Light Playing with Water
Jul 24, 2020 11:32:49 #
Reuss Griffiths
Loc: Ravenna, Ohio
I've always been intrigued by the interplay between light and water. The first image is the surface of a pond on a bright sunny afternoon with the colors of fall spread out in all their glory.
The second and third images are just the light playing off the surface of a shallow running stream with light bands focused on a stony bottom. Since the wave forms of the running water are relatively fixed, so are the focused bands of light on the bottom.
The fourth image is just raindrop patterns on a pond with a little help in post processing.
The fifth image is light reflecting off a small fountain. Looks almost like frozen glass.
The sixth and seventh images are geese swimming on a swiftly flowing river against a low morning sun. They look B&W but are really color images. The high shutter speed freezes the moving water and it looks like sheets of steel.
The eighth image was almost magical. It is of a large reflecting pool in downtown Toronto with a bright blue sky and tan buildings with black windows and a green copper roof. When I noticed them, the black strips were rapidly changing due to ripples on the surface but always in sharp focus. I stood there quite a while mesmerized before it occurred to me that I could capture the image.
The second and third images are just the light playing off the surface of a shallow running stream with light bands focused on a stony bottom. Since the wave forms of the running water are relatively fixed, so are the focused bands of light on the bottom.
The fourth image is just raindrop patterns on a pond with a little help in post processing.
The fifth image is light reflecting off a small fountain. Looks almost like frozen glass.
The sixth and seventh images are geese swimming on a swiftly flowing river against a low morning sun. They look B&W but are really color images. The high shutter speed freezes the moving water and it looks like sheets of steel.
The eighth image was almost magical. It is of a large reflecting pool in downtown Toronto with a bright blue sky and tan buildings with black windows and a green copper roof. When I noticed them, the black strips were rapidly changing due to ripples on the surface but always in sharp focus. I stood there quite a while mesmerized before it occurred to me that I could capture the image.
1 Sunny Fall Afternoon
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2 Light Dancing with Water 1
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3 Light Dancing with Water 2
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4 Rhapsody in Blue
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5 A small fountain frozen in the moment
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6 We have lift off
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7 Two geese swimming in an eddy
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8 Reflecting Pool with something to reflect on
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Jul 24, 2020 11:52:37 #
Jul 24, 2020 11:59:07 #
Reuss Griffiths wrote:
I've always been intrigued by the interplay betwee... (show quote)
Very enlightening---have to pay attention to H20 around me?!
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Jul 25, 2020 09:58:57 #
Reuss Griffiths wrote:
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Wonderful work Reuss.......I like them as well. Most attractive & interesting study of it. Nice Job
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Jul 25, 2020 11:06:50 #
Reuss Griffiths
Loc: Ravenna, Ohio
Thanks all for taking the time to comment on my reflections. #8 is the one that got me started looking closely at water surfaces. Never seen anything like it since. But the fun is in the quest not the destination.
Jul 25, 2020 12:20:28 #
Wonderful shots. I like better #1, #4 and #8. Pic #1 remembers me Van Gogh paints.
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