This is a photo blog of self expression. All the images I post are self assignments driven by the need for more creativity in my life. This is my escape from the everyday shooting as a professional photographer.
I just can't help myself I must capture the reflections I see every day. Here I am stepping out of a rain storm when the sky clears and there it is . Rain drops on this window mirroring the end of the storm. LynnFreeny.com
When you include reflections in an image you have to be careful with the depth of field. The range of focus is so wide that many times a small lens opening is necessary. For this photograph, I set the f-stop at 32 which gave me an exposure of about 10 seconds. This was the only way I could obtain sharp focus throughout the image. The trees that are reflected in the water are in the sun, whereas the rocks and river are in shade. Because of the long exposure, the slow moving water at the top of the photograph shows some motion with a slight blur. LynnFreeny.com
Find interesting reflections then add a duck. That is not actually what happened. As I looked at this beautiful beaver pond with mountains surrounding it; I noticed these very curious ducks coming toward me. I had my wide angle lens on my camera to capture this whole scene. As these ducks approached, I realized that was the wrong lens. I quickly changed to a 200 mm lens to isolate the most interesting part of the scene. The duck caused a circular ripple in the water much like a rock thrown in the water. In composing the image I give the duck more space in front. This seems to help the viewer to imagine the duck's forward motion. The deep blue sky with lush green vegetation gave me a very dramatic reflection in the pond. I shot with a very large f-stop that produced shallow depth of field helping to isolate my subject even more.
Reflections are one of those elements that most people ignore. I am always attracted to reflections. Sometimes when I am shooting, people will look over their shoulder as they walk by wondering why my camera is pointed in a certain direction.
