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Want to spice up a dull photograph? Take the same shot with a cool reflection in it and you’ll be considered a photography master getting faved all over Flickr.
Try it, you’ll thank me later. Here are a few examples to give you a little inspiration.
Two equestrian riders by mattbaird
Urmia Salt Lake by Mehrad.HM
Primary Stillness by macropoulos
Down By The Watering Hole by *ian*
It's a laugh... by law keven
Farewell India by Stuck In Customs
Real Joy by Todd Baker
Dichotomy by Pinsiero
Dance of Joy by G a r r y
Bent Beauty by Cesar R.
Adrift by Pascal B.
Reflect by Vandelizer
Ottawa River by ViaMoi
reflections by camil tulcan
YER BLUES by snowriderguy
Unbrand America by Ende
Chinatown, NYC 2005 by Graspi
at a secret mission by gari.baldi
Three of a Perfect Pair by bitzcelt
Got some reflection photos to share? Head to the forum!
i loved the guitar one <3
I took this reflection shot of the Sikh monument called Bangla Sahib Gurdwara in New Delhi[eimg url='http://www.eyefetch.com/image.aspx?ID=1440293' title='image.aspx?ID=1440293']
http://www.eyefetch.com/image.aspx?ID=1440293
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aramalia/5391533613/
here is a few I took today, my first attempt at reflections,this first one is very simple that is why i was drawed to it, [eimg url='http://thumb5.webshots.net/t/87/87/5/94/30/2243594300106910045eLKKKO_th.jpg' title='2243594300106910045eLKKKO_th.jpg']
[eimg url='http://thumb5.webshots.net/t/71/171/9/88/7/2638988070106910045wYfkYV_th.jpg' title='2638988070106910045wYfkYV_th.jpg']
[eimg url='http://thumb5.webshots.net/t/83/183/2/19/53/2144219530106910045VQkVHf_th.jpg' title='2144219530106910045VQkVHf_th.jpg']
Here are my most interesting reflexion pics:
[eimg link='http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulosacramento/3912356333/' title='Lei' url='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2456/3912356333_96181cac63.jpg']
[eimg link='http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulosacramento/4119658925/' title='Bebenhausen-655' url='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2712/4119658925_b57b44f89a.jpg']
[eimg link='http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulosacramento/4579211729/' title='' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3313/4579211729_5813516e93.jpg']
[eimg link='http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulosacramento/4613237442/' title='Doorndow (Door + Window)' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3381/4613237442_f05f417b73.jpg']
Another one of my fav reflection photos of a Heron.
[eimg link='http://www.flickr.com/photos/46645318@N02/4284576510/' title='Great Blue Heron on Dora Lake Shore' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4284576510_0231d09db1.jpg']
astonishing images..yea a reflection surely wakes up a boring pic 2 a spectacular one..Adrift by pascal is a perfect shot..the reflection is mirror clear..
Here's a shot I took of Skyway bridge at Tampa
[eimg url='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_p87KF34JRpI/S0K8SvGF-KI/AAAAAAAAHZI/9pVP3tICbLE/s640/IMG_0237.JPG' title='IMG_0237.JPG']
Awesome!!!
Here is mine from Beijing :)
[eimg link='http://www.flickr.com/photos/guidofoc/395099330/' title='Longtan park, Beijing' url='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/133/395099330_d69f478820.jpg']
beautiful but "bent beauty" is here by mistake....it's not a real reflection, it's made with photoshop and it's obvious. My fav is Unbrand America. great pic
beautiful photos here..i love reflection shots..
posting a link to one of my own....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dream_maze/3356537994/
Wow...so awesome pictures...I wish I had one to show!!
Some lovely pictures there. The Taj Majhal one is a favourite, anyone any idea where the mountain one was taken?
Small typo noted: Actually, "mattbaird" above is me "mikebaird" - Cheers! mike [at} mikebaird d o t com
(Translated from Spanish with Google):
If I am not mistaken, the photo "Bent Beauty by Cesar R." is post-processed with the Photoshop plugin FLOOD. The reveals the horizon, unnatural. As in the other photos of his Flirk page.
I recognize that the effect is nice, but should not show how to get in the shot ...
Some really nice shots, the tones in the second shot are wonderful. Thanks for sharing some inspirational work.
THis is inspiring!
This is a great tip! Reflections do indeed make a seemingly dull and simple shot look fabulous. I will be posting some of those photos on my blog soon.
Wow, these are incredible! My favorite is the one in the puddle.
here's mine:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deedoucette/2950819427/
Lakes are great for reflections, especially first thing in the morning.
awesome! awesome!!!
This is a reflection shot taken at Gyeongbokgung palace in Seoul, Korea:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9051281@N03/2813228037/in/set-72157606923725727/
This is a reflection shot of a lion at a zoo in Seoul:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9051281@N03/3034550735/in/set-72157606923725727/
This is somewhat of self portrait (best viewed large):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9051281@N03/3586941615/in/set-72157606923725727/
I love this one - http://www.riccardogangale.com/CongoRiver/Congoriver23.jpg -
I had taken these two reflection pictures at Disney World, Florida this past April.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kendawg69/3677229786/
This reflection pic was an accident:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kendawg69/3677227810/in/photostream/
Comments are appreciated as I am new to photography. All feedback, positive or negative, is appreciated.
Absolutely great pix.
And in the spirit of sharing, here are a few:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pbdweeeebie/3259335478/in/set-72157615635410284/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pbdweeeebie/3548635122/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pbdweeeebie/3547839291/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pbdweeeebie/3341970189/
Mountain Range in Yellowstone NP
these reflections are super.... I especially liked the brick surrounding the puddle... great seed for thought ...
you can also use it in macro photography... I took this (and others) on blackened window glass.... on flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/al-ien/3611314331/sizes/l/
Here's mine
http://www.flickr.com/photos/servo101/3575281648/
r these reflections real or photoshopd.coz dy largely look lyk dt.......can anybody tell me how to do it.
ds picz r just amazin
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27449997@N06/3626734406/
very nice superb shots...i loved the shadow of window in water...as windows are my focus i photography....
What do you think about reflections??
http://www.flickr.com/photos/didmyself/3621115501/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/didmyself/3621919932/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/didmyself/3604451104/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/didmyself/3577574619/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/didmyself/3349199777/in/set-72157603658363327/
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3159/2932167543_89151591b6.jpg?v=0
I like those two:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/didmyself/3559622761/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/didmyself/3560429176/
Seem interesting, but I am only amateur:)
szukaj
For those looking for some reflection photography tips, here are a few links that may help you.
Reflection Photography Video Tutorial by Keith Clark
Reflection Photography Tips & Tricks
Water and Reflected Light
Here's my effort.
Hello Mr. Kay:
What a impressive job of taking such great pictures. I am new to the photography. I just bought my first digita camera, canon50D. I am just getting my feet wet. Please give me some tips and advice on how to take such great picures. Also if you don't mind sharing your technique in taking these pictures.
Thank you for sharing your telant with us.
Bharat
I loved all the photos. But, "Adrift" and "Its a laugh" were great!!! Here is my attempt:
I loved all of them... but "Its a laugh" and "Adrift" were great!!! Here is my attempt:
Chicago - The Bean
Nice to see these photographs & i will try to take liske there
Great inspiration
some very cool reflections indeed, i must go out there and try more..
these are some of the shots i have uploaded, i always like the low angle, depending on what you shoot of course
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shoken/3646490368/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shoken/2201390668/
Some of those reflection shots are fairly epic.
My most epic reflection shot was a candid:
Boy meets himself at the beach
These are really nice pictures. I really envy the photographers. But, I just would like to ask, do the pictures undergo post production editing?
Oooh, I love these reflections. I'm not good enough (yet) to capture such great shots, but I do use an action to create reflections in Photoshop. Works in Elements too. The link is here is you'd like to use it also.
http://digitalphotographyformoms.net/free-actions/reflection-action-for-photoshop-elements/
I love all of them, absolutely stunning images. Greatly collected.
It's really amazing how much a good reflection can enhance an image.
Here is one of my faves that I took outside of Marble, CO in the fall.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scingram/259939980/in/set-1474271/
Great shots, here is one that I did back in Boston during a street photography shoot.
http://www.photoblog.com/skylar/2009/06/15/looking-at-people.html
Any tips for capturing reflections? Most of the reflections are coming from water. What conditions produce good reflections? Would high shutter speed help if its windy and water surface is not still? What kind of lighting produces good reflections? Top lighting (after noon sun), side lighting (evening sun) or overcast day?
Moments atr immortalised .Small but great for all.Thanks.
mirror magic;)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mindspooler/2793754766/in/set-72157606929827691/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mindspooler/2793635816/in/set-72157606929827691/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mindspooler/2792904383/in/set-72157606929827691/
sorry for duplicate, It's ok
Here is another example, a photo taken by me in the Slovak capital, Bratislava.
http://laci.blog.hu/2008/04/28/hattyuk_tava_ly
So many awesome specimens here of reflections. I have one decent sleeping mallard duck here....
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3662/3464873324_b000e4f676.jpg
and one OK American Avocet
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3317/3485627050_a5fa6d7372.jpg
Excellent ones. I have tried a couple of those reflections myself. Request you to go through and comment.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/abyss3/3362547084/in/set-72157617759201973/]
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/abyss3/3363043212/in/set-72157617759201973/]
Thanks,
Ram
excellent!!!!
I did lots of reflection shots when I started out, thanks for reminding me I will have to revisit! Great shots!
i love those on the beach. the water is a great mirror. couple of mine:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/susseau/3266565202/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/susseau/3260218810/
I love "Real Joy" and "Reflections". Great work guys. Well I have a shot of reflecting clouds on a lake. I'd not regard it in the class of these pics. But I am open to critique. Here is the link
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ignoto_someoneski/3121846289/
:)
really cool!
thanks dude!
Wow, you've shared enough of your own impressive pictures to make another great reflection post. :)
Beautiful collection of reflections. I most like the daisy.
This is my first post as well. All of these real nice shots have prompted me to show one of mine. This is the only reflection image I have.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/susan_g/2280853835/sizes/o/ might be of interest.
It's a fake but not the usual way (scene -> scene & reflection) but started with the reflection and the top half was 'shopped' from it.
What absolutely incredible shots. I agree that the flower is beautiful. The dancers on the beach during sunset also great. I love the colors and clarity of all those reflections and the subjects . I will also try working with reflections some more.
Love all the examples people have posted!
Here is my attempt!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21444707@N00/3646268159/in/set-72157620141612584/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21444707@N00/3648971166/in/set-72157620141612584/
I third the 'Bent Beauty' fake comments. The rest were lovely; that was just contrived.
wow, great reflection shots. I had mine taken in Singapore Water earlier this year. Is a mirror reflection shots :)
http://gavingoh.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/my-first-work-assignment-in-singapore-waters/sg_water_6/
very fantastic. i love the flower and the duck. the colors are very sharp. tnx for sharing i will definitely consider doing reflection in my shots! salamat po in english thanks!
master of reflections, Gilad Ben Ari
http://www.flickr.com/photos/giladbenari/tags/reflection/
Most of those are fantastic and some even quite creative. But a couple look fake, which is always disappointing. The Bent Beauty one (of the flower) definitely looks like a fake reflection. It would have been a great photo as is, and the fake-y water ripples ruined it. :(
I do love reflections
Here is mine
People seem to love this photo of me swimming around in Western Baray, Cambodia. I think it's the eyes - both the real ones and the reflections :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38654205@N02/3660304769/
I'll eat my hat if the reflection in "Bent Beauty" is for real. It's just a mirrored and photoshopped image.
Wow, those are some amazing pictures. Here's one I did in the mirror of my eye with the reflection of my face (from the mirror) on my pupil. I must have taken about 30 odd frames and this was the best. I used a radio triggered strobe to get the flash right on my face and a wide angle with the camera and my face about 3 inches from the mirror.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mac_dub/3053067330/in/set-72157603437406346/
Fantastic shots-great inspiration especially Chinatown and Unbrand America
ps) Beautiful example images.
This is especially powerful in nighttime shooting, as these examples show (I think):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robinryan/3193102212/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robinryan/3158523136/
The best is if you can get a cloud in there, as well... it really adds to the symmetry of the shot:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robinryan/2732669452/
As mentioned above, wet beaches are perfect targets as well:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robinryan/3053563667/in/set-72157603000254329/
I have photographed quite a few reflected birds in the south Florida wetlands. Here is an example of the type of reflections we often see:
http://picasaweb.google.com/okreb1/ReflectedHeronFromBPN#5351095544992426322
Heres my try:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/maksbrook/3660630438/sizes/l/
One of my daughter on an escalator. Something a little different the water reflections
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2366/2220905043_39de0afd56_m.jpg
These photos are so amazing! But my fav is the mountain scene by Vandelizer. Beauitful!
Dance of Joy, Reflections and Chinatown stand out. Inspiring collection
These are great. I have one too, tho not quite up to par with these.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/52558449@N00/3546519529/in/photostream/
Very nice! :o)
@ Ian - your Cuckoo reflection shot rocks!
That is a really cool reflection shot Dana. I'll have to try that sometime.
One of my coolest shots is a self-portrait reflection in a camera:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/danamarie593/581443130/in/set-72157619084376427/
Those are some nice photos Lisa. I'll put that down on my places to go list.
Oh, shoot, I missed one part of my coding: Venice Canals
Wow, these are great. I'm a big fan of reflection photos, and if you're ever looking for a great place to take a few, I recommend the a href="http://www.travelinlocal.com/a-guide-to-walking-the-venice-canals-in-los-angeles/" target="_blank">Venice Canals in Los Angeles. Smooth water, great color, and wonderful buildings, plus, talk about relaxing. It doesn't get any better.
Great shot llan! You really put that one together perfectly. I'm sure a lot of digital photos nowadays go to ps or some sort of photo editing program before being posted for the public to see. Other times, a photo can be so good that it surely seems ps was the only way they could get that image.
Some of the reflection in the photos above look like they were added in Photoshop... Hmm... :)
Here is my use of reflection - http://www.ilanbresler.com/2009/06/cuckoo.html
@Lee The mountain one is also one of my favorites. I'm a big fan of nature photography.
@Pigon Nice reflection photo! It looks great in b&w.
Great! Here is one of my own reflection shots that I took in Cambodia a couple of years back too:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marksteele/286675980/sizes/o/in/set-72157594357030515/
Heres one of mine
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laughlikemuttley/3539954876/
and another
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laughlikemuttley/3539144639/
I have one too! but it never helped to be a Flickr star! :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22434106@N03/3080079683/
Well, I guess linking is too hard for me... one last try: http://www.flickr.com/photos/piotr_golebiowski/3659996052/
Sorry, link goes here for my comment:
Great examples! Look for reflections around you. They are everywhere and used creatively can lead to very unusual pictures.
Below is my own example (self portrait):
These are awesome pics. I love the duck - amazing creature :)
Reflections really do add so much to an otherwise flat image! This collection is really nice, my favourite being the mountain scene by Vandelizer, that one is just breathtaking!