Considering the Aspects of Light: part 5 - Second Hand Light/Reflections - title with Linda's permission
Jun 8, 2018 19:44:13 #
I suggested the "second hand light" idea and my reward was to be told to post it and then follow it so Linda can rest, or watch and laugh.
So, Second Hand Light - reflections off water, mirrors, any shiny surface or we can even stretch it to include subjects entirely or largely lit by reflected light.
I will kick it off with one of my favorites involving water, and then one involving glass-not a mirror. Fair warning I LOVE water reflections and have LOTS of decent shots.
#1 "Egret Drinking Egret" the reflection of the bill lines up like two straws end to end and the bird is drinking itself. A lot of the light on the bird is also reflected off the water and filling in what would be the shadowed underside of the body.
10-02-2015 4:27PM low angle afternoon light from behind me 6D, 100-400 mk1 @ 235, 1/1000 @f/8.0, ISO 160 hand held
#2 "Ghosts of Yellowstone" - There are no people in the bus. If you look at the body below the windows you can tell it is a line of people looking at the bus. And several of them were just right for the glass to reflect them inside looking out. There are several other reflections on the body in various places - sun off rivet heads making white hot spots, sun and trees off fender etc.
For the motor heads: 1937 White model 706, Yellowstone National Park bus #427-full specs here: http://www.mecum.com/lots/CA0816-259370/1937-white-model-706-yellowstone-park-bus/
5-03-2015 just before 1 PM by all natural light 6D, 24-105 f/4L @ 58, 1/250 @ f/8.0, ISO 100 hand held
So, Second Hand Light - reflections off water, mirrors, any shiny surface or we can even stretch it to include subjects entirely or largely lit by reflected light.
I will kick it off with one of my favorites involving water, and then one involving glass-not a mirror. Fair warning I LOVE water reflections and have LOTS of decent shots.
#1 "Egret Drinking Egret" the reflection of the bill lines up like two straws end to end and the bird is drinking itself. A lot of the light on the bird is also reflected off the water and filling in what would be the shadowed underside of the body.
10-02-2015 4:27PM low angle afternoon light from behind me 6D, 100-400 mk1 @ 235, 1/1000 @f/8.0, ISO 160 hand held
#2 "Ghosts of Yellowstone" - There are no people in the bus. If you look at the body below the windows you can tell it is a line of people looking at the bus. And several of them were just right for the glass to reflect them inside looking out. There are several other reflections on the body in various places - sun off rivet heads making white hot spots, sun and trees off fender etc.
For the motor heads: 1937 White model 706, Yellowstone National Park bus #427-full specs here: http://www.mecum.com/lots/CA0816-259370/1937-white-model-706-yellowstone-park-bus/
5-03-2015 just before 1 PM by all natural light 6D, 24-105 f/4L @ 58, 1/250 @ f/8.0, ISO 100 hand held
Jun 8, 2018 20:00:39 #
Robert, you are too funny! After I picked myself up from the floor and brushed off the dog hairs from having rolled around while laughing (rotfl), I decided to get back at you by posting this confounding image.
This is not a composite. The trees and brown grass are reflections in the window through which I was shooting. In reality they were behind me. We're looking into a small chapel and out through the window on opposite side. Within this room the dias, candle holder and cloth table covering are lit by direct light coming through the window we can see on opposite wall.
Thanks for picking up the baton. Wishing great success and more fun.
btw, I love both your photos. The egret is mesmerizing for the wavy abstract reflection and the beak to beak position. The vertical aspect with no distractions, but just enough breathing room, is a very effective composition. Gotta admire those yellow claws too!
This is not a composite. The trees and brown grass are reflections in the window through which I was shooting. In reality they were behind me. We're looking into a small chapel and out through the window on opposite side. Within this room the dias, candle holder and cloth table covering are lit by direct light coming through the window we can see on opposite wall.
Thanks for picking up the baton. Wishing great success and more fun.
btw, I love both your photos. The egret is mesmerizing for the wavy abstract reflection and the beak to beak position. The vertical aspect with no distractions, but just enough breathing room, is a very effective composition. Gotta admire those yellow claws too!
Jun 8, 2018 20:07:06 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Robert, you are too funny! After I picked myself u... (show quote)
Thanks Linda and the candle stick is levitating!
You said you sent a lot of PM's. I am lazy, I posted a notice on 5 subject sub-forums of the UHH.
Jun 8, 2018 20:22:00 #
Gaudi House, Barcelona, Spain. Distorted reflections in windows in an odd building. Makes me think of Salvador Dali, surrealism. I think Andre Kertesz and others experimented with reflected shots and mirrors which created distortions which created interest. They did not have photoshop and such to create pictures of dreams, imagination and nightmares. Enjoy.
Jun 8, 2018 20:31:06 #
whwiden wrote:
Gaudi House, Barcelona, Spain. Distorted reflections in windows in an odd building. Makes me think of Salvador Dali, surrealism. I think Andre Kertesz and others experimented with reflected shots and mirrors which created distortions which created interest. They did not have photoshop and such to create pictures of dreams, imagination and nightmares. Enjoy.
Definitely some "different" things going on in the mind that designed this building. And yes, I looked up his other works and scanned through the images of his projects.
Jun 8, 2018 21:02:08 #
Jun 8, 2018 21:14:16 #
Neon reflections on a rainy night. Shot for a menu cover.
Jun 8, 2018 21:17:19 #
This topic caught me... moving from Oregon in '72, where I was overwhelmed with all the opportunities for great landscape photography --- so many times, it seemed you only had to click the shutter to get a great landscape photo --- then moving to Chicago, it took me awhile to "find my legs" photographing the city landscape. I found myself fascinated with "urban patterns". The examples I liked most were reflections of old architecture in new, and the distortion of the reflections. These are scans of 40 year old Ektachrome slides that have lost some of their original color depth, but (to me) it doesn't matter. They could be B&W.
Jun 8, 2018 21:18:03 #
RichardTaylor wrote:
From the local duck pond.
Under side of the wing lit in a ripple pattern by light off the water and a bit of reflection of the egret in the right background.
Jun 8, 2018 21:20:14 #
E.L.. Shapiro wrote:
Neon reflections on a rainy night. Shot for a menu cover.
Very effective.
Jun 8, 2018 21:20:22 #
E.L.. Shapiro wrote:
Neon reflections on a rainy night. Shot for a menu cover.
colors from the diner, are the swirl shapes from shaped tiles/stones in the walkway or done in PP?
Jun 8, 2018 21:22:51 #
mallen1330 wrote:
This topic caught me... moving from Oregon in '72,... (show quote)
A world within the window reflections, buildings within buildings. A feeling of a "house of mirrors" at the carnival/amusement park.
Jun 8, 2018 21:45:25 #
robertjerl wrote:
colors from the diner, are the swirl shapes from shaped tiles/stones in the walkway or done in PP?
You are gonna laugh! Very sophisticated effect.
The storm drain was clogged and the sidewalk was flooded. So we stirred up the puddles with an old hockey stick and shot through an old skylight filter with clear nail polish at the bottom edge- had it in the kit from something I do when shooting weddings. 😀
Jun 8, 2018 22:03:49 #
After the fantastic photos posted to this thread already, my modest pic of children's toys will likely be scrolled right past 
But I am sharing because I found it to be a charming little scene - which I mostly wrote in my head as I explain below - as well as a departure from my usual landscapes and critters.
Passing a daycare center one rainy day I saw these children's riding toys lined up against the fence. With their bright colors and cute designs, to me it looked like they were anticipating clearing skies and happy, energetic children to come rushing out of the building at any moment.
I had to lean over their fence to shoot this and was concerned someone might call the police during the minute or two I was there. Bolder folks would have gone inside and asked permission to "work the scene"
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But I am sharing because I found it to be a charming little scene - which I mostly wrote in my head as I explain below - as well as a departure from my usual landscapes and critters. Passing a daycare center one rainy day I saw these children's riding toys lined up against the fence. With their bright colors and cute designs, to me it looked like they were anticipating clearing skies and happy, energetic children to come rushing out of the building at any moment.
I had to lean over their fence to shoot this and was concerned someone might call the police during the minute or two I was there. Bolder folks would have gone inside and asked permission to "work the scene"
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Jun 8, 2018 22:35:56 #
E.L.. Shapiro wrote:
You are gonna laugh! Very sophisticated effect.
The storm drain was clogged and the sidewalk was flooded. So we stirred up the puddles with an old hockey stick and shot through an old skylight filter with clear nail polish at the bottom edge- had it in the kit from something I do when shooting weddings. 😀
The storm drain was clogged and the sidewalk was flooded. So we stirred up the puddles with an old hockey stick and shot through an old skylight filter with clear nail polish at the bottom edge- had it in the kit from something I do when shooting weddings. 😀
Never heard of a PP app named "old hockey stick". Who makes it? 
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