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A reflection of Oak Creek Canyon's red rock wall can be seen in a rainwater pool next to Oak Creek. This was shot at Slide Rock State Park just north of Sedona, Arizona.
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A Barber shows a boy his reflection after getting his First Haircut inside the Harmony Barber Shop on Main Street USA in the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida.
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WOW: Dazzling
When I close my eyes and think about the word dazzling, dazzling would remind me of something shiny and sparkly. And so the first thing that came up in my mind was a beautiful young girl who was wearing a tiara under a streak of light from above dancing. This idea somehow became a difficulty as I didn't know how to dance, neither did Emma, or Mikayla and we don't have a stage to dance to, and we don't have the control over the drama stage. So instead of a girl, I decided to take a picture of a tiara that I borrowed from Emma's mom.
I first took the pictures on a bed that had a white bed sheet, but I thought it didn't really work because the tiara wasn't dazzling so I turned of the lights and took a lamp to create a shine. The light was really hard to catch, and the dazzling parts were hard to take from my camera. I then decided to take the picture on a small plant, but it looked weird and finally I decided to take the picture on a table. I couldn't catch the sparkles on the picture, and Emma thought of an idea of placing broken pieces of a disc to create more sparkling reflections. As a result, I have a dark background, and a white setting, which created a contrast. The tiara itself and the black background also created a contrast. Then the disc helped create rainbow colors of reflections and also created a reflection of the tiara. There were lots of reflections in this picture so I named this picture, "Reflections". Light was show from an angle above, and the most highlighted place of the subject was the middle part of the tiara. This picture was taken in a lower angle where the some of the pieces of the disc is blurred.
Another difficulty I had was creating the focus. My camera always focused on one part of the tiara, and I wanted to focus on the whole part. It took a lot of shots, from different angles and different angles of the light to create the dazzling sparkles, while you can still see the reflection and have the whole tiara in focus.
Although this photo does not have a story or something meaningful behind it, I really like how everything is like what I wanted it to be - the reflections, the dazzling colors, and the tiara.
Reflection as seen along Hollywood Boulevard at Disney's Hollywood Studios.
Disney's Hollywood Studios | Hollywood Boulevard
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This is the marina on Clover Island in Kennewick. It was a pretty calm night which made for a perfect reflection in the water.
Another part of an old house in Biala Rawska, this window. Rusty and crusty and the paint is peeling off. Love these old buildings.
Camera : Canon EOS 550D
Exposure : 0.002 sec (1/640)
Aperture : f/3.5
Focal Length : 20 mm
ISO Speed : 100
Back to the Silverburn for some more from my photowalk in August. The theme is water. Going upriver from the bridge I came across this pool-like area where the river was flowing so slowly I could see a building reflected in the surface. Its a rather large house undergoing a virtual rebuild. I think it has a rather nice outlook over the river.
Tweaked this a little in Topaz Clarity.
The seas here were quite unpredictable, having to run away as they pushed in and then scamper back to the shore line in the hopes of catching the reflections left in the wake.
Reflections, whether they are perfect or distorted, are a great source of joy. This picture is close to my heart. Whenever I feel disturbed I look at this picture to get immense inner peace. I will keep this large on black preferably, switch off all the room lights and view this from a distance (not close to the monitor). In fact before saving all my images I used to view them like this. I feel that distance makes a lot of difference to our perception.
This was shot in Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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The mountain on the right is Whistler, the one on the right is Blackcomb. Both reflected in lost lake not far from Whistler village.
Lens: Tokina 12-24mm f/4 lens
Other Photo Gear Used: Sirui T-2005X Tripod with K-10x Tripod Head
Photo Processing Software used: Adobe Lightroom; Adobe Photoshop; Topaz Adjust;
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He's reflecting in his reflection... haha! I had written down some positive quotes and stuck them to this mirror a while back:)