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Trees and Reflections

I love how the light reflects onto water, and the images you can see reflecting back.  When the wind kisses the water, how the images waves and change slightly, giving it an almost ghostly feel to it. the next set of images are from a day out to the canal in Burnley, the day was quite bright, there was not a lot of wind , so the water is quite still, but with a small gust, you can see how the images change giving you a different composition.

Image 1 - ISO 400 55mm F5.6 1/60 sec Aperture Priority no flash. This image was a puddle of water on the grass with the reflection of the trees, I like the skeletal feel of the trees at this time of year.

Image 2 - Image 1 - ISO 400 34mm F5.6 1/20 sec Aperture Priority no flash. This image is just the reflection of the tree on the water, there was a slight gust of wind which has caused the ripple effect.

Image 3 - ISO 400 55mm F5.6 1/200 sec Aperture Priority no flash. I have edited this image and changed it to Black & White, I feel in this picture the black and white look better, with how the light and shadows sit.

Image 4 - ISO 400 34mm F5.6 1/125 sec Aperture Priority no flash. I was experimenting with filters and different edits, so in this image I wanted to try a sepia exposure, I feel this gives the image an aged feel to it.

Image 5 - ISO 400 55mm F5.6 1/60 sec Aperture Priority no flash. In this image I cropped the picture quite a bit to give the whole image a ripple effect, I love how the light reflections are set out in this image, its quite haunting and it draws your eyes into the picture.

Image 6 - ISO 400 55mm F5.6 1/40 sec Aperture Priority no flash. This made me laugh, this is why you cannot get a trolley in the supermarkets, they are all in the streets or canals.

Image 7 - ISO 640 30mm F5.6 1/25 sec Aperture Priority no flash. In this image you can see the reflection in the water, and just below the surface you can see the mud at the bottom of the canal floor.

Image 8 - ISO 640 18mm F5.6 1/30 sec Aperture Priority no flash. This is a similar image to image 7, but if you look at the bottom left hand corner, you can see that a small bird has flown across the water creating a ghostly image.

Image 9 - ISO 640 52mm F5.6 1/60 sec Aperture Priority no flash. I just love the composition of this tree and the reflection in the water, and the empty seat inviting you to sit and have a quite moment by the water.

Image 10 - ISO 640 55mm F5.6 1/50 sec Aperture Priority no flash. I love the reflection of the barge in this image, it is like the barge has a 3D effect, and with the tree just coming out beneath the barge.

Image 11 - ISO 640 18mm F5.6 1/30 sec Aperture Priority no flash. I like the composition in this image, it is all most like a mirrored effect like the picture has been cut in half.

Image 12 - ISO 640 18mm F5.6 1/25 sec Aperture Priority no flash. This is another reflected image, of the other side of the path in image 11.