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Reflections

This is a collection of some of my favorite pictures that include light reflections as a major element in the photo.
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<h3>Reflection in the Merced River</h3>As we drove into the park from the entrance road that runs along the Merced River. Just after passing the entrance gate we started to notice the beautiful scened of the Merced River. We noticed this pool and stopped for some pictures. We were rewarded with some amazing reflections in the water.
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Reflection in the Merced River

As we drove into the park from the entrance road that runs along the Merced River. Just after passing the entrance gate we started to notice the beautiful scened of the Merced River. We noticed this pool and stopped for some pictures. We were rewarded with some amazing reflections in the water.

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From Yosemite - February 2008

  • <h3>Reflection in the Merced River</h3>As we drove into the park from the entrance road that runs along the Merced River. Just after passing the entrance gate we started to notice the beautiful scened of the Merced River. We noticed this pool and stopped for some pictures. We were rewarded with some amazing reflections in the water.
  • <h3>Reflection Rock</h3>As we drove into the park from the entrance road that runs along the Merced River. Just after passing the entrance gate we started to notice the beautiful scened of the Merced River. We noticed this pool and stopped for some pictures. We were rewarded with some amazing reflections in the water.<br><br>I liked this one because of its symmetry.
  • <h3>Winter Tree on The Merced River</h3>This is the Merced River in Yosemite Valley. I took this picture near sunset. I was trying to insure that I got the reflection of the tree in the water.<br>
  • <h3>Reflection in The Merced River</h3>The sun is setting over the Yosemite Valley. The Merced River is in the foreground providing that great reflection.<br><br>I continue to play with HDR with this picture. I took 6 exposures each 1/3 EV apart. I then used Photomatix to combine them. I like this approach as opposed to carrying around the various filters that would be need to balance the exposure of the sky with the valley floor.
  • <h3>El Capitan at Sunset with the Merced River</h3>The sun is setting over the Yosemite Valley. The Merced River is in the foreground providing that great reflection. The color on El Capitan is from the sun just getting ready to disappear.<br><br>I continue to play with HDR with this picture. I took 10 exposures each 1/3 EV apart. I then used Photomatix to combine them. I like this approach as opposed to carrying around the various filters that would be need to balance the exposure of the sky with the valley floor.
  • Looking out from The Grandstand onto The Racetrack in Death Valley.<br /> <br /> So I added the reflection and the water in Photoshop to suggest what it might look like with water in the dry lake.
  • Another tree that we spotted driving along the road. This one was in a municipal park next to a baseball diamond. New Hampshire.
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  • <h1>Ghosts of the Past</h1> <h2>Third Place Ribbon - Orange County Fair 2009</h2> </br> This pictures was shoot through a glass window of one of the buildings in Bodie. The light source is from an off camera flash unit that was remotely triggered shinning in through a second window around the corner.
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