Reflection of the soul

johno · February 25, 2005

This is a shot I took yesterday... This pic is upside down; it's a reflection of the tree in the water. I know I can do some things with this in PS, but PS scares me. Any ideas?

peace.
johno~

Harryb · February 25, 2005

johno wrote:

This is a shot I took yesterday... This pic is upside down; it's a reflection of the tree in the water. I know I can do some things with this in PS, but PS scares me. Any ideas?

peace.
johno~

Hey Johno,

The shot looks pretty cool, great color. What else do you want to do with it?

PS can be scary when you're starting with it but remember you can always undo your mistakes. Just open the pic as a copy and fool around with it. Experiment and do all kinds of strange things to it. Thats one way to learn PS. Usually you will find out that less is more.

Angelo · February 25, 2005

oh wow, this is so freaky cool. if you hadn't said it was a reflection... well my my!

I'm trying to determine where the water stops? Is the edge visible in the shot? Is it where the horizintal branch is at the bottom of the picture?

johno · February 25, 2005

Angelo wrote:

oh wow, this is so freaky cool. if you hadn't said it was a reflection... well my my!

I'm trying to determine where the water stops? Is the edge visible in the shot? Is it where the horizintal branch is at the bottom of the picture?

Yes Angelo, you can see the edge. Look at the log and start moving up. you will see the reflection start.

peace.
johno~

Angelo · February 25, 2005

johno wrote:

Yes Angelo, you can see the edge. Look at the log and start moving up. you will see the reflection start.

peace.
johno~

Fantastic! Just enough ripple in the picture to make one think, .."wha-da???"

I wouldn't tell people... leave it for them to figure out. Fantastic!

itscritical · February 25, 2005

I took a picture like that the other day also and i was just tickled by the fact that it looks like a real tree not a reflection and i think that you could maybe leave the picture how it is. awesome

KeithAlanK · February 26, 2005

Johno, it's a great reflection and all, and amazing for the quality it retained after bouncing off the water, but as a composition without knowing it's a reflection it is only ho-hum...a centered tree that's out of focus.
For non-photographers this won't do much.
I would put it back in context in the photo with the real tree, if you have it, so the amazing reflection works for the betterment of the whole rather than standing alone as a good but not great tree photo.
Keith

Angelo · February 26, 2005

KeithAlanK wrote:

Johno, it's a great reflection and all, and amazing for the quality it retained after bouncing off the water, but as a composition without knowing it's a reflection it is only ho-hum...a centered tree that's out of focus.
For non-photographers this won't do much.
I would put it back in context in the photo with the real tree, if you have it, so the amazing reflection works for the betterment of the whole rather than standing alone as a good but not great tree photo.
Keith

The tree is OOF? Where?

Reflection of the soul

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