How To Find & Capture Beautiful Reflections

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Finding a Reflection



Wet or Shiny Surfaces: Wet surfaces can present a great opportunity for reflections. The damp sand on the beach, for instance, or a smooth expanse of snow can both present a great opportunity for capturing the colors of a sunset reflecting off of the surface. In the city, wet cobblestones or pavement at night can reflect streetlights, helping to add some beautiful light into an otherwise-dark image.

Bodies of Water: Water is the most classic and best-known setting for reflections, presenting the opportunity to capture some mirror-like reflections, or ones with an abstract, painting-like quality. Reflections aren't just found in lakes, though, often smaller bodies of water can often prove to be great places for reflections as well. And since they're smaller, their surface will often be smoother than a lake or the ocean. Ponds, pooling water, as well as puddles – especially after the rain – are all great places to look for reflections.

Windows, Mirrors, Metal: For cityscape photographers, windows and mirrors, as well as other manmade surfaces can produce some interesting opportunities for reflections as well. Just remember that these solid objects aren't great at absorbing light, and you'll want to take care when using an external light source so that you don't end up with a large orb of light instead of a reflection.



Source: https://contrastly.com/how-to-find-capture-beautiful-reflections/