What Direction Does the Sun Need to Come From to Create a Reflection of Your Subject in Water?
Mar 18, 2021 06:27:29 #
Thomas902 wrote:
Shooter41 try playing with a circular polarizer...... (show quote)
I think the only thing that a polarizer can do in this situation would be to reveal what is below the surface. I've gotten reflections on water with the sun in all positions, and even on cloudy days - which is why I said that the only thing that matters is the flatness of the water. If it is totally flat - it wouldn't be any difference than if I placed a big mirror in front of the duck - I would get a reflection.
Mar 18, 2021 07:36:18 #
Shooter41 wrote:
Early this morning I shot images of wild birds at ... (show quote)
I have a friend who swears he was told, years ago - and by a famous photographer - that the sun’s light should ALWAYS come from over your right shoulder, and he has lived by that principle ever since. Now mind you, his images are all lacking somewhat in originality, but by God those pesky shadows always fall away from him! He finds that to be a pleasing, reliable consistency! His walls are covered with pictures of uniformly squinting family members and friends.
Just sayin’.
Dave
Mar 18, 2021 07:41:32 #
Pablo8
Loc: Nottingham UK.
Shooter41 wrote:
Is there any filter or technique that will enhance a reflection in water like the one in my duck image? I would like the reflection to be stronger. if possible.
Use your editing programme (P Shop) and Magic Wand the reflection, carry out enhancing tools to give you the result you desire.
Mar 18, 2021 07:45:05 #
Gene51 wrote:
Confused- ripples to the right, ripples to the left, yet no ripples in the bird reflection.
Mar 18, 2021 07:59:54 #
Pablo8
Loc: Nottingham UK.
Uuglypher wrote:
I have a friend who swears he was told, years ago - and by a famous photographer - that the sun’s light should ALWAYS come from over your right shoulder, and he has lived by that principle ever since. Now mind you, his images are all lacking somewhat in originality, but by God those pesky shadows always fall away from him! He finds that to be a pleasing, reliable consistency! His walls are covered with pictures of uniformly squinting family members and friends.
Just sayin’.
Dave
Just sayin’.
Dave
George Eastman had that principal thought, also.
Mar 18, 2021 08:07:10 #
Uuglypher wrote:
I have a friend who swears he was told, years ago - and by a famous photographer - that the sun’s light should ALWAYS come from over your right shoulder, and he has lived by that principle ever since. Now mind you, his images are all lacking somewhat in originality, but by God those pesky shadows always fall away from him! He finds that to be a pleasing, reliable consistency! His walls are covered with pictures of uniformly squinting family members and friends.
Just sayin’.
Dave
Just sayin’.
Dave
Maybe because the shadows create "movement" in our minds?
Shadow to the left, movement to the right.
Most people like movement to the right more than movement to the left?
Mar 18, 2021 08:40:38 #
Longshadow wrote:
Maybe because the shadows create "movement" in our minds?
Shadow to the left, movement to the right.
Most people like movement to the right more than movement to the left?
Shadow to the left, movement to the right.
Most people like movement to the right more than movement to the left?
Ah, of course! Depending, of course upon whether they normally read Semitic languages( and a variety of Asian languages) or Western European languages commonly using Greco-Roman orthography. Silly of me not to have noted that. Mea culpa magna est! (Thump, thump)
Dave
Mar 18, 2021 08:47:28 #
Uuglypher wrote:
Ah, of course! Depending, of course upon whether they normally read Semitic languages( and a variety of Asian languages) or Western European languages commonly using Greco-Roman orthography. Silly of me not to have noted that. Mea culpa magna est! (Thump, thump)
Dave
Dave
I've no idea. Do people who read right to left prefer movement in a picture to the left?
What about people who read up and down? Which movement do they prefer?
Mar 18, 2021 15:01:51 #
Shooter41
Loc: Wichita, KS
Gene51 wrote:
Don't give me so much credit. I just have done it ... (show quote)
Dear Gene Lugo... Your shot of the bird in the water on a cloudy day with no wind and no ripples on top of the water is excellent. The reflection is almost a good as the actual image of the bird. Did you shoot that shot with the reflection in mind, or was it just a lucky accident like my lucky shot of the Shoveller? I will take odds that you knew what you were doing from the get-go. Thank you for sharing.
Mar 19, 2021 05:27:02 #
Uuglypher wrote:
I have a friend who swears he was told, years ago - and by a famous photographer - that the sun’s light should ALWAYS come from over your right shoulder, and he has lived by that principle ever since. Now mind you, his images are all lacking somewhat in originality, but by God those pesky shadows always fall away from him! He finds that to be a pleasing, reliable consistency! His walls are covered with pictures of uniformly squinting family members and friends.
Just sayin’.
Dave
Just sayin’.
Dave
That may work ok for landscapes/cityscapes etc, but it sure makes for a lot of squinty eyes when people are in the picture
Mar 19, 2021 05:32:00 #
Shooter41 wrote:
Dear Gene Lugo... Your shot of the bird in the water on a cloudy day with no wind and no ripples on top of the water is excellent. The reflection is almost a good as the actual image of the bird. Did you shoot that shot with the reflection in mind, or was it just a lucky accident like my lucky shot of the Shoveller? I will take odds that you knew what you were doing from the get-go. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks!
The lesser yellowlegs was planned. It was around for about a week, but lots of clear-sky, sunny days with wind made for less than optimal lighting. This was an early morning shot on an overcast day with very still water - my favorite of about 60 images I took of it.
Mar 19, 2021 05:35:30 #
Longshadow wrote:
Confused- ripples to the right, ripples to the left, yet no ripples in the bird reflection.
It was a very shallow, gently flowing stream on a calm day. The ripples were caused by stuff under the water.
Mar 19, 2021 06:58:36 #
If the subject is well lit it will be clear and detailed, and so will the reflection - if the water is smooth. If the subject is backlit it will be silhouetted (in varying degrees depending on how extreme the lighting is), and so will the reflection. Smooth light can produce a well lit subject (and reflection) but it won't be as clear or as vivid as a brightly lit subject. Having the sun come over your shoulder was probably optimum, but certainly not the only possibility.
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Sun coming from behind and to the right.
Mar 19, 2021 07:31:46 #
Gene51 wrote:
It was a very shallow, gently flowing stream on a calm day. The ripples were caused by stuff under the water.
Shouldn't the reflected bird image be wavy in places also?
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