Yosemite: Reflections

NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
edited May 13, 2005 in Landscapes
I got a few shots that falls nicely into something which can be called "reflections"...

Half Dome from the Meadows:

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Horsetail Falls from the Meadows:

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Horsetail Falls:

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Mirror Lake:

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Half Dome in Mirror Lake:

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I have the "straight" counterparts, too, but for some reason these create a better mood..

Cheers!:1drink
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  • aero-nutaero-nut Registered Users Posts: 693 Major grins
    edited May 12, 2005
    Very nice, Nik! I think we were standing in the same spot for most of those. :D


    Here's a few:

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    (rotated 180 deg)

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    (rotated 180 deg)
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited May 12, 2005
    clap.gif Nikolai, these are fantastic, some of the best shots of the weekend! Wonderful.
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 12, 2005
    Of course we did, Kendall!
    aero-nut wrote:
    Very nice, Nik! I think we were standing in the same spot for most of those. :D
    We were on the same team, following each other's shots, tracks, jokes, etc.:):
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 12, 2005
    Sid, you are too kind..
    wxwax wrote:
    clap.gif Nikolai, these are fantastic, some of the best shots of the weekend! Wonderful.
    They are just "moody" and a bit "paradoxal" - I like the way the grass covers the sky on the first one, and how the water plants float towards the Half Dome:-)

    And the angled strokes on #3 almost looks like photoshoped texture - while they're not:-)

    Thanks for watching!thumb.gif

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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited May 12, 2005
    Nik #1 i really like thumb.gif Ed got me to shot reflections for the first time ,never did before you got a good set clap.gif
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  • DeeDee Registered Users Posts: 2,981 Major grins
    edited May 12, 2005
    I love that first one
    with the leaves in the water on top of the reflection! You got some fantastic reflections!
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 12, 2005
    Turned out ok, ain't it;-)?
    jwear wrote:
    Nik #1 i really like thumb.gif Ed got me to shot reflections for the first time ,never did before you got a good set clap.gif
    Thanks, Jeff!
    I didn't plan for it, but it turned out to be a nice exercise in a post..:-)
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 12, 2005
    Thanks, Dee!
    Dee wrote:
    with the leaves in the water on top of the reflection! You got some fantastic reflections!
    Even our good-for-nothing-fixed-lens-small-cheapo-cameras can occasionaly get lucky:-)
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  • USAIRUSAIR Registered Users Posts: 2,646 Major grins
    edited May 12, 2005
    Nikolai
    Wow
    Man these are some real cool shotsclap.gifclap.gifclap.gifclap.gifclap.gif
    I will keep these ideas in mind when out shooting thumb.gif

    Thanks
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 12, 2005
    Fred, thanks man!
    USAIR wrote:
    Wow
    Man these are some real cool shotsclap.gifclap.gifclap.gifclap.gifclap.gif
    I will keep these ideas in mind when out shooting thumb.gif

    Thanks
    Fred
    I was surprised myself, to be honest.. I filpped one - and got into zone:-)
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  • ehughesehughes Registered Users Posts: 1,675 Major grins
    edited May 12, 2005
    Very Nice shots Nik, reflections are always fun... Great Jobthumb.gif

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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 12, 2005
    Ed,
    ehughes wrote:
    Very Nice shots Nik, reflections are always fun... Great Jobthumb.gif

    Ed
    Thanks man, appeciate it. I wish I carried CP on, it would give me more control on the reflection.. oh, well, next time I'll be smarter:-)

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  • Nee7x7Nee7x7 Registered Users Posts: 459 Major grins
    edited May 12, 2005
    Awesome Shots, Nik!!!
    Those are some really creative and beautiful images, Nik...I love your reflections! Good for you (and your point & shoot camera, too!!! :D)! Your photos remind me a lot of French Impressionist paintings. Very, very lovely~
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    Cheers!
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 12, 2005
    Nee, merci!
    Nee7x7 wrote:
    Those are some really creative and beautiful images, Nik...I love your reflections! Good for you (and your point & shoot camera, too!!! :D)! Your photos remind me a lot of French Impressionist paintings. Very, very lovely~
    thumb.gifthumb.gifthumb.gif

    Cheers!
    ~Nee :)
    They are impressionistic, I agree! Afterall, I made them while being under the impression of the beautiful originals:-)

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  • SusanBSusanB Registered Users Posts: 281 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2005
    Wow, Nikolai- those are cool! Very artistic, and interesting to view and ponder, IMHO.clap.gif


    Susan
  • NirNir Registered Users Posts: 1,400 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2005
    Beautiful Nik! Especially the first with the leaves floating on the water! Really beautiful!
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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2005
    Beautiful nik...just great work. thumb.gif
  • kudbegudkudbegud Registered Users Posts: 190 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2005
    super Nic, such rich colors. they do look like paintings!
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2005
    Thank you Susan!
    SusanB wrote:
    Wow, Nikolai- those are cool! Very artistic, and interesting to view and ponder, IMHO.clap.gif
    Susan
    I guess sometimes one can find a piece of art in a little puddle:-)
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2005
    Thanks, Nir!
    Nir wrote:
    Beautiful Nik! Especially the first with the leaves floating on the water! Really beautiful!
    I love the leaves, too, they look so totally floating in the air.. A bunch of little UFOs..:-)
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2005
    Thanks, Gus!
    Humungus wrote:
    Beautiful nik...just great work. thumb.gif
    I'm glad you like it!
    Cheers, mate!1drink.gif
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2005
    Thank you, sir!
    kudbegud wrote:
    super Nic, such rich colors. they do look like paintings!
    They do, don't they:-)
    I think reflection acts as a polarized filter, and as such enchances the colors naturally.
    Also it acts as a fine "artistic" filter.
    Hence the amout of PS work was pretty minimal :-)

    Cheers!1drink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • thallidaythalliday Registered Users Posts: 28 Big grins
    edited May 13, 2005
    Very Monet...and I was just trying not to step in the puddles! thumb.gif
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2005
    Re: Monet
    thalliday wrote:
    Very Monet...and I was just trying not to step in the puddles! thumb.gif
    I like his ponds series:-)
    Marc (and you) said it - it's the hardest part to shoot the place you know:-)
    Too much for granite:-)

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  • gubbsgubbs Registered Users Posts: 3,166 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2005
    The first two are just excellent Nik, thumb.gif
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2005
    Ta very much, John!
    gubbs wrote:
    The first two are just excellent Nik, thumb.gif
    Glad you fancied them:-)clap.gif
    Cheers!1drink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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