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25 Photo Reflections in Photography Examples

Posted by Gisela Gutierrez on May 6, 2012 in Photography | 0 comments

Creating reflections is one of the amazing things that you can do to spice up a rather boring scene. However, taking dramatic photos with reflections can prove to be rather hard than you first thought. In photography, reflections come in forms and guises and can be explored on easily available things. Reflections can be achieved through glasses, water or any shiny and reflective surface. You can take dramatic landscape shots to detailed macro compositions using these mediums.

Some basic things to remember when shooting for reflections:

Depth of field: Try to use a high f-stop such as f/11 or higher. This will level out the subjects of the shot so the eye perceives them in closer relation, enhancing the reflection effect.
Focus: Try focusing on the subject, then trying focusing on the reflection. This should produce slightly varied results and your preference will depend on how much attention you want to draw to the reflection.
Angle: Think about the angle of the light and how it affect the reflection. In a studio setting you can manipulate this to emphasise the reflection, but in a natural setting you may want to explore different viewpoints to find the angle at which the reflection is most visible.

For inspiration, we pooled together a total of 25 excellent examples of photographs that make use of reflections to add drama. To appreciate these photos more, checkout the original version in higher resolutions from the author’s page. Simply click the preview image to go to the author’s page. The photos included in this roundup are just low-resolution versions. Copyright of these photos remained that of the authors.

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01-London Bridge (Tower Bridge) : Reflection on the River Thames by Anirudh Koul
London’s Tower Bridge taken from the North Bank of River Thames at the crack of dawn.

02-Harrison Hot Springs by TaylorMcBride
This is a fake reflection created using Adobe Photoshop CS4.

03-Reflection by The96th

04-Tahoe Shoreline reflection by mrgo1
Tahoe Shoreline reflection on a very still day in January

05-Puddle Reflection by ~Mustardplz
Rainy day reflection in a puddle.

06-Reflected Beauty by Chris Gin
Taken at Kelland Ponds, just south of Twizel.

07-Battersea Power Station London by vulture labs

08-Ottawa River by Stuart Williams

09-Where’d the sun go? by Matthew Stewart
This was taken at a new spot in Thornside, QLD

10-Reflection Bank by *Linkineos

11-Reflection by ~UFOGlassHens

12-Parliament House, Canberra by Sam Ilic

13-National Carillon In Canberra by Sam Ilic
The National Carillon, situated on Aspen Island in central Canberra, Australia is a large carillon managed and maintained by the National Capital Authority on behalf of the Commonwealth of Australia.