I used tiny magnetic beads to construct a ring a round of 16 beads (2.5cm in diameter) and 7 layers (2.5cm in height/depth). Then placed 2 golden foil cards about 4.5cm by 7cm (from chocolate packing) in L shaped and placed the ring.

Then placed a pink plastic phone holder and a blue box to create color reflections.

Shot taken at a tilted angle into the middle of the ring, creating multiple refractions and reflections.

No special lightings all from the ceiling lights. Using my Huawei Mate 9 :)

1Q67 York Holgate to Wigan North Western. Class 37 in Colas Railfreight livery sits under the roof at Manchester Victoria station awaiting the signal for departure. After grabbing the normal front three quarters shot and knowing its sits for 10 minutes to allow an ECS move in front to clear I decided to take a wander down the platform and see if anything else caught my eye. Using a long glass panel, I thought I would go for some sort of reflection shot but in the low lighting and glass being covered in Northern Rail stickers it looked a bit naff so decided just to flip the composition and create this image. Some may like it some may hate it but it's art, as the saying goes "beauty is in the eye of the beholder"

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.

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..

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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!

The Western NC streams are low this year but there are some great small pools that are making for nice reflection shots.

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.

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

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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.

……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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I went along the river Adur on Monday evening to a spot I have been to some time back, when the sun goes down here at the same time as the tide is high at this spot you can look up this part of the river and get a reflection for quite a distance as the sun goes down in the far North West, did I get lucky ? I sure did .

It rained when I was on my way and I thought here we go it will be a dud but, the cloud was moving the rain stopped and the light got better all the time .

I got my reflection shots in the river as the cloud moved away together with some other images .

This image was a surprise as I started my walk back to the car and is one of my favorite images of the evening, a totally unexpected image which caught my eye.

The layers got me with the Cow Parsley right in front of me then the light in those trees then the late evening sky , two bracketed images one standard foreground and one three stops under exposed for the sky then blended together, no filters .

I did take another image cropped into the trees for another time .

I`ll go back again in a few weeks when the sun sets a little more to the North and you will get some light down the right side of the river .

This was one of those experimental moments ( I had the time to play). I was fascinated with the reflected rising sun on the surface of the lake. While taking a series of reflection shots, a turtle popped up to catch a breath, which caused a series of concentric ripples to radiate outward into the reflected sun. Liked the sunrise colours and the mingling of ripples on the lake surface.

Spent a while trying different processing techniques, but kept coming back to the original out of the camera image with a tweak of clarity.

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...

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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.

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.

I couldn't help but get at least one reflection shot,

One of a series of shots taken at one of Roy Rimmer’s workshops in Northwest England. Thoroughly enjoyable experience where I learned a lot, thanks to Roy’s extensive knowledge and experience.

The wren is a tiny brown bird, although it is heavier and not as slim as the even smaller goldcrest. It is dumpy, almost rounded, with a fine bill, quite long legs and toes, very short round wings and a short, narrow tail which is sometimes cocked up vertically. For such a small bird it has a remarkably loud voice.

It is the most common UK breeding bird, although it suffers declines during prolonged, severely cold winters. What they eat:

Insects and spiders (Courtesy RSPB).

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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

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.

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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Eva gets a little scruffy. We do shave her coat down twice a year, but doing so at this time of year would be cruel given our winter temperatures in Saskatchewan.

I was at a loss of what to do for her photo this week and was trying reflection shots on the hardwood. I loved the natural light so I got her to stand up do a paw shot. When I saw her scruff highlighted against the dark background I knew that I had my concept. So I told her to stay and she did so until I got the shot. When I told her that we were done, she just ran immediately into the kitchen and stared at the cookie tin. She really is a pro model.

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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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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This pool was perfect to a Panoramic reflection shot.

...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 is the station I stop at the most as when it rains you can get some lovely reflection shots like this.

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Took a walk behind the truckstop this morning. There's a small lake that I wanted to take some reflection shots of. Which I did, but noticed these horses nearby, so walked over that direction a bit and saw the new colt. Wanted to get closer, but apparently they had the "stranger danger", warning and decided to move along.

This was taken a few years ago now and was the start for me for witnessing some stunning reflection shots that occurred over the Crayford marshes and the river Darenth!

You may have noticed I quite like a reflection shot and I certainly couldn't pass up the chance of this shot at Zaandam station utilising the handy, and very shiny, ledge in the waiting room as a VIRM double deck unit 8681 rolls in with our connection to Sloterdijk. Jamie looks like he's in some kind of faceoff with himself...

I was out shooting photos for a client. It had been raining a lot. I walked in the back lot and saw all these puddles in the rocks and got excited - there had to be a good reflection shot somewhere. I took a bunch but none were as exciting as this one. I really liked the color version and wondered if it would work in black and white. It really does! Gives a completely different feeling, I really like it!

The Cormorants are early nesters and are busy gathering nesting materials. By gathering I mean they land in trees near their nest and, often with great struggle and fanfare, tear off a twig and fly it home to their nest. Their webbed feet do a pretty good job climbing and jumping around the trees. It’s a bit comical watching them finally manage to free up a twig only to see them drop it and have to start over. Some are better at it than others and sometimes, those not quite so capable, just seem to give up in frustration for a while. They are colonial nesters making it nice for photographers who get multiple opportunities for shots as they tend to fly to the same trees for nesting material over and over again. This particular one, flew lower than normal and gave me a nice splash and reflection shot. (Double-crested Cormorant - Nannopterum auritum) (Sony a1, 400mm @ f/2.8, 1/2500 second, ISO 2000)

Well I waited patiently on the rocks in the cold for the sun to peak though the clouds and light up the sky in a bright pink. But that didn't happen and this was the best I could get on that day, well that and the reflection shot I posted previously. Hope you enjoy them and let me know which one is your favorite and why!! Kris...

I was about to take some reflection shots of Cockenzie Harbour (East Coast of Scotland) when Joe, local fisherman came to me and said: 'You should have come at 5.30am, it was a beautiful sunrise this morning!'

We started to chat and turned out he has five other jobs next to being a fisherman, because 'You just never know what tomorrow brings.'

When I asked him how was it out there this morning, he said 'Always changing... that's why we're called fisherman you know, not collectors... but all in all, it was enough for today's rent...'

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.

Walking through the beautiful woodland this time of the year, is truly amazing.

But as beautiful as it is, it can be a real challenge to capture.

I didn't want that Kliché water reflection shot and tried to think outside the box.

I was laying totally flat and almost touching the water, to get that right angle but it was worth it at the end.

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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Taken at Llwyn Onn Reservoir last weekend. I wanted to get some reflection shots and came home with so many shots so it will take me ages to go through them all! My OH when asked whether he liked this image just said "Hmmm" which is translated as "no I don't like it - as it is too morose but don't want to hurt your feelings!" Please don't worry about hurting my feelings if you don't like my shot though!!!!

Another fall reflection shot - I just love these!!

Last summer I took a day off, and did a road trip in the Swiss Alps and nearby Südtirol in Italy. After Davos I passed by the Flüelapass, a high mountain pass leading to Zernez in the Engadin. There was hardly any wind, perfect for a reflection shot, holding the camera just above the water surface.

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As the sun rose above the distant horizon, the golden light shimmered on the sea as if the sun was forming from the melted reflection.

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Shot from the rocks at the resort of Es Cana, located on the east coast of the Island of Ibiza.

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I was hoping to get the familiar 'reflection' shot of the abbey in the pool but the stiff breeze put paid to that!

Still makes a decent image though.

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Week 46: Reflections

Shot with a Dallmeyer "2 inch F 1.65" (projection) lens on a Canon EOS R5.

This is the Seattle skyline as seen from the waterfront just south of Bell Harbor. I have to give Seth Oliver credit for the inspiration for this shot as he is the urban reflection master, so this is a little tribute. Check out his stuff here: www.flickr.com/photos/setholiver1/ he's got some killer cityscape reflection shots.

Thanks for stoping by and checking out my work and have a great week ahead.

I took this photo of St. Paul's Cathedral in London from across the street at the One New Change building. I have seen this reflection shot before, but I wanted to see how well the phone's camera would be able to handle the contrasting areas of the scene. I was blessed with blue sky and some white cloud during the shoot.

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We spent some days in Kyoto, Japan. Timing was perfect for Hanami, or cherry blossom viewing. After witnessing sunset at the iconic Kiyomizu-dera Buddhist temple, we went to nearby Ninenzaka, a charming pedestrian area known for its classic architecture, tea houses & cherry blossoms. Later at night I walked over to Maruyama Park, which was quite busy with Hanami. There was no wind, perfect for a reflection shot over a pond.

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