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Although I've seen really good images from the area used to shoot this, over the decades I've been a Bay Area photographer, I never found the time to use a long lens here myself, until it was certain that the new Bay Lights would go on.
I figured that they would affect the way reflection shots would look, so I set out to shoot a series of them before that time. Well, I started close to home with this one and eventually arrived as far south as the Embarcadero in San Francisco, but didn't get to every shot. Not the biggest deal to worry about, to be sure. Especially when you consider that the Bay Lights help certain shots, quite a bit. Still, I think it was a good thing to do.
Anyway, the main thing about this shot was having clear enough air right above the bay to render the city, itself, to better establish a sense of place because this is FAR away.
Thanks for having a look!
Macro Mondays - Container
Image measures exactly 3" on the long side
I always struggle with reflections. Shot this with the blinds shut, and lots of contortions, lol!
Happy Macro Monday : )
I planned to escape to the Tessin over the weekend, the Italian speaking part of Switzerland. I scrapped that plan because of heavy 60+mm rain forecast. Plan B was to take a gondola in nearby St. Gallen, and hike along a high mountain ridge. The clouds were favorable. It turned out that the gondola & restaurant were closed due to a private family event. I looked on the map for other interesting places nearby, and ended up at the Werdenberg castle in Buchs, St. Gallen. Plan C turned out nice. The old town of Werdenberg located just below the castle is amazing, and has very well preserved old buildings. While walking among the buildings I noticed that the sky lit up. I raced to the other side of the lake to take this reflection shot.
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Rowing boats on Shaw's Lake, Glenanne, County Armagh. A beautiful sunset over the still lake made for some lovely reflections. Shot at F 7.1 and focsued on the boats - about 1/3 the way into the scene to try to maximise sharpness.
My planned reflection shot of cypress trees off Natchez Trace got rained out but when life gives you lemons..... Turned out a little spooky looking. Thus a little Edgar Allan Poe. youtu.be/rxg7OFFtWQE
The Western NC streams are low this year but there are some great small pools that are making for nice reflection shots.
The story behind this photo:
I was walking home on Sunday afternoon when I came across this puddle of water beneath the block opposite to mine. I could see the reflection of my block very clearly in the puddle due to the direction of the light at that particular point in time.
I have always wanted to take a reflection shot and thus I hurried up to grab my camera. My vase of cut flowers was by the doorway and I decided to grab this stalk of Gerbera as well.
I tried out several shots with the Gerbera placed at different positions and shot from multiple angles. Coincidentally, it then started to drizzle and I was finally able to capture this shot of the reflection of my block and the Gerbera in addition to the concentric wavefronts produced by the rain drops on the puddle of water. I named the photo 'Circles of Life' as I hope that this photo is able to subtly represent the life within the housing block community.
Began my trip to Banff with a visit to the Vermilion Lakes - Unfortunately no sunset mountain glow given the clouds rolling to block the last light, but did manage to salvage a nice reflection shot using a 10 stop ND filter!
My Father in law and photo buddy, Tom Wilson (not the guy who played Biff in Back to the Future) set out to catch a sunrise in the Capitol. I was worried because my other pal, Bill McIntosh, talked about his visit to DC and said he needed to go out in the early morning several times in DC to get a sunrise. I did not have the luxury of going out several times, because the family needed me to be with them. I really only had a few opportunities to head out for sunrise. This morning we had very low expectations. The weather was supposed to be bad, totally clear skies, no chance of color. Again, I had so few options that we tried anyway. When we got there, we were shocked and excited to be greeted by a small, but interesting wisp of color in the sky.
Tom and scrambled and went to work. I knew we had about 15 minutes of this color, so we tried to get Lincoln, some Washington Monument reflection shots, and then sprinted to the Vietnam Memorial.
We were not there all that long, but we had the place to ourselves and it was one of my favorite shooting experiences hands down. There is something about the Lincoln Memorial. Everyone will tell you this, its everyone's favorite. And its magical how you can be there with throngs of people and still feel like its just you and him; but this morning, Tom and I had him alone for a while. I can't put into words what its like to be there alone. Its humbling, inspiring, hopeful, and at the risk of sounding corny, downright magical. His view is pretty good too and he gazes out on the mall.
You can see what a beautiful day it was for reflection shots and at this point I was still shooting one handed as I know the bridge we reached before I made friends with Jonathan because we reached a point where I required a steadier hand. The previous two shots leant themselves to looking a little arty I thought so I did up the saturation on them both but this is virtually straight out of camera but with a couple of tweaks that i do on any shot as it was a raw file. The canal was the cleanest and most litter and leaf free that i have ever seen it and i didn't even need the spot healing tool. There were no trees reflected at this point so I left this as a straight shot of our pretty canal...
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Here the tide is only 20-30 cm, but that is enough that the beach is flooded and larger pools remain. These then give the opportunity to take interesting reflection shots. Of course, these pools reflect better than the turbulent sea.
I started with the reflection shot and ended in this gorgeous and untouched sunset. Made Explore June 25
After seeing the results of my first reflection shot here, had to do it again. So anyway enough talking, here's CN A401 going through St-Henri in Montreal, Qc, with two of CN's newest (kinda) CN 3316 and 3304 both rebuilt AC4400C6M's.
Well I was searching and scouring for a place to take a good reflection shot of Cathedral Rock. It was getting late in the day and I paid $12 to get into this park with 1 hour before it closed. Luckily as I followed the river toward the butte, it made an appearance in this calm pool in the river. Kris...
Happy New Year to all my Flickr friends. Often at this time of year people reflect on the year just gone so I thought this reflection shot may fit the bill today! It is the Ale and Cakes tin mine in Cornwall. No idea why it is called Ale and Cakes so if anyone knows please let me know!
Sun was getting low as i passed an agricultural reservoir on my way home. Pulled over ran up the hill and took this. Nothing around for any foreground so a quick reflection shot my only choice
This caught my eye. Not usually my style, but I loved the maid looking through the window. Plus, who does like a reflection shot?
A simple reflection shot. I loved the cluster of lights in the foyer of the office building and the reflections of the building opposite which was illuminated in turn by sunlight reflecting off the building in front of me. Canon EOS 6D & EF 28-80mmm f/2.8-4.0L
With recrew C95 now on board, Mingo-Conway turn C65 rolls west through Wellsville, Ohio, on March 6, 2023. The C65 often has issues getting in and out of the traffic jam around Conway, as was the case on this day when they outlawed on their return trip about an hour from Mingo Junction. Heavy rains a couple days before still had the area soaked and provided several opportunities for reflection shots. Luckily there was no wind to blur the reflection at this particular moment!
The same shop window as in the previous shot but taken looking in the opposite direction to capture different reflections of this delightful little town.
Horncastle is located at the confluence of the rivers Bain and Waring, in the county of Lincolnshire, approximately 135 miles north of London and 19 miles east of Lincoln.
The town has a population of around 4,900 and is within the East Lindsey District of Lincolnshire which covers an area of approximately 600 square miles.
Lying at the south-west foot of the Wolds at the edge of the Fens, it is a bustling and attractive market town, renowned for its antique shops, with a fine heritage and unspoilt by modern developments. There are some notable historic buildings, including the 12th-century Church of St.Mary and it is a good base from which to explore the surrounding countryside..
I was waiting to get some reflection shots down at Shoreham Harbour...as the power station looked interesting among the boats but there were a couple of pesky kids that could see what I wanted to do and kept throwing stones in to wind me up...I'm glad they did now as I kind of like the mad ripples they created ;-)
...in Winchester Cathedral
'Sound II' by Antony Gormley (fashioned in lead from a cast of his own body)
Because of the high water table, the crypt in Winchester Cathedral is often flooded. Only a small flood is needed for the opportunity of some reflection shots. see comment box
This day was a dry day, but I was happy to find a photo for Saturday Self-Challenge: naturally framed
This shot was taken approximately 30 min previous to the photo I uploaded yesterday. I wanted to emphasize the pre-dawn "coolness" and hoped to contrast it with some nice alpenglow... which I was lucky enough to get in later shots as seen in yesterday's posting. It was perfect conditions for great reflection shots... again... an iconic shot, not overly creative, but compositionally it worked for me as did the colours and hues.
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One of my favorite places for reflection shots made extra special by the mute swans posing for me in the early evening light
……A phone shot from our last Cornwall holiday, took advantage of a puddle outside our beautiful and cosy Stable holiday let. Again the SmartPhone lends itself to low PoV reflection shots - the right tool for the job as the saying goes! Alan:-)…….
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GlobalFest international fireworks I bought a ticket for Chile to get access to the lake for reflection shots, I was not disappointed!
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The houses of Amsterdam are something special especially the ones that sit right on the canal like thee ones. They make for some great reflection shots and the leaves from the trees add something extra.
Do you ever go look at old images and realize you completely overlooked an image. I look at the ones I chose to process back then and how I processed them and realize I would not choose those images nowadays. This is an overlooked image, I've never touched it until tonight. I remember that evening - it was cold, in November but it was one of those years where the snow had held off. A beautiful evening, beautiful light and clouds, and the lake was still. I have some great reflection shots from that night. I hadn't realized just how far digital cameras had come until looking closely at this image - it doesn't have near the megapixels cameras have nowadays, the image had more noise than it should have had at those settings (I used a topaz noise removal program) but still...it was freeing to be able to experiment and not have to be concerned about film development costs.
The Chinese Pistache tree in front of our home is showing itself in bright red colors right now. I poured water over the street pavement for a reflection shot.
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A brief stop beside the road at Ballachulish to snap some reflection shots while it was so still.
I seldom use this lens or camera anymore but I see I should get it out more often.
Eos 5D Mk I ISO set to L (50 iso on this model)
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I thought I found a great lake to do an great reflection shot. Someone else decided they wanted to ruin my shot. Living in Florida I can tell you have seen many alligators, he was by far the largest, He let me take a couple of shots and then I left his home respectfully.
If you read my previous post you’ll know that I passed on shooting the beach huts at Llanbedrog, as the conditions didn’t look that favourable for a sunrise. Instead I walked further down the beach towards Pwllheli having spotted the trees above the beach on the left of this shot, which I thought might offer a decent reflection shot in the various pools of water.
Eventually as the sun popped above the distant mountains, the sky lit up presenting a cracking sunrise. Amongst the shots I took was this 10 shot panorama, which, even though I was as as low as I could get, I still couldn’t get a decent reflection of the trees, without sacrificing other elements of the shot, such as the cormorants perched on the shingle piles in the distance.
My attempt at the classic reflection shot of Vestrahorn, in southeast Iceland. I had to use long exposures to help flatten the receding waves. I also had to be in the water in my hiking boots to get this shot so that more reflection can be seen. I shot this image with my 16-35 f4 IS L lens at F11 on my tripod.
I always go into a state of mild panic when it happens. "Is it too dark?" I ask myself. "Have I missed any sensor dust blemishes or hot spots among the highlights?" Or, "What about the noise?" It doesn't happen that often of course - after all I do this for myself as a hobby - but just now and again somebody will ask me the terrifying words "Can I buy this please?"
This suddenly happened three times in the space of about nine days recently. Up until then, I hadn't sold so much as a pixel in over twelve months - not that it was particularly troubling me. After all, even though I do have a Picfair page, for which I pay a modest sum each year, I also have a Facebook page with a small number of followers, mostly personal friends, and I'm really not very good at promoting myself. It was those friends who said I should sell my photos - most of whom then never actually made any purchases of course. But for a while I had been thinking that I should refresh my Picfair page and add some new content to the thirty or so images that I'd uploaded in a burst of initial enthusiasm when I'd decided to try and earn a bit of pocket money from my hobby. My other hobby is playing football - imagine the money I could have made if I'd been any good at it! My Instagram page would have a lot more followers too.
And then, in the middle of the week before last, a local company sent me a private message via Instagram. They'd love to have my picture of Goonhilly "Thursday Night at the Listening Station" for their 2024 calendar. I asked them to email me some more details, and then checked them out to make sure I wasn't about to inadvertently hand over my life savings to an international drugs syndicate. They seemed to be legitimate, and when the email came through I was pleasantly surprised to learn that they intended to pay me for my work. And then I looked at the image, taken nearly eighteen months earlier, remembered that it was a long lens photo stack, and that I'd only taken two images to blend at a focal length of 118mm no less. If it was going to be printed and sent to a large number of expectant customers, I was going to need to revisit that blend in fine detail. The image included a long barbed wire fence, receding into the distance against long soft glowing September grasses. This was going to be fun. But a day later, my customer said they were very happy indeed with the result, and asked me for an invoice. Good job I used to be an accountant. Within a few hours, a sum of money had arrived in my bank account. I'm not booking a tour with Mads Peter Iversen to Greenland just yet, but I can take Ali out for a reasonably priced meal on the proceeds. Twice if we don't have a second course.
A couple of days later, an ex colleague, who'd reluctantly relocated away from Cornwall wanted a memento for the walls of her new home and had decided upon a copy of "Bedruthan in the Pink," from an evening in June 2018 when the sky had unexpectedly glowed pink and orange in the blue hour when at sunset it seemed we'd wasted our time even going there. When I reviewed the image on my Picfair page, I was unimpressed. I guess I have more time to work on my processing these days - sometimes I think too much time might in fact be a bad thing. Among the shadows were stray rocks and bits of debris that needed cleaning up, and when I zoomed in further, I noticed that one of those rocks was in fact a tog, hunched down low over his tripod. How had I not seen him before? He had to go too. Another sale - I hope she likes it when she receives the printed product.
And then finally, and most bizarrely, a lady from America complimented me on my Instagram feed. "Do you sell your pictures?" she asked. I'd just posted this one, and assumed it was the image that had caught her eye, but no. In truth, I wasn't convinced that three of the four she'd chosen represented anywhere near my best work, but I thanked her for her kind words and told her I'd have them all on my Picfair page that evening for her to buy downloads or printed products. In fact one of them was that Vestrahorn reflection shot that I was muttering about unfavourably in my previous post. Later the reply came. "I don't actually want to print them. Can you sell them to me in NFT format? Would that work for you? I have a budget of four thousand dollars per picture." By now I was feeling mildly perturbed. What on earth is NFT format? Did this lady think I was Banksy's brother? I consulted with members of my family. My sister and her three adult children, all of them from art backgrounds went into immediate rant mode about digital art and something called a blockchain that apparently requires the contents of at least three of the Great Lakes and the output of five nuclear power stations to maintain. Lloyd's response was rather more balanced. He'd had a similar approach and after some research on the subject had decided not to. Apart from anything else there appears to be a substantial setup cost, and we agreed that this is supposed to be a hobby. If we sell a few along the way for a bit of pocket money that's great, but we don't want the pressures of trying to earn from our images. It seems that the world of NFTs involves creating a digital signature and giving up ownership of the image completely - and I didn't want to do that. Not even if the offer was genuine - and of course there was strong chance that it was that international drugs syndicate knocking on the Instagram door again. Politely I declined the offer of enough money to keep me in annual trips to Iceland for the next six years. She's still waiting for me to explain why I don't do NFTs. I'm pretending I've forgotten to reply.
All of which brings me here, seventy-two pounds richer and with my pension fund intact. Here is the image that the American NFT art collector didn't want to buy. Last Monday, Ali and I were taking a stroll around our local woodland, pausing here and there as we do to enjoy a view before moving on around the circuit. As we came to a clearing I looked at the sky. Mackerel clouds were forming, and with an hour until sunset the outcome seemed far more easy to predict than the one at Bedruthan Steps nearly five years earlier. We increased our pace and power walked backed to the house, where I grabbed the camera bag before we raced to the coast. And you can see for yourself what happened. Almost nine years into this photography lark and I'm starting to spot the tell-tale signs of an epic sunset. Mind you, Towanroath is a tricky one to compose from here, but there was no choice if I wanted to include that sky. It's on the Picfair page and I really ought to push it and see if anyone bites. But I'm not really that bothered - it's just a hobby after all.
Last September we headed to Fort Bragg, a coastal town in northern California. The glass beach is supposed to have lots of polished sea glass, but we could not find much. There is however an interesting ocean pool, perfect for a reflection shot.
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