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Reflections in Black & White

Reflections in Black & White

This was a studio experiment for me. I wanted to change things up and see if I could get the flowers reflection and detail as close to the original. My goal w...
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This was a studio experiment for me. I wanted to change things up and see if I could get the flowers reflection and detail as close to the original. My goal was to eliminate the ambient to get complete black background. I wanted the contrast with the white flower. I used one light source at camera left, positioned it to keep it out of the reflection. My Ipad was used as the glass to create the flowers image.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark II

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Aperture f/7.1 ISO 160 Shutter 1/200 Focal Length 100/1

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San Diego, California, US

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Jan, 2020

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