Website | Tumblr | 500Px | Instagram | Facebook

::: Click here to view my latest images.

::: Click here for my most interesting photos.

The Shot

Standard 3 exposure shot (+2..0..-2 EV) with tripod using Tamron 18-250mm lens

Photomatix

- Tonemapped generated HDR using detail enhancer option

Photoshop

- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'curves' to increase the contrast

- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (yellows) to increase the tone of the sunset

- Used 'unsharp mask on the background layer

Trees mirrored in the front light of a car

Pinhole blending camera

(One good example of me losing out by not using some sort of grad filter. Towards the light which isn't good ).

Mellbreak at Crummock Water glows orange and mauve as the sun passes by the valley that holds Scale Force beyond the High Stile Range. This is from the Head of Buttermere. I can see where William Heaton Cooper got his fell colours from.!

This is the FAMOUS February 2008 ! Great for reflections.

20250616-POM14177--Pano.jpg

Another black glass photo, this time with a light bulb (not the one on top of my head)

Reflection

Early morning on the street. Shot with a B&W IR 5D2.

Beautiful reflection in Browns Lake Washington. I took this photo on a Sunday evening while I sat on the bank in the sunshine watching the birds, fishermen, and simply waiting for the night to come. It was so peaceful and pleasant.

Canon EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM

Larry Bell's "Pacific Red 11"; laminated glass blocks sculpture, Whitney Museum, New York City

I took my boys to the playground and so I played too...... with my camera. Don't worry, I took lots of photos of them as well.

The orange lift bridge in Hamilton made amazing reflections in the water.

Life is only a reflection of what we allow ourselves to see

Costa Baja, La Paz

City Hall Stuttgart

Early morning reflection of half-dome at Yosemite National Park in California

Reflection

Large Wiew

Bright autumn trees with their reflection at Lake Benson.

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.”

― Albert Camus

Thanks to everyone who takes time to comment.

Cool morning on the bluffs

A detail of my favorite Connecticut waterfall. Taken during a CT Flickr Meetup in Granby, Connecticut. Larger versions of Summer Reflections.

Some forgotten street in Kielce, Poland.

This description is for the "the one I really like. a singular experience" group. I've chosen to post this photo to the group because I think it's one of the best photos I've ever taken. It was a spur of the moment thing. I had taken my son and daughter to a park on Bellingham Bay in the late afternoon and they were both near the water looking for interesting rocks. I caught my son during that with the water behind him. I was thrilled with the photo and posted it to Flickr shortly afterward. My wife only saw it for the first time just a couple weeks ago, and she stopped what she was doing, approached the computer with a look of shock on her face. She stared at it for a moment and said, "You took that? You really took that? He's beautiful. It's perfect! It's just so... him!" Probably the best compliment I've gotten on a photo ever.

Aesthetically, what I really love about this image is the vague yin and yang with my son's silhouette and the dark part below balancing the bright part. Probably the best use of negative space in any of my photos.

On Black

Zeiss Loxia 50mm F2

Trip to wales back in January

we were told to remove or cover our shoes and went into a room covered in mirrors and that room led to this one.

On the Nile

Canon EOS5, EF17-40, Ektachrome100

Reflection.

Reflections on "Loch na Cathrach Duibhe" which is one of two lochs in the Laide Wood,Wester Ross, Scotland.

Thank you for all your comments and visits

© Ralph Stewart 2015

Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved

The reflections in the sand were not vivid enough in this picture of Manly Beach, so Photoshop Elements helped things along, and made a suitable submission for the Sliders Sunday group, where too much processing is encouraged. HSS to everyone!

The reflection of autumn oak leaves, tree branches and the blue sky on the undulating surface of the river.