Reflection

This is a twofer. It is for my get-pushed challenge to do a reflection and for my lightamateur group. I wasn't totally successful with this. The dust that is either on the glass or in the water is annoying. But it was informative. I first tried to do this in daylight hours. I had problems with reflections as you can see. I tried again at night and had problems with light which I figured out but got reflections and what appears to be dust on the glass or in the water. Unfortunately I still do not have a lot of stamina so I can only work at it so long then I get tired. So I went with the daytime one light reflections and all. But it was fun. Next time I see someone do this I will have a great appreciation for their results.

[Jeff in VT, USA]

Looks wonderful and flawless to me. Looks great..

[Kathryn]

Wow! I love it.

[Daphne Lucker]

Creative :)

[Joan Robillard]

@jeffinvt I am frustrated by the light glints on the glass and freely admit I tweeked it some.But so much fun to try.

[Brett]

I really like the harlequin look of this photograph - nicely done!

[Lin]

WOW - love it!

[Danette Thompson]

It does look really cool, though!

[Harry J Benson]

good processing and presentation

[Kathryn]

The glints on the glass are not that distracting...they just define the glass.

[Tracy]

I like the reflections. I think it looks great.

[Milanie]

Really impressive, Joan - Excellent choice for your get-pushed and the indoor lighting. Would like to try this sometime (soon I hope - while I still remember :) )

[Pamela Fillhouer]

@brett101 I agree.

[B]

- inspired by your experiment

[Tom]

Very creative and yes it has the harlequin look or the ying and yang

[Karen H]

Which reflections did you want to get rid of. I like a little on the glass. Shows the glass surface. I find I get frustrated when it takes too many set ups and I give up, No good excuse except it's me. I will keep working though, just not all at once.

[Candace]

Wonderful creativity!

[Jeannine]

This is really cool

[Chris K]

well, that's amazing. what patience you have and I wouldnt know where to start

[Lisa Malecki]

very cool

[Frances Tackaberry]

So creative! Love it!

[Taffy]

Fascinating! And an intriguing result.

[KWind]

Brilliant!

[Aaron]

This is actually quite good and not that easy to pull off; you should be proud of your results! :)

[Joyce]

I think this is great Joan Fav

[Joan Robillard]

@salsa Opps forgot to notify you I completed the challenge.

[Richard Sayer]

Glass is notoriously difficult to light... the professionals use several light sources and lots of carefully positioned reflectors and flags (negative reflectors used to block highlights), so there's no need to beat yourself up over this result ;-)). It looks as though you might have used a point light source here - a shoot-through umbrella or a soft box would have softened the result. I'll answer your mail in the week when i get time to work on the raw files.

[Merrelyn]

I gave it a try Joan. My results weren't as good as yours :)

[Claude Trew]

Still a very good photo as far as I am concerned.

[Francoise]

fascinating new challenge...

[Catherine P]

how clever! Superb!

[Margo Sayer]

I'm impressed, Joan. A significant step change, well done!

[Joan Robillard]

@merrelyn Understand I tweaked mine a bit for the get-pushed.

[JackieR]

amazing, well done

[Dawn]

So well done

[Rachel Withey]

V nicely done

[bkb in the city]

Very cool

[Terri]

So cool!

[Jorlam]

Joan, i found that backlighting was the only way i could avoid hotspots on front of the glass. i fired a speedlight at the background and used white reflectors either side of the glass. Thank you for setting this for us.. it was most definitely a challenge for me.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

I admire your tenacity to figure these things out. Me, I am very lazy if I attempt anything like this at all. If there's dust in the shot- I clone it out! In spite of what you've revealed as flaws, I still think it's a cool shot.