Perfect reflection

Gallery: LandscapePosted April 24, 20151,431 views11 comments

Once again, this is the view from one of my camping spots. This is a rather flat area in the Swedish mountains with lots of lakes, making it a real camping valhalla!

17 mm, 2 stop ND grad, f/13, ISO 200, 0.3 s.

C&C welcome, large version is included!

Roel

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Ken Smith on April 24, 2015 at 10:51 AM

Sweet shot! A great comp of twilight colors and the silouette of the forest... the water reflection is what holds the eye. The reds are attractive, not harsh and hot like so many that I see. I find that putting the horizon in the center cures much of the distortion ...or at least helps. Then I sometimes shoot a couple extra frames of more sky and foreground if I have to add it. Then I can use the add'l frames to stitch and shift the horizon up or down w/o distortion. But, it is never easy and oft unsuccessful. You've done well from edge to edge.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on April 24, 2015 at 12:55 PM

The perfect reflection really adds to the serenity of the scene and sense of quiet. I like that a lot Roel. The subtle reds are a nice combo with the cool blues. The 50/50 comp also works very well.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on April 24, 2015 at 1:21 PM

Beautiful, Roel. Such a peaceful and serence scene! The silhouettes work for me too.

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Comment posted by gary phillips on April 24, 2015 at 4:13 PM

Awesome, Roel. Artistically rendered in every way. Just beautiful.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on April 24, 2015 at 5:17 PM

Beautiful, quiet and peaceful. Really nice!

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on April 24, 2015 at 11:11 PM

This is an interesting mix of stark, warm, and cool, Roel. The centered horizon works very well at matching the sky and its reflection. The cloud formations and their reflections create a fine sense of flow coming from (or going into) the center of the image.

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Comment posted by Sandro Bisotti on April 25, 2015 at 9:02 PM

Excellent! Usually i don't like so deep shadows, but here the "silohuette" effect works really well. The play of tones and colours of the sky and its reflection is also very pleasurable, as the composition.

Sandro

Registered on February 8, 2015, 30 Posts, 265 Comments

Comment posted by Jean C Cajolet on April 26, 2015 at 12:40 AM

Absolutly beautiful, quiet scene. On site, we see that for only few minutes but you picture is bringing back all the emotion of the moment. Bravo!

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on April 26, 2015 at 12:59 PM

I love this a lot. The realtiv dark part with the trees works really great as a silouette. Great reflection and amazing colors. Beautiful work

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Comment posted by D.A. Edwards on April 26, 2015 at 7:13 PM

Fantastic, Roel, some might say "perfect." enlightened

Glad you didn't try and tease any detail out of the silhouette.

Registered on October 8, 2014, 226 Posts, 1187 Comments

Comment posted by Ryan Shain on April 27, 2015 at 9:35 PM

Hi Roel,

This image is the definition of chillaxing, and the reflections makes this image special. The blues with the hints of red were made for each other, and the this silhouettes are excellent in this capture.

The large version makes me very happy and chill

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