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Digital Prophet
15th of August 2005 (Mon), 11:24
Okey dokey. So I've got this idea. And what I am needing to do is basically take a photo of a reflection. But I don't want to see myself in the reflection. I know that I can shoot from an angle but I want to get as close to "square" with the mirror as possible.

I have been tossing around ideas of using multiple mirrors. I don't know. Ideas? Thoughts? Dirty limricks?

- Digital Prophet -
zacker
15th of August 2005 (Mon), 11:55
There once was a man from Nantucket, who thought he could s**t in a bucket, pointed a cam at a mirror and ran, he just ended up saying F88k it!
-zacker-
Digital Prophet
15th of August 2005 (Mon), 12:55
Um, ok. Well at least I got a response.

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CyberPet
15th of August 2005 (Mon), 13:43
Can the camera be in the reflection (or cloned out later)? Self-timer.
SWPhotoImaging
15th of August 2005 (Mon), 22:26
Long zoom from an unobtrusive and unnoticed position?
MattL
16th of August 2005 (Tue), 04:47
one way mirrors?
Jon, The Elder
16th of August 2005 (Tue), 08:24
DP- Used to take a piece of Black Duvatene (non reflective cloth) cut a lens sized hole - rig it over the subject and bang away. Nice practice surface is a cookie sheet with water and oil. Hardest is hubcaps outside (for me). You might PM 'photosguy' for other suggestions.

Please give us a running account of your problems/solutions -

jon F
Jon, The Elder
16th of August 2005 (Tue), 08:35
Whoops - just thought of another old one.....

Subject is flat on a horizontal surface (table/bench top)

Rig your mirror above and at precisely 45° to the subject. Camera is at 90° to mirror surface. Now you have half of a periscope, similar to your SLR in camera.

You seen this before in craft and cooking shows on tV.