2019-07-11 (no) thyme and time on my hand ;-) by mona65

2019-07-11 (no) thyme and time on my hand ;-)

No need to comment. This is for JackieR @30pics4jackiesdiamond
who asked in the thread of the technique challenge Theme "real reflection" I'm hosting at the moment for some advise, to get a sharp reflection. https://365project.org/discuss/themes-competitions/42221/new-technique-challenge-theme-real-reflection

First of all,... in my humble opinion the reflection does not need to be tack sharp. As a shallow depth of field can be very appealing, also here a blurry reflection can be attractive.

But this was not the question. The question was how to get the reflection sharp. I’m not a physicist, but I have some ideas why JackieR’s reflection seems blurry.

1. As the glass is 3mm thick, the light (aka image) is reflected from the top layer and the bottom layer of the acrylic glass. This gives two mirrored pictures that are refracted by the 3mm difference and those two pics appear blurry for our eyes.
2. Probably there is an optical coating on the perspex sheet. To avoid reflections.
3. Angle. If you look at your setup from the side, you will see, that your lense stand in an angle to your objects. Makes a difference to the original object, and the reflected object. Depending on the aperture, the focus is not in the dof.

I know my English is kind of weird and often I can’t express myself clearly, so I made 3 quick shots, to show the results of 3 different layers. (BTW, the battery of the watch is dead).

A. Glass of a picture frame
Dear JackieR @30pics4jackiesdiamond I hope this helps a bit.
July 11th, 2019  
Thank you!! I'll try a greater dof next time, and experiment with changes of angle of camera and lens.

If took me ages to set mine up, bet you did these in a flash!!

Thank you again 😸
July 11th, 2019  
Thank you Mona! Very helpful
July 12th, 2019  
This is quite interesting!
July 12th, 2019  
All of the shots are lovely but I can see (although it's small) that the center one seems to be the clearest. Now to get something that's laquered and black.
July 12th, 2019  
Thanks for these tips Mona, the centre shot is fabulous!
July 12th, 2019  
This is very interesting, Mona! By the way, your English is great! Better than a lot of native speakers I know - ha ha ha! :)
July 12th, 2019  
Interesting to see the difference, thanks for sharing it!
July 12th, 2019  
Inventive shot
July 13th, 2019  
Thank you for this series of shots and your explanation of the glass which makes perfect sense. This is really great
July 14th, 2019  
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