Alfred Forns
02-08-2008, 02:22 PM
One way to tame harsh light and be able to come up with a decent image when shooting around water is to photograph the reflection Forget the rest
More often than not when a pretty reflection is available we try getting the bird and reflection together Is early soft light it works but not late in the day One solution is to shoot the reflection only With harsh light and no wind is usually a good solution This one posted below is close to what I like to do The water was not perfectly still but I felt that it gave a pleasing result
Top image is the entire bird with reflection The bottom the reflection In this case it is a crop You would compose without the top part of the image and flip
Comments welcome and much appreciated
More often than not when a pretty reflection is available we try getting the bird and reflection together Is early soft light it works but not late in the day One solution is to shoot the reflection only With harsh light and no wind is usually a good solution This one posted below is close to what I like to do The water was not perfectly still but I felt that it gave a pleasing result
Top image is the entire bird with reflection The bottom the reflection In this case it is a crop You would compose without the top part of the image and flip
Comments welcome and much appreciated