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A reflection shot from the Fisher Plant #21 from a few months ago. I thought it was cool how the reflection breaks made the water appear to be broken parts of the floor and slanting down towards another level. A little bit of history of this place: It was built in 1919 after the demand for production of Buicks and Cadillac's increased. It was also a center for engineering and was last occupied during the early 1990's.
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It's been a year of reflection shots and spiral staircases, but there's always been one on my list that I've never gotten around to until today. This is the staircase at Bevin Court, a block of flats near Kings Cross station in London. The flats are split into three wings that meet at a central hub where this staircase connects all the floors.
I've started to put together a map of spiral staircases in London. If you look at this Google Map you can see the one's I'm aware of. If you've got any that you know of that aren't on the map and you like them added then send me a Flickr mail with the details and I'll add it.
Llyn Cwm-y-ffynnon in Snowdonia. Loads of midges and really wet but brilliant location for mountain reflection shots.
"say, say my playmate
come out and play with me
and bring your dollies three
climb up my apple tree
slide down my rainbow
into my cellar door
and we'll be jolly friends
forever more...."
we had fun today.
(2/365, a year of portraits)
oh, and i guess this can go in year of portraits?? if not, please someone let me know . thanks.
Single exposure, real reflection, minor Lightroom adjustments, no content adds/deletes/overlays/swaps, no Photoshop. I prefer the time outdoors shooting, and not to spend more than about 5 minutes computer/post-processing time per photo, so as much as possible has to be optimized in-camera!
You can always revisit the file to rework the edit, but you can't re-take the image once you're home. Get it right the first time; the best moments and their conditions will never be repeated again!
All of my workshops this summer will include some night shooting/instruction, so drop by my Web site www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com to see if you can join me to efficiently produce unique work with me in unique settings! Milky Way shots are a dime a dozen these days, you can capture those with sub-optimal technique.
Milky Way reflection shots, without resorting to faking the reflection, take a bit more attention to technique. Will you want to move on to other astrophotography subjects: comets, meteor showers... if so, make sure you sure you choose a workshop leader who pursues a LOT of them! www.flickr.com/photos/jeffreysullivan/albums/721576319588...
May the fourth be with you!
After weeks of monsoon rain, this morning looked cloudy, but the sun was out! Clouds after long periods of rain usually mean no haze, so it seemed a good opportunity to get some reflection shots from the shores of Songkhla Lake - a lagoon bigger than Singapore!
Blustery wind didn't help my cycle, nor did it bode well for reflections. Either way I was committed now, and sure enough the water was not only stacked up in waves, but also the colour of Thai iced-tea (a shade of reddish-brown). Undeterred, I focused instead on the clouds themselves.
These four photos - for me - represent the cream of this morning's shoot.
I walked towards this stunning reflection pool but knew my idea was going to be blown out of the water before I even got there, Amber was flanking me and must have been reading my mind because before I could even lift the camera she was in and plunging for a stick floating quite near to her. Now it was going to be a photo about Amber her stick and the radiating patterns of reflections as she shattered my planned perfect reflection shot!
With all this in mind I was just slightly too slow to get her with her head just slightly more elevated before she grabbed the stick but What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG), This was my shot, take it or leave it. I love it, I wonder if you all will.
I think I'll paint this one up it just looks like it will lend itself to my style.
Unedited puddle reflection shot of a lady+babystroller and the Amsterdam Tax Office.
No editing, no tricks, no Photoshop, just another wicked mobile phone cam photo :)
I think the very good quality of my mobile's cam is really becoming an issue, I had to stare at the big version of this puddle reflection for a while to see where the water ends and the dry ground starts...I might have to smash the lense or at least rub some dirty puddle water on it, to break the brilliance of the colors a bit and avoid creating the impression that I'm trying to pass of regular shots as wickedness, hehe ;-))
And now, it's really almost weekend, yay :D
BNSF SD75M number 260 is seen outside of Mid American Car in Kansas City. This engine is still painted in the iconic Warbonnet colors. A large puddle made a semi reflection shot possible.
Inhale my mahogany fragrance… I have no thorns to keep you away…. exhale when you have enough of me… water my soul with a promise of love… I don’t need much light…
what I need is you...
TIO...
Shooting Tips…
Do you ever get the feeling that you have run out of ideas? We have all been there… Don’t stress it… Listen, a mirror is perfect for adding that little something extra to your shots, place a flower on it and for light, use natural light and a new world will open… Reflection shots are always fun…
Now about this reflection shot; I shot this in my studio… I explained to my model what I had in mind… and what I wanted her to convey… If your model is comfortable and understands what you’re looking for, your shot will work… I took a piece of black Plexiglas and placed it on a table…I sat her behind the table, positioned her face so that the reflection was visible… notice my Aperture was at f/22 for sharpness… asking her to hold as still as possible--at 2.5 sec (5/2) that is an eternity!… I used one florescent lamp and a tripod… My background was black Foam core...
Happy Thanksgiving...
I know some people just love the heck out of reflection photos. It's something I never really get that excited about. Although, I do like a nice reflection off of a still lake or pond or body of water.
So anyhow, here's a rare reflection shot off a building from me. It was a stunning sunrise with great colors. Wish they could all be like that. :)
This is a reflection shot at Mono Lake, California. Which is situated right outside of the eastern entrance of Yosemite National Park.
It was Saturday evening as Steve and I stood on top of the dunes, surveying the scene in front of us and watching the light begin to soften and intensify with the arrival of the golden hour. The beach was still busy on this wonderfully warm September weekend, when I’d arrived armed with flip flops instead of wellies to tackle the water. I'm programmed to stand in six inches of water every time I come here you see. And while Steve only had this one chance to capture the light on the dunes and prepare for a battle with unwanted beach tents in the editing suite later, I was content to sit and watch the world go by, and chat about the differences between his state of the art mirrorless set up and my clunky old collection of rag tag lenses, one of which was making its debut appearance here at Holywell Bay after a long journey west from Pakistan. We talked about Flickr and our virtual friends. Of course we talked about you. We really liked your shot of [insert subject and location here], although we thought your picture of [insert subject and location here] might have looked slightly better with a sixteen by nine crop. Just saying.
And then we strolled down from our lofty position, my trusty summer boat shoes filling with increasing amounts of sand at every step, and made our way onto the beach, passing the tents that had made Steve’s composition that bit more challenging than he might have liked, and heading for the flat wet expanse left by the retreating tide. But if we thought it would be plain sailing from here, we were sadly mistaken. The September heatwave had filled the beach with visitors, and even at the sunset hour plenty of them were still in and around the sea. Rather more annoyingly, barely a minute passed without one of them marching through the sand pool I’d had my eye on for a reflection shot. Salivating dogs and splashing infants invading the space where I planned to set up my tripod and take the first picture with the new addition to the bag - my knee saving budget plan for taking wide angle shots on the camera with the articulating screen. Try and do this on the full frame with the old and crotchety but far more costly lens that refuses to auto focus, and I’d have to practically lie down in the water.
Eventually, the torrent of incomers having vacated the water, I was ready to shoot. It’s just a shame the lens wasn’t. Everything looked normal, the new acquisition focused eagerly as I looked down at the flipped out screen from above, but when I pressed the shutter, instead of being rewarded with a copy of the scene in front of me, an error message appeared, inviting me to clean the contacts. Standing here on a beach, surrounded by life, sand and seagulls, no amount of tinkering and wiping was going to fix the problem. And so I resorted to the other lens, the 24-70 that accompanies me everywhere, regardless of whatever else goes in the bag for each outing. Bang went the plan for big foregrounds full of texture and water, and along came its emergency replacement - although quite what that might be, I hadn’t decided just yet. Maybe I’d leave one or two of the people who littered each frame and airbrush the rest away. Meanwhile, the sky continued to fill with textures and warm colours in the minutes before sunset.
We moved closer to the sea, setting up our tripods and stoically ignoring the endless distractions around us, one of us occasionally calling across the twelve yard gap to see how the other was getting on. The foreground was rather messier than I’m used to here, not only because of the mass of humanity, but also the absence of a curving river across the sand that so often fills the frame and banishes all distractions at low tide. Apart from slowing down the water right in front of me, I was watching both clouds and light in a composition that didn’t quite match some of the more dynamic ones I’ve found here before now. I was happy enough though. Usually by early September at this time of day I’m in a coat, jeans and welly boots here, but today it was shorts, tee shirt and the aforementioned flip flops on this balmy evening.
And then something interesting happened as wave after wave of gulls flew overhead from the cliffs behind us to land on the shore or in the sea, filling the air with activity. Much like our visit to Godrevy on Monday, we were dealing with interlopers, but this lot were feathered, noisy and in far greater numbers. I abandoned the filters and raised the ISO well into four figures, silently thanking a certain editing suite for the recent introduction of a new and much improved noise reduction feature. Despite the complete failure of Plan A, something had worked.
It was time to say farewell - for now at least. Steve had a long journey home the following day, and I was about to take part in a reunion of the three happy snappers with Dave and Lee the next morning. And there was the matter of an errant lens to attend to. More of that in the next episode.
Beautiful sunny day yesterday after the snow. I met a man at Argyle Pond that told me about the break in the ice that allowed for a nice reflection shot. I was supposed to be grocery shopping, but you have to take time for the important things, right?
I like to visit nearby Hakone Gardens, a Japanese garden in Saratoga, California. Three Vietnamese women did a photo shoot at the wooden arch bridge, in preparation of the Chinese New Year. I used this occasion to take a reflection shot of a woman in a beautiful red dress posing on the bridge.
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I'm starting to wonder about myself, every time I see a mirror I attempt a reflection shot, but only if the camera is in front of my face, it provides a shield for me to hide behind :)
I can never remember the colours of the rainbow so I asked my daughter who had learned them in school. She gave me this line to remember it by 'Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain'.....Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet! The first thing that came into my head when I saw the theme this week was 'Double Rainbow guy' www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQSNhk5ICTI I've always wanted to do a spoon reflection shot .....so I tried it yesterday over pencil colours. :)
Jay from today in low light early this morning with heavy fog all around.
The good thing on foggy days is that the wind is usually very light as it was today which helps if you are after a nice reflection shot.
Early morning at Oxbow Bend with sun hitting the peak of Mt Moran from across the valley. A slight breeze on the Snake River prevented a reflection shot. I am beginning to think I spend too much time here.
Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA
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A walk through Liverpool city centre and some street photography on our way to our anniversary meal on 7 January 2025.
Sunrise at the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. Love the renovations & I’m glad they kept the ponds for reflection shots!
The night before this sunrise, the sunset forecast was not good so I wasn’t on the grounds with the thought of capturing a colorful shot. At the beginning, I was way on the other side of the pond, up by the trees and walkway parallel with the arch. I took some photos before realizing the color was looking good. I then looked at the clouds and realized they were the type that might really light up. At that point, I hustled (with camera mounted to tripod in hand) down and around the ponds to capture it. Not knowing when the color would go away, I managed to capture it from three different perspectives within seven minutes. It all happened quite quickly. It definitely was not a tranquil as it appears in this photo. I think this is called "working a shot". It was all worth it because It's definitely one of my favorites.
An old control station at the coking plant of the Völklinger Hütte is transformed into an art installation, lending itself to a reflection shot.
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Lori Hibbett and I were exploring conditions in Death Valley National park last month, when we came across this flooded playa.
When the light got behind this black butte up the valley, it made the dark lava rock really pop. What's particularly unique is that the rocks seem out of place, like they're floating on the water. The water must have been really shallow for so many small rocks to stick up. The foreground rocks receding into the scene help provide a sense of depth that wouldn't be there in a simple reflection shot. What a great convergence of rare factors!
Lori and I can't wait to show more photographers around in our spring Death Valley workshop in March!
Yesterday I spent the afternoon at Maker Faire in San Mateo, California. So much creativity there! A big 4 ton machine was walking around in the parking lot. The machine is the exoskeleton of pilot Jon, who sits strapped inside. Jon controls the machine with his body - when he sits, the machine sits, when he stands up straight, the legs of the machine stretch, when he moves his arms and legs, the machine walks on its four legs.
After the show I got permission to go inside the fenced-off area to get this reflection shot. I asked Jon to stand in front of the machine with a proud posture. This is his full time job, working on the machine and piloting it. The Vancouver, Canada based group has plans to use the next generation of these oversized Iron Man style machines for racing games. More at bit.ly/2w783BI.
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Figurine in a window display with street reflections !
Shot rue de Rohan - Palais Royal - Paris 75001 -
Sculture by Josepha at the Artclub Gallery 172 rue de Rivoli 75001
- William Wallace.
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After getting the classic mountain landscape shot of Maroon Bells and their reflection in the morning light, we drove to the flatter half of Colorado. We took highway 82 through independence pass to Salida for the night. My plan was to get to twin lakes and then capture some beautiful fall shots before the sunset. As we got there, I parked at the lot and we set about exploring the impromptu trails along the lakeshore.
I was trying to find a composition that would be relatively free of human developments but will still provide me with a view of the lake as foreground and Mountains as the main subject. This location is known to be windy, so the lake was choppy, and I doubt even during the morning the water would be still enough for a reflection shot. Finally, I found a spot from which it looked the view would be perfect but I had to cross a gulch to get there and it was not a dry gulch. But I decided to brave the ankle-deep water and get to the other side and that’s when I heard it, the unmistakable sound of a rattle. As I got close to the gulch the rattle started to get louder. Even after looking carefully everywhere I couldn’t find the danger noodle anywhere and that made the situation even scarier. I don’t know If I will be able to describe the feeling here. I was not sure if moving would warrant a bite, I grew up in part of the world that has a lot of snakes and I know the basic rules to follow when encountering a viper but seeing the snake is kind of important first step in all those rules. Finally, after staying still for what seemed like an hour but in reality probably only a few seconds, I decided to trust the volume of the rattle and slowly stepped towards the way I came and the rattle progressively became quieter. So I didn’t get the shot I wanted but learned an important life lesson that day and went back to the trail to get this shot.
'CLEE' of the Union Canal Carriers fleet, based in Braunston, is seen here on the Oxford Canal at Cathiron, Warwickshire.
17th May 2018
1. Nibbles, 2. St Johns Cathedral Entry Ceiling, 3. Orange Splash, 4. black or white..., 5. Pedestal..., 6. Swirl, 7. Craig's Hut, 8. Sunset over Tahunanui beach, 9. Abel Tasman National Park, 10. Is It Summer Yet??, 11. Blue Moon or Blue Cheese?? (Angie, You Can Come Out Now - LOL!!), 12. Curb leaves, 13. Snowy branches on a blue, blue sky, 14. I'm going over!, 15. All bones, 16. Vase, 17. A Blue Bell Sunset, 18. I Carry Your Heart, 19. Würzburg: Back on the River, 20. River Grove Community Centre Swimming Pool: Reflection Shot Practice, 21. Closed for the season, 22. My first sunset, 23. Darmstadtium and a boring sky, 24. Tulip Tude, 25. Solo, 26. flickr.com/photos/46055722@N00/2205348915/, 27. Pannacotta with Pistachio Pashmak, 28. Another Sunrise!, 29. Bronze, 30. Feeling Bubbly?, 31. Raindrops, 32. Untitled, 33. veins, 34. Grasses, 35. Floating (I), 36. West Texas Sunset
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The opportunity arose to grab a quick reflection shot at Newcastle whilst I was pottering about.
An XC 221 gets ready to head north working 1S43 Bristol Temple Meads to Glasgow Central.
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With my mom laid up in the hospital for 9 days now I've been incredibly stressed out, so I've been going back and doing some edits on shots from this summer to distract myself. This is one of my shots from Christmas Meadows, probably my favorite, I love how the Bear River calmed down and essentially became a mirror, probably the clearest reflections I had all summer.
10 shots for this one, 4 for the sky, 4 for the foreground, and 2 for the reflections. Sky shots were 3 minutes, ISO 800, and f2.5. Foreground shots were 3 minutes, ISO 800, f1.4. Reflection shots were 45 seconds, ISO 1600, f1.4. All were taken with my Nikon D600 and Rokinon 24mm f1.4 lens on a Sky Watcher Star Adventurer tracking mount.
Normally when I'm at this location I'm getting a wide sweeping view of the lake, surrounding mountains/peaks, and the (usually) awesome reflections. I've been working with this Nikkor 85mmS lens the last month or so and I decided that rather than go with the standard reflection shot I'd focus completely on the most prominent peak and the Milky Way/stars above. I've always wanted a very high quality shot of this mountain and the core behind it, the only thing that would be better would be if Rho Ophiuchi and Antares aligned every so slightly to the right, all well as it's still an awesome composition. We had some clouds roll in as we started doing the sky shots, luckily the clouds didn't completely spoil the sky, leaving some nice enhancement of the larger stars and colors while leaving the core exposed.
11 exposures for this image, all shot with a Nikon Z7 and Nikkor 85mmS on a Sky Watcher Star Adventurer Tracking Mount. Sky exposures are 2.5 minutes at ISO 640 and f2.5, foreground exposures are 4 minutes at ISO 640 and f1.8.
The bracken is just beginning to change colour and despite the dull day (and the wrong lens) I got some nice reflections.
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Leeds industrial museum reflected in the mill's dam.
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11 image pano taken at a high elevation alpine pond near Bald Mount in the Uinta Mountains of Utah. 4 exposures for the sky, 4 for the foreground, 3 for the reflection, shot with a Nikon D800E and Sigma Art 50mm on a Sky Watcher Star Adventurer tracking mount.
Tri-Colored Heron
Lagoon at North Beach, Ft Desoto Park
Tierra Verde, Florida
Just another reflection shot of this Tri-colored Heron that I saw at Ft. Desoto a little over a week ago. The bird had moved about fifty feet away from where it was in the last photo I uploaded of this bird, "Reflection of Blue," and it changed the whole look of the image. This one is not quite as blue, and a little more sun was falling on the bird's side. Mike
boarding was already announced when i noticed him. calm. concentrated. playing the piano in the departure hall as if it were a stage. the sound didn’t drift — it stayed close. i showed him the camera. he nodded once. i photographed him with the gfx100rf. he kept playing. later he told me his name was leo. and wished me a good flight.
Very pleased with this night reflection shot
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Focus stack (10 images) Shot with single off-camera strobe (Godox AD200Pro/Godox XPro II L trigger), modified with MagMod MagSphere diffuser, behind velum scrim. Central portion of scrim blocked with black flag to provide rim lighting effect, Black flags placed on left and right sides of subject to eliminate reflections.
Shot for Crazy Tuesdays - subject ornamental glass
Design in subject is the Hope for Abundance pattern used on the 2001 Times Square New Years Eve Ball Drop, The pattern is triangular in shape and cut diagonally into the back of the prism.