53: still and moving water reflections and refractions

muddyknees

first some conventional ones:


1. eye



2. window




3: chromosomes




more to follow...

muddyknees

53: still and moving water reflections and refractions, part2
recognizable stream reflections:

4. reflected light on shaded riffles




5: funnel



6. froth

muddyknees

53: still and moving water reflections and refractions, part3
...and now for some more abstract reflections:

7: sunlit tree




7a. bluebird (can you find it?)




8. skull and ribs



9. tessellation





10. swimmers

muddyknees

53: still and moving water reflections and refractions, part4
finally, some water refractions

10. channel


11. wake


11a. wake closeup





I'm really not sure whether the technical flaws in all of these detract too much from the "dynamic optical phenomena" I was trying to capture here, because I am just too intrigued at the moment with the visual potential here. I'll certainly be shooting more like this in the future, and would welcome your comments on what technical and creative parts of these work, and which are problematic (both at the camera and in photoshop). And, for now, maybe help me pick one most viable entry to this challenge.

Prezwoodz

Wow...I really like the first one! To me it looks like I am peering into another world through a hole!

muddyknees

Prezwoodz wrote:

Wow...I really like the first one! To me it looks like I am peering into another world through a hole!

Thank You!

Yes, through the hole in my lens by a small perennial stream in an Oregon Oak - Coast Live Oak woodland, my local park just west of town.

rahmonster

The first two seem really surreal...Like I'm not looking at water. Very cool.