MINI-CHALLENGE #294: Reflections desired
There have been a few challenges in the past dealing with reflections but since the last one was almost 5 years ago, I think it's ok to repeat.
This time I'd like the reflections to be a planned part of the composition, not just an accidental by-product. The mini will run until Monday, January 13, 9am Pacific Standard Time.
Have fun!
Here are a couple of examples of what I mean:
Like this, a planned part of the composition:
Not like this, an accidental by-product:
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"You look one moment and there's everything, next moment it's gone.
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Great subject for a mini!
Dave Gillespie
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Here are mine:
Tioga Pass (Yosemite NP) - Lake Tenaya winter abstract reflection
Old Highway 40 - South Yuba River
Sugarpine Reservoir, Foresthill, Ca - Skipping stones.
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Ralph, David and Jo, thank you all for kicking off with great entries. Let's leep them coming!
@sarasphotos your a glutton for punishment. This is going to be a difficult one to judge! Good luck with that!
1 Canyon off of Powell Lake
2 Wasilla Lake reflection
3 Lake Powell AZ, reflection quake
Yes, @JAG I am a glutton for punishment! I hope to see many entries. Thanks for yours!
Great theme Sara!
Curiosa shop window reflection
Who's afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue
MAS, Antwerp
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Thanks for entering, Pieter. Very cool shots!
Taken in the fall..
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I take a lot of photos of reflections. Sometimes the reflections are not mirrors (where I take many selfies), or water but are glass where I deliberately use the reflections as a part of the composition. But there are also water reflections. It will take me some time to go through my photos, but here (not for the competition) is one of the first photos I took when I got my 35 mm camera for my 21st birthday in 1958. I'm reflected in a bulletin board on Tappen Square in the middle of the college campus.
I've decided that rather than look for pretty reflections, I will go for the unusual places i.e. not the normal mirrors- where I have taken selfies
#1 - Fun House Selfie (which is really my reflection in a pot lid)
#2 - Squeaky Clean Selfie
#3- Penultimate Selfie (reflection in a gravestone in a monument company yard)
@keithhorkins Thanks so much for the lovely entry - do you have two more?
@grandmaR I really love that shot and am looking forward to your entries
Two more....
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@keithhorkins Hi Keith, glad to see two more shots!
Might as well jump in.
This one is from Sunset in Pine Top, AZ, Rainbow Lake.
This one was taken in Indian Rocks Bch, FL Intercoastal Waterway.
Boat Slips
Scottsdale, AZ.
This was the first reflection image I took many years ago. This is the reflection in the water.
"Reflecting on a Moon Rise"
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Hi Shawn ( @shawnc ) Thanks for joining in!
It has been fun to keep an eye on recent challenges, but I haven't had time to share any photos. Love this theme and have a few photos to share, but please don't consider as entries. (Life had just been too busy lately to participate fully!)
1) Golden palace near Kyoto, Japan
2) Reflections in Bruges, Belgium
3) The Boat (also in Bruges)
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Gretchen, thanks for joining in, even though they are not for judging it's nice to have them in the mix. Lovely shots!
Just a reminder - only a few days left for the challenge. I'd love to see some more entries.
1 - Mabry Mill on the Blue Ridge Parkway in southwest Virginia
2 - Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, DC
3 - 9/11 Memorial in Jersey City, NJ
By the way, about an hour after shooting that photo of Mabry Mill, I had an unexpected encounter with a deer on the Parkway...
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Lots of great shots here! Love the theme!
The sky is watching
Lights on the Bayou
The Upside Down
A photograph is an artistic expression of life, captured one moment at a time . . .
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@moose135 & @lkbart Thanks to both of you for submitting great sets. Judging will be fun but difficult.
.... @moose135 so sorry to hear about the unfortunate deer encounter. How upsetting!
Only one more day to get those entries in!
The mini is now closed. Look for results sometime tomorrow. Thanks all for entering.