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mtngal · Jan 2, 2012, 8:18 PM

I took this picture early one morning in 2009. I had more or less forgotten about it until a friend of mine found it in one of my albums this summer and raved over it. So I thought I'd post it here.

saly · Jan 2, 2012, 8:28 PM

Beautiful shot, mtngal! Lovely.

wave01 · Jan 3, 2012, 9:09 AM

lovely just lovely

mtngal · Jan 3, 2012, 9:14 PM

Thanks for the compliments - the funny thing is that I was originally disappointed in the shot. I keep the "blinkies" on and when reviewing the picture I noticed that the sky was blown out - it's a huge fault with this picture. Also, when I was reviewing it I thought the edge of the fountain was distracting so took a bracketed series at a slightly longer focal length - that view looked lousy when I saw it on the monitor, and ended up only keeping this one, just because I liked the reflection and the early morning light on the building. Figured I liked them enough to ignore the sky, but that no one else would like it. It surprised me that my friend liked it so much - goes to show that it's easy to not see the forest for the trees. I've now made my peace with this picture, it prints very nicely.

wave01 · Jan 4, 2012, 2:50 AM

I do some club photography and i find that if listen to judges to much it stops me taking shots or even throwing them away of things i like. I get accused of taking mumsy pictures. so i try to balance what i take. your shot draws you in to the building and the reflection and to me that just great the sky is secondary

pj1974 · Jan 10, 2012, 6:42 AM

Stunning building, and subtly captured the reflection too.

Well done... and the various lines and mix of colours works very well.

Thanks for sharing.

Paul

saly · Jan 10, 2012, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by mtngal

Thanks for the compliments - the funny thing is that I was originally disappointed in the shot. I keep the "blinkies" on and when reviewing the picture I noticed that the sky was blown out - it's a huge fault with this picture. Also, when I was reviewing it I thought the edge of the fountain was distracting so took a bracketed series at a slightly longer focal length - that view looked lousy when I saw it on the monitor, and ended up only keeping this one, just because I liked the reflection and the early morning light on the building. Figured I liked them enough to ignore the sky, but that no one else would like it. It surprised me that my friend liked it so much - goes to show that it's easy to not see the forest for the trees. I've now made my peace with this picture, it prints very nicely.

I love the way this came out, but I think it would have been interesting to only shoot the reflection also.

I agree that you can never predict what others like. I wonder how many "masterpieces" I've deleted thinking they are garbage....

calr · Jan 10, 2012, 4:22 PM

Beautiful shot! I have shot quite a few water reflection shots but most were rather mundane.

Cal

jeephotog · Jan 10, 2012, 7:15 PM

Nice shot.....love the building and the reflection!

mtngal · Jan 10, 2012, 9:56 PM

Thanks for the compliments - I love this building and often photograph it. It was built in the mid-1920's, and has some lovely terra-cotta both inside and out.

The picture is unusual - the reflection is captured in a fountain and it's rarely turned off like it was in this picture. I don't have much opportunity to take water reflections, so I try it whenever I get a chance, and I was lucky this time.

Jan 2, 2012, 8:18 PM	#1
mtngal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Frazier Park, CA Posts: 16,177	Wild Car - Reflection I took this picture early one morning in 2009. I had more or less forgotten about it until a friend of mine found it in one of my albums this summer and raved over it. So I thought I'd post it here.

Jan 2, 2012, 8:28 PM	#2
saly Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: near Los Angeles, CA USA Posts: 4,764	Beautiful shot, mtngal! Lovely. __________________ Panasonic FZ150, FZ35 and GF1; Nikonos V when underwater ~~Art is in the eye of the camera holder~~

Jan 10, 2012, 7:15 PM	#9
jeephotog Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: South Central Kansas Posts: 1,455	Nice shot.....love the building and the reflection! __________________ jeephotog http://amandasphotocreations.smugmug.com/

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Jan 3, 2012, 9:09 AM	#3
wave01 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: North West England Posts: 1,750	lovely just lovely

Jan 3, 2012, 9:14 PM	#4
mtngal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Frazier Park, CA Posts: 16,177	Thanks for the compliments - the funny thing is that I was originally disappointed in the shot. I keep the "blinkies" on and when reviewing the picture I noticed that the sky was blown out - it's a huge fault with this picture. Also, when I was reviewing it I thought the edge of the fountain was distracting so took a bracketed series at a slightly longer focal length - that view looked lousy when I saw it on the monitor, and ended up only keeping this one, just because I liked the reflection and the early morning light on the building. Figured I liked them enough to ignore the sky, but that no one else would like it. It surprised me that my friend liked it so much - goes to show that it's easy to not see the forest for the trees. I've now made my peace with this picture, it prints very nicely.

Jan 4, 2012, 2:50 AM	#5
wave01 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: North West England Posts: 1,750	I do some club photography and i find that if listen to judges to much it stops me taking shots or even throwing them away of things i like. I get accused of taking mumsy pictures. so i try to balance what i take. your shot draws you in to the building and the reflection and to me that just great the sky is secondary

Jan 10, 2012, 6:42 AM	#6
pj1974 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 2,917	Stunning building, and subtly captured the reflection too. Well done... and the various lines and mix of colours works very well. Thanks for sharing. Paul

Jan 10, 2012, 4:22 PM	#8
calr Moderator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Beaverton, OR Posts: 8,466	Beautiful shot! I have shot quite a few water reflection shots but most were rather mundane. Cal

Jan 10, 2012, 9:56 PM	#10
mtngal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Frazier Park, CA Posts: 16,177	Thanks for the compliments - I love this building and often photograph it. It was built in the mid-1920's, and has some lovely terra-cotta both inside and out. The picture is unusual - the reflection is captured in a fountain and it's rarely turned off like it was in this picture. I don't have much opportunity to take water reflections, so I try it whenever I get a chance, and I was lucky this time.