Reflections

[Colin1957]

Colin

Taking the two together and, for ease, referring to them as #1 and #2 (as I think they provide a good opportunity for a compare and contrast exercise) ..........

#1#2
In #1 the building and, of course, its reflection provide a good strong line taking us into the frame. The river in #2 provides that, but, in my opinion, not as strongly.

I like the composition and framing of #1. There's interest in all parts of the frame. And although we have the reflection of the tower/fortress (?) coming to the bottom of teh frame in #2, I feel there's an awful lot of 'dead' space where there's nothing much happening so far as the water is concerned.

I see there is, I think, a bird on the walkway just in the sunlight in #2. I wonder if that would have been a much better location for this shot than the bridge which you are standing on.

That's one person's thoughts. There will be others no doubt. And remember, they are only my thoughts and can be dismissed as readily as they can be accepted.

Thanks Donald - your comments are very helpful and a reminder to me that good composition takes time. The second shot is essentially an opportunistic holiday snap where time was limited to get things right whereas the first was taken on a walk where I had all the necessary time to compose, bracket exposure etc.

Here is another on the reflections theme. This is a crop from an image that had some uninteresting space originally:





Colin

[DavidM]

I know there are lots of technical problems, movement blur, terrible background etc. but I like it. It's a happy pic.

[Sahil]

Happy pic is the best pic
Whats that hole (drainage) at 4 o' Clock? Pardon my ignorance

[Wolf]

© Look into the beer glass

[Dave Humphries]

Whats that hole (drainage) at 4 o' Clock? Pardon my ignorance

Looks like a 'warm air' (ducted heating) vent to me.

Or, maybe (in Oz) cooling

[C1DoG]

[spngr311]

One from a few months ago:

[stevewe88]

Awesome shot Rob. I love it.

[Fleshpiston]

Opera House Sydney Reflected by Fleshpiston, on Flickr

[spngr311]

Awesome shot Rob. I love it.

Thanks! It is one of my favorite self-shot and processed images.

[Nicola]

below a serie of reflections of the so called "Devil's Bridge " and its neighbour
I would like to have some comments from you... what's your favourite? how can I improve it?
many thanks to all of you!
Nicola

[Rasbury]

Here's one that i took last year with my coolpix 3100.The WB on the building is way off and i used some artistic filters on the windows to bring out more detail from the original image.Thanks for viewing.

[henry17106]

Wow

[jambin]

A building reflected in another building

[Clactonian]

[henry17106]

This is all I have on mynew PC right now (reflections), Legg Lake El Monte CA