work.

[Doug Kerr]

Hi, Sandrine,

I just now discovered this:
http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac115/4personnen/Salisbury53.jpg
Sandrine Bascouert: Salisbury Cathedral - UK

It is truly exquisite.

I love the bit of the quotation from its rim you feature in a later-posted work:

http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac115/4personnen/Salisbury55-1.jpg
Sandrine Bascouert: Salisbury Cathedral - UK

It is from The Holy Bible, Isaiah 43:2 (English Standard Version translation), although it seems to have lost a comma (after "river") through artistic license.

By the way, I think that is the most poetic translation among all the English-language ones (and some others) I have seen. Most of the others are more literal (not always a good thing), often revolving around the word "overflow" (as a transitive verb). In contrast to both those outlooks, in one popular French version (Semeur), the passage is rendered:

. . .quand tu traverseras les fleuves,
ils ne te submergeront pas. . .

Thanks for these lovely works. In fact, this entire thread is a real treasure.

Best regards,

Doug

[Sandrine Bascouert]

Since you like it, I'm happy to oblige you with another one:


http://www.imaginerie.org/code/publicResource.php?p=8300010
Salisbury cathedral

A bit more obvious, for the translation probably....

Honestly, if you are ever interested in such places and happen to be in England, There's no way you can miss Salisbury cathedral and the town in itself. There's also a little Pub at the end of a path that follow a conservation area, so old and so nice!

[Doug Kerr]

Hi, Sandrine.
Since you like it, I'm happy to oblige you with another one:

http://www.imaginerie.org/code/publicResource.php?p=8300010
Salisbury cathedral
Thanks so much. It is just lovely.

Best regards,

Doug

[Mark Hampton]

Thanks Mark, I was considering turn it into Black and white, but I admit I don't know where to start. If you want the file, I'll be happy to lend :) it to you to see what you can do...

I nearly forgot Maris' addition. That's what I call black and white! soft and sharp at the same time...

Sandrine,

pop it up on photobucket and I will have a look this weekend !

cheers

[Sandrine Bascouert]

Sandrine,

pop it up on photobucket and I will have a look this weekend !

cheers

Ahhahhh! I'll keep on eye definitly! :)
cheers mate...

[Sandrine Bascouert]

An easy guess about what is it :)

http://www.imaginerie.org/code/publicResource.php?p=8300011

[Sandrine Bascouert]

Sandrine,

I have revisited this a number of times - it keeps me interested.

cheers

http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac115/4personnen/SalisburyRawDefault.jpg

Sorry for the delay....

[Michael Nagel]

Time to revive this thread:


http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2780/4319197303_8614d02d81_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/4319197303/)
Staggered (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/4319197303/)


Best regards,
Michael

[Maggie Terlecki]

Michael, the offset and repetition is very cool!

Thanks for reviving this thread.

Here's one of mine that I like because of the ducks breaking up the reflection.

http://maggieterlecki.com/maggietemp/castlereflected.jpg

Le Château Des Canards

[Michael Nagel]

Maggie - thanks!

A reflection being broken up is an interesting subject. The moment between the first waves and the obliteration of the reflection is short. You picked the right second.

Best regards,
Michael

[fahim mohammed]

Time to revive this thread:


http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2780/4319197303_8614d02d81_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/4319197303/)
Staggered (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/4319197303/)


Best regards,
Michael

Like this one very much Michael.

Regards.

[Asher Kelman]

.......
Here's one of mine that I like because of the ducks breaking up the reflection.

http://maggieterlecki.com/maggietemp/castlereflected.jpg

Le Château Des Canards


Maggie,

I like the textures and color! There's a lot to learn here. Yes, the breaking up of reflections seems to create a fascination as if we have to solve a puzzle! I'm really inspired by this picture, especially the effects of the two different sets of wave patterns, one from the motion of the water and the other likely from the wind.

Asher

[Sam Hames]

It was fun looking through this thread.

I noticed that many of the images are about reflections forming images. For me I like to look at the way reflections throw light around in unusual ways without directly forming an image (or at least, not from where I'm standing).

These two are about specular reflections of glass, similar to reflections of water (though there are also imaging reflections there too!)

http://samhames.arwpic.com/13450946644333/reflectionsInTheCity.jpg

http://samhames.arwpic.com/13450946644333/palmtreeReflectionsGlassAfternoon.jpg

[Michael Nagel]

Fahim - Thank You!

Sam - I agree with you observation, there could be more variation to the subject.

Sorry for the small flood, here are four uses of reflections I like to use in my pictures.


For completing an image:

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2458/3927685364_bd10c52748_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/3927685364/)
Strange! Face? (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/3927685364/)


To create a new view:

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3255/3124972759_4968b1e406_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/3124972759/)
U2-noitamrofnI (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/3124972759/)


To make something look different (Sam, I think this is in line with your comment):

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3381/4645796580_9fa58277b7_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/4645796580/)
Der Himmel in den Fenstern (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/4645796580/)


Just the light in its own right:

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4007/4653088679_851d8bf220_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/4653088679/)
Abendsonne - Reflexion (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/4653088679/)


Best regards,
Michael

[Mark Hampton]

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http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u133/heidroom/20120101_6358-HDR37.jpg




Grace Kelly - Deka




enjoyable images on the thread - the one above is from an ongoing series - Woman i have never met but photographed - it has been pointed out the subject is not in the image - much like all photographs - it is an image - not the thing.




cheers

[Michael Nagel]

Reflections can be fun on a small scale as well:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8458/8051317435_5b27fb772f_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/8051317435/)
Indicator (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/8051317435/)

Best regards,
Michael

[Mark Hampton]

Reflections can be fun on a small scale as well:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8458/8051317435_5b27fb772f_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/8051317435/)
Indicator (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/8051317435/)

Best regards,
Michael

Michael i can almost feel the plastic paint and chrome ....









http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u133/heidroom/20121009_2361_zpsae5f9f46.jpg






Study from Marilyn - Deka









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[Michael Nagel]

Michael i can almost feel the plastic paint and chrome ....[/CENTER]
Mark,

Thank you. I did not dare to touch. This is the car it was part of: Mercedes 180 (https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_W120).

Best regards,
Michael

[Asher Kelman]

Got a hand me down iPhone that upgrades me from a 3G to a 4G


http://openphotographyforums.com/2007_OPF_AK/Asher_Kelman_2007/IMG_0036_Reflection_car_window.jpg

Asher Kelman: Black SUV

Beverly Hills, CA, December 2012

iPhone 4G


Asher

[Steve Robinson]

In keeping with the automobile thread I have this. I too like the details but sometimes you get more than you bargained for!

http://wtlwdwgn.smugmug.com/Cars/Antique-Car-Show-7-21-12/i-sKdnxXc/0/XL/Willys%20B%26W-227394-XL.jpg

[jake klein]

with the Cell phone


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8055/8120016560_2d80c7e977.jpg


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8048/8120003077_34960a086c.jpg

[jake klein]

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http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7040/6984072333_e3d4950121_c.jpg








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[jake klein]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8285/7827053854_62838337f5.jpg

[Asher Kelman]

In keeping with the automobile thread I have this. I too like the details but sometimes you get more than you bargained for!

http://wtlwdwgn.smugmug.com/Cars/Antique-Car-Show-7-21-12/i-sKdnxXc/0/XL/Willys%20B%26W-227394-XL.jpg

Steve,

This is so Robust! Excellent!

Asher

[Asher Kelman]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8285/7827053854_62838337f5.jpg


Jake,

I like all your reflections, but this one is particularly colorful and geometric and stands out.

Asher

[George Holroyd]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/9cdfc1fb24b9d0297610ff4fa26bb794/tumblr_mfeaw1kDhM1rxciibo1_1280.jpg

One from a nearby bistro, Zéro Zéro Sèvres. The rectangle is the reflection from a recessed lighting fixture inside the dining room.

[Asher Kelman]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/9cdfc1fb24b9d0297610ff4fa26bb794/tumblr_mfeaw1kDhM1rxciibo1_1280.jpg

One from a nearby bistro, Zéro Zéro Sèvres. The rectangle is the reflection from a recessed lighting fixture inside the dining room.
This is a unique and beautiful reflection that the lighting makes us wonder about. At first one is not sure what is the reflection and what might be real. Then one realizes that it's all reflection or it would not make sense.

Asher

[Michael Nagel]

George - this one is very good! Thanks for showing.


Also inside-outside theme:

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4071/4422903317_97c8fbb057_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/4422903317/)
Dancing Ghosts (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/4422903317/)



Facade theme:

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2775/4425668188_71fa11411e_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/4425668188/)
Message & Context (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/4425668188/)


Best regards,
Michael

[George Holroyd]

Thank you, Michael.

[Sam Hames]

I like using reflections in urban environments to build up chaotic imagery. It's amazing how our visual system can take a complex 2d representation of a 3d space and 'pop' it resolves into two separate and distinct scenes.

http://samhames.arwpic.com/13450946644333/victoriaBridgeBusConfusionNightP1080641.jpg

[Michael Nagel]

Sam - agree, this is also something I do from time to time.

A pretty standard reflection here:

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3595/3476239844_2461e2ec45_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/3476239844/)
Thai-Salah 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/3476239844/)

Best regards,
Michael

[Sam Hames]

http://samhames.arwpic.com/13450946644333/penseiveSomewhereNearMurwillumbahP1020079(1).jpg

This theme appeals to me.