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I feel that I am seeing through the proverbial looking glass to a world that’s in focus but just slightly out of reach......
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I feel that I am seeing through the proverbial looking glass to a world that’s in focus but just slightly out of reach...
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cameraNIKON D5500

settings Aperture 18/10 ISO 100 Shutter 10/4000 Focal Length 500/10 

upload_dateAug, 2016

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deannefortnam August 26, 2016
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Behind The Lens

Location

This photograph was clicked at Gateway of India, Mumbai, India.

Time

This is one of my favorite from my clicks. I visited this place with my friends in the evening and couldn’t stop myself to capture this beautiful place but it was late evening so i didn’t find perfect click because of low light and heavy crowd, so i decided to come again in the early morning. Next day i woke up around 5 am and tried to visit this place as early as i could. I reached there around 6.30 am and it was even more beautiful then last night. Everything was just picture perfect. I clicked some shots and i just sat down for a moment to get relaxed. I put down my glasses and i saw the reflection of the view from my glass, then i got the idea to click some reflection photos. I had to wait for a long to capture birds in the frame to make this image more beautiful. This was taken on May 5, 2016 at 7:30 AM.

Lighting

There was very beautiful soft natural light coming from the sky and i decided not to use any other external light. Its better not to use external lights to make the picture idiosyncratic.

Equipment

This was shot on Nikon D5500, with an 50 mm f/1.8 lens. No other equipment was involved

Inspiration

I am a unpretentious photographer, i love trying and experimenting something new each time so every click is pretty much new experience and lesson for me. I always love creative photographs and i have seen many reflection photographs but for this image it was not pre planned, i went to this place to click this historical building “Gateway of India” and it was sudden thought to click some reflection photos from my glasses and now it is one of my favorite from my work.

Editing

Nothing much but very few color corrections.

In my camera bag

My cam bag is my second home where i keep my first love Nikon D5500 with kit lens 18-55 , my first crush Nikon 50 mm 1.8 prime, my friends - external flash and trigger who always help in bad lighting conditions and some extra batteries and memory cards :)

Feedback

Reflection photography is one of my favorite, it is special because it is a different point of view of photographer . We can see reflection from many sources like water, glass, mirror, glossy objects, eyes, water drop etc. Just make sure whenever you are clicking reflection place it in nice frame with some concept, Photography is the world of creativity within itself!! I feel, it should be novel and unique. It should reflect a story. A story that can be seen at only one glance at the photo... And if one could succeed achieving this...Then truly he / she is the artist!!!!

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