Reflections

Amp34 · 2 May 2007 at 12:23

How do people get photos of reflections in water and how do you make your own? Is it a certain time of day that reflections are more likely to occur?

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 2 May 2007 at 12:26

Waiting for the right angle of the sun is the key role in this.
a lot of people will just photoshop the top half of the layer and layer it underneath also.

Amp34 · 2 May 2007 at 13:26

Ah I thought that may be the case, what sort of time of day is usually a good time, or is it quite random?

(sorry about the crap sentences, for some reason my brain isn't engaging today :/)

AndyBorzi · 2 May 2007 at 13:52

Amp34 said:
Ah I thought that may be the case, what sort of time of day is usually a good time, or is it quite random?

(sorry about the crap sentences, for some reason my brain isn't engaging today :/)

I would imagine, early morning or late evening/sunset are best for still water assuming of course the wind is fairly light.

Mohain · 2 May 2007 at 13:57

AndyBorzi said:
I would imagine, early morning or late evening/sunset are best for still water assuming of course the wind is fairly light.

You can always make the water appear calmer with a long exposure using ND filters.

Strax · 2 May 2007 at 19:28

Amp34 said:
How do people get photos of reflections in water and how do you make your own? Is it a certain time of day that reflections are more likely to occur?

A combination of choosing the right time of day (early morning can be calmer than later on in the day), watching the weather forecasts, using slow exposures and a CP filter to bring out the reflection, and also being out there. You don't get lucky with them all the time, but you have got to make the effort in the first place

As for cheating with photoshop :rolleyes:

Amp34 · 2 May 2007 at 23:47

I went out this evening and had a go at all the suggestions you lot posted, ill post some of the results later. Thanks all.