Found this beautiful reflection on the shore of the lake at Western Springs as I was heading back towards the zoo. I waited for the people walking along the path to be in just the right spot before clicking the button.

I commented before that I haven't been as active lately because it's the school holidays and the girls are keeping me busy. However, I think it's also because I've reached that point again where I want every photo I post to be better in some way than the last, so I slow down as I wait for the ideas to hit me.

I ran into this problem with the random album covers I used to do. They started off pretty simple, but then they started getting more and more creative ... or at least more and more complex and I started struggling to come up with ways for the next one to top the one that I'd done before. I didn't want to just do something simple and/or minimalist, not just because I already knew I could but also because they just looked a bit boring in comparison and weren't going to be something that would stretch me creatively. So I gave up doing them.

Now, please don't think that I've stopped taking photos altogether! I'm still snapping away. It's just that many of the more creative and/or complex ideas I've got floating around in my head aren't working out the way I'd like them to in practice, so I've got to rethink them and try again.

In the meantime, I will try to keep posting snapshots of the kids and the city and whatever else takes my fancy, even if they are "just" snapshots and thus aren't all that artistic. I'm not going to let myself give up again just because the going's got a little rough! The show must go on and all that, right?

EDIT: I think what I'm trying to say is that snapshots seem quite boring in comparison to the more artistic photos I've done, so part of me doesn't want to do snapshots anymore. For instance, one of my few remaining scavenger hunt challenges is "a dog & a bicycle". Now, I could just go out and find someone walking their dog and someone riding their bicycle and take a candid snapshot of them, but that would be boring and, if you'll forgive the pun, rather pedestrian. If I'm going to take a picture of a dog and a bicycle, then by golly it's going to be an artistic picture! So in the meantime, I've got to wait until inspiration strikes ...

Brisbane River Reflection

Another reflection of the trees in the LEC building - this time with flashes of sun.

anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain

Sony´s reflection on Nikon´s body.

Simple, But I Like It.

This Is Kreiss ... It's Supposed To A Reflection. I Havent Done Anything Like It Before. But I Think It Turned Out Nice.

Assignment #13 Reflections

I didn't notice the reflections until my second time round the waterlily house.

Entry for Nottingham UK Theme of the week #5

Templo de San Diego Churubusco

A couple of shots as a first attempt with reflections off sunglasses

Escalators in a shopping centre in Valletta, Malta

Pool by the hotel Montepiedra, Alicante.

Reflection of Toledo Cathedral

Plaza del Ayuntamiento

45002 Toledo

Spain

Reflections on a trip to Silvertown, London

Reflection

Waltham, Ma

Reflections in water drops

Reflection at lake Volvi

See where this picture was taken. [?]

Despite the queen being the most diverse piece both technically and strategically, the chess board is still a male's world. This is an analogy that applies to the broader social context. Society is haunted by patriarchy and reflections of this REAL apparition are everywhere.

"Patriarchy is like the elephant in the room that we don't talk about, but how could it not affect the planet radically when it's the superstructure of human society." - Ani DiFranco

Strobist:

Qflash T2 @ 1/8 in 30" softbox camera left

Triggered via Commlite T320

Pond with tree and grass reflections

Recent measurements revealed that this old ginkgo tree, under which I used to parc my car almost 40 years ago, stands here, in the old botanical garden sinds around 1740.

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Reflections....the architecture of Jean Nouvel and Frank Gehry.

"Vision Machine"....this is the term Jean Nouvel used to describe his building on 11th Ave. in Chelsea. Here you see it reflected within the glass facade of Frank Gehry's neighboring IAC Building.

Image with my Hasselblad 500cm

sunset reflection pond

.... Toronto, Ontario

From the perfect reflection of my last upload to a Regal reflection of a passing swan. Taken on my Fuji X-H1 with a Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L on a Fringer EF-FX adapter

It's all done with mirrors.

Interesting window reflection effect.

Reflections under a bridge

(Bamberg, D)

Lomography 400 expired

(made by Ferrania)

Minoltqa AL-F

Walking through the Partal Gardens at the Alhambra I couldn’t resist taking a shot of this gorgeous reflection in one 0f the ponds.

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Picture taken just before a tornado. Yes, for real! Check out the picture of it on Instagram :

www.instagram.com/p/7Gr88kkxZ2/

Watch my vlog (in french) :

www.youtube.com/raphgilles

Reflection of the portrait of Charles XII of Sweden (1715) produced in the studio of French court painter Hyacinthe Rigaud (1639-1743) on the photograph "Michel" (2006) by Pierre Gonnord (1951). From the exhibition BAROCKT in Stockholm (5 April - 19 October).

Enjoyed the first warm day with Julia, a good friend :)) We went to McDonald's & then we walked back maybe 3km though the sunshine ♥

I love it so much that spring is coming :)

Cropped version of great white egret and reflection.

"_Reflection"

reflections

I took these yesterday, after I cleaned our laneway.

(Our laneway is the main spot in Melbourne CBD for injecting heroin. We try to keep it clean so that it's safer for everyone. It's called harm minimisation.)