Reversed Impression

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 16, 20171,304 views5 comments

I appreciated your comments on my previous image, thank you.
This was taken yesterday during a hike in a natural area in the Alps. To convey an impressionist feeling I used the reflection of the mountains and I turned the image upside down.
As always comments and suggestions are very much appreciated.

Nikon d7000
Nikkor 18-70 @18mm
f11 - 0,6s- iso 100
tripod and polarizer

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on October 16, 2017 at 12:02 PM

This is quite the view, Mattia. It's both nicely dramatic and disconcerting with what, at first glance, looks to be strange spots scattered throughout a fine mountain view. Eventually realizing that it's a reflection, makes it a fun story. The clarity of the reflection is astonishing. Turning it upside down like this does a great job of grabbing the viewer's attention.

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Comment posted by gary phillips on October 17, 2017 at 1:28 AM

I really like the thought here, Mattia. My suggestion would be to convert this to b/w. The abstraction of the upside down reflection would come to life without the color. Of course, I see most things in B/W sad

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on October 17, 2017 at 11:00 AM

Mattia, This was a great idea and I really like it. It is fun and quite interesting to look at this. cool

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on October 17, 2017 at 8:52 PM

I took a couple of tree photos this way today! Wish I were in the Alps though! The ice flecks give a nice clue to the viewer. There seem to be some dark areas in the sky, though maybe from a polarizer but doesn't seem to be the pattern it would create. Sort of vertical band of dark and light? Interesting and thoughtful image .

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on October 18, 2017 at 1:42 PM

Mattia,

Kudos to your recognizing the value of flipping this reflection. This works wonderfully! I like doing this as well, but it doesn't always work... This one absolutely does. I really like how the stuff floating in the water behave as clouds. This is just cool. Great job!

Lon

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