Lake Reflections

Well, here is the story on these pictures. I was driving around a couple weeks ago and I saw this small lake. My first pass at it, it was around 5PM and the site was gorgeous. I found myself there every weekend for the past three weeks, taking pictures on different days and times. Well here are the results and as always C&C is welcome.

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Wow! I'm nearly speechless (and that's saying a lot -- just ask my husband). The colors in #1 are gorgeous, the reflection in #2 is blowin' my mind. On the one hand, since it matches the clouds in the sky, it's clearly a reflection. But on the other hand, it looks like long exposure water movement. The reflections in all the shots are great, but the one in #2 really gets me.

Agree with you about #5. Def. worth it. Kudos to you!

Ladylynn wrote in post #2413545
Wow! I'm nearly speechless (and that's saying a lot -- just ask my husband). The colors in #1 are gorgeous, the reflection in #2 is blowin' my mind. On the one hand, since it matches the clouds in the sky, it's clearly a reflection. But on the other hand, it looks like long exposure water movement. The reflections in all the shots are great, but the one in #2 really gets me.

Agree with you about #5. Def. worth it. Kudos to you!

Thanks for the comments. I did notice the looks of the water movement in my pictures also after I took them. If you look at #4 it looks more like a true reflection and the others almost like a painted picture. I do not know why they turned out to look like that. #4 was done with my back to the sunset and the others were with the camera pointed towards the sunset. Im thinking the lighting differences.

around where are these shots taken I really like them

BradT0517 wrote in post #2413603
around where are these shots taken I really like them

These shots are taken at a little "lake" in Virginia Beach, VA. It a small lake with two small canals that run into it. These canals lead out to Back Bay which is a Wildlife refuge. Oh yeah, if you fancy snakes there are quiet a few which scared me. Not sure what kind I saw, but they were at least 5-6 feet long. Copperheads are common in that area and it's a good thing that the ones I saw were swimming in the water, which gave me time to move away.

Very nice with #5 being my favourite. Your photos are great examples of just how much the light (and weather obviously ) can influence the style of photo produced.

Oh man, I'm totally amazed by that last one... just perfect, thanks for sharing.

And that signature just sets it off

rudgej wrote in post #2414814
Very nice with #5 being my favourite. Your photos are great examples of just how much the light (and weather obviously ) can influence the style of photo produced.

Thanks. I am still a new guy to photography and I chose this area as a study point. The main thing I learned here was that everday and time is a new picture. I never realized how much of a difference it makes.

AdamJL wrote in post #2414932
Oh man, I'm totally amazed by that last one... just perfect, thanks for sharing.

And that signature just sets it off

Thanks. I showed the wife the last one last night and she was astonished. Brownie points for me.

The 1st one is simply gorgeous,well worth the wait.

the last one is just awesome

These are gorgeous - how lucky could you be to have no wind rippling the water in every shot! Then I read your post about the snakes - OMIGOD, that finished me! I am totally phobic about snakes!

Elisabeth-Ann wrote in post #2415980
These are gorgeous - how lucky could you be to have no wind rippling the water in every shot! Then I read your post about the snakes - OMIGOD, that finished me! I am totally phobic about snakes!

There were days with wind and some where it was just calm and quiet. The windy days just didn't give the reflections justice so I found myself there quiet often waiting for the perfect time. As for the snakes, I am phobic too and everytime I saw a ripple in the water, I stood up and waited to make sure nothing was going to jump out at me!

Oh my word.

I thought the first image was very beautiful...then I saw #5 and my jaw dropped.

Stunning!

Absolutely love the last one--what a cracker of a shot! I want that one in a big poster!
Karen

pttenn wrote in post #2416896
Absolutely love the last one--what a cracker of a shot! I want that one in a big poster!
Karen

Thanks. My wife loves the picture as well and I am thinking about a 16x20 for her for Christmas.