Troubled Reflections... by vignouse

Troubled Reflections...

I'm still having this love affair with trees and reflections, either on their own or together as in this image. I like the way the wind disturbed the surface of this small pond, distorting the reality of the reflections and reality has been further stretched by turning the image upside-down.
Rotating it was brilliant, Richard. It really was disorienting, as I was at first seeing it as trees on a steeply eroded bank. Of course, then the presence of vegetation at the top kind of ruins that theory, but I couldn't see it as a small enough pond to include the two edges until I saved it to my desktop and flipped it. (easier than standing on my head!) Ah! Now I can see it. I really love the way it looks. The distortion is great contrasted with the non-distorted grasses at top.
March 1st, 2015  
Love this...
March 1st, 2015  
Another gorgeous reflection! I find myself looking for puddles, ponds, etc. after reading your "recipe" although I haven't found a good one yet...
March 1st, 2015  
Beautiful image and so well seen! Fav!
March 1st, 2015  
Quite lovely, Richard!
March 1st, 2015  
Very cool!
March 1st, 2015  
Actually looking through today's pictures one may have worked out..
March 2nd, 2015  
Your "love affair" seems to be working out well!
March 2nd, 2015  
I love reflection in photography. Any scene can be caught in a new way when reflected in water . Nice one Richard
March 2nd, 2015  
So very beautiful.
March 2nd, 2015  
Wow. Great reflection. I am still looking for ponds, puddles, and the like. Soon (I hope) they will thaw and I can start playing with some of these!
March 2nd, 2015  
superb shot
March 2nd, 2015  
I just love all the processing on your shots. I am pretty new yet so may I ask if you use photoshop? Amazing textures and colors.
March 2nd, 2015  
Fabulous reflection!
March 2nd, 2015  
Lovely! Makes you linger to figure it all out.
March 2nd, 2015  
Exceptionally done. I have the same love for trees and reflections myself.
March 2nd, 2015  
Why is the reflection warped? Was the bank that way or was this achieved through the lens you used?
March 2nd, 2015  
@whimsicalgrateful It's a small round pond; the trees were on the opposite side to where I was standing and what you are seeing is simply the shape of the pond. Remember that I flipped this image in processing so if you look at it the other way up you will see what I am saying.
March 2nd, 2015  
@vignouse Thank you for the explanation. I had understood you'd flipped the shot, I just couldn't work out why it was round. Now I see.
March 2nd, 2015  
@miata2u Hi Peggy, thanks for your visits and comments. You say you're fairly new but in fact, you started a month before me! Most of my processing is done in LIghtroom 5.7 and that's where I create the general feel of the image. I do use PS but mainly for detailed work like removing unwanted things which spoil the image, as the image manipulation tools are much more powerful than those in LR. I don't actually do that much processing for the majority of my images: levels adjustments and mid-range structure adjustments mainly plus the graduated and spot filter tools.
March 2nd, 2015  
A lovely view. Almost like a blur picture. Since wind here means serious wind chill I have to say it make me cold.
March 2nd, 2015  
Quite beautiful Richard
March 2nd, 2015  
makes it look like there is another world beyond the grass.
March 2nd, 2015  
A beautiful scene! - Fav!

Ian
March 2nd, 2015  
Wonderful reflections. Fav.
March 2nd, 2015  
Very nice! It is slightly disorienting flipped... but in a good way!
March 2nd, 2015  
That's so clever Richard. I love the quality of blurry/warp. I don't quite know how to describe it.
March 2nd, 2015  
Excellent work.
March 2nd, 2015  
Lovely !!
March 4th, 2015  
superbly done ..love that effect ...fav
March 6th, 2015  
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