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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Andres Bonilla on April 14, 2018, 03:54:27 pm

Title: Riflessi,Reflections, Reflejos
Post by: Andres Bonilla on April 14, 2018, 03:54:27 pm
Walking in the rain in Rome.
Title: Re: Riflessi,Reflections, Reflejos
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 14, 2018, 08:03:04 pm
Very nice.
Title: Re: Riflessi,Reflections, Reflejos
Post by: John R on April 15, 2018, 04:15:50 am
I quite like this Andres. But I think it would be even more effective upside down.

JR
Title: Re: Riflessi,Reflections, Reflejos
Post by: francois on April 15, 2018, 04:24:57 am
Nice and clear reflection…
I like it a lot like that but you should try John's suggestion.
Title: Re: Riflessi,Reflections, Reflejos
Post by: Andres Bonilla on April 16, 2018, 10:49:17 pm
Very nice.

Thank you
Title: Re: Riflessi,Reflections, Reflejos
Post by: Andres Bonilla on April 16, 2018, 10:49:40 pm
I quite like this Andres. But I think it would be even more effective upside down.

JR
Let me try!!
Title: Re: Riflessi,Reflections, Reflejos
Post by: Andres Bonilla on April 16, 2018, 10:50:37 pm
Wow a totally different effect!
Title: Re: Riflessi,Reflections, Reflejos
Post by: BobDavid on April 16, 2018, 11:07:42 pm
I'm a contrarian. I like it better the first way.
Title: Re: Riflessi,Reflections, Reflejos
Post by: Andres Bonilla on April 16, 2018, 11:35:04 pm
I'm a contrarian. I like it better the first way.
Me too, the last version looks like a Photoshop composition.
Title: Re: Riflessi,Reflections, Reflejos
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 16, 2018, 11:39:29 pm
I've got to buck the crowd. I like both versions a lot, but the second really gets to me. It's surreal.
Title: Re: Riflessi,Reflections, Reflejos
Post by: Andres Bonilla on April 17, 2018, 12:17:34 am
I've got to buck the crowd. I like both versions a lot, but the second really gets to me. It's surreal.
Wonderful! I would like to know what everyone else thinks , I am planning to do a book with the photos.
Title: Re: Riflessi,Reflections, Reflejos
Post by: francois on April 17, 2018, 06:51:22 am
The new version (reversed) is more "immediate", the brain can stay fully idle. On the original version, it may take a short moment to identify all the element and read the image.
Title: Re: Riflessi,Reflections, Reflejos
Post by: AnthonyM on April 17, 2018, 07:19:10 am
The second has a greater wow factor for me.  I will try the upside down reflection tip in the future.
Title: Re: Riflessi,Reflections, Reflejos
Post by: John R on April 17, 2018, 11:29:26 am
I've got to buck the crowd. I like both versions a lot, but the second really gets to me. It's surreal.
It looks great to me. Anyone who shoots these types of images knows they can be done without photoshop. You see these all the time in landscapes where trees, land and water meet. And in many urbanscapes where there is water or puddles. You are flipping for effect, not to deceive people. The very effect that caught your eye in the first place. That is, as Eric said, it is surreal. When I am downtown, I look for these all the time- or rather- such scenes grab my attention right away.

JR
Title: Re: Riflessi,Reflections, Reflejos
Post by: JNB_Rare on April 17, 2018, 01:13:21 pm
The new version (reversed) is more "immediate", the brain can stay fully idle. On the original version, it may take a short moment to identify all the element and read the image.

I agree. In the first image, my eye keeps bouncing between top and bottom, but the reversed image allows me to take it all in more immediately. IMO, this in no way detracts from it – it's a really good reflection image.
Title: Re: Riflessi,Reflections, Reflejos
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on April 21, 2018, 03:02:10 pm
Love it, the original image.
Title: Re: Riflessi,Reflections, Reflejos
Post by: RSL on April 21, 2018, 04:34:00 pm
I'm with Rajan. To me the reversed version looks as if somebody dorked around in Photoshop to make a normal image look like a reflection.