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Challenge: Reflections Without Mirrors (Classic Editing)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S30
Location: Lounge, My house, Sandbach, Cheshire, UK
Date: Sep 29, 2002
Aperture: f/8.0
ISO: auto
Shutter: 8"
Galleries: Interior, Persuasive
Date Uploaded: Sep 29, 2002

 With any luck you can tell that this is a reflection in the screen of a switched-off TV. I had the idea that I'd like to portray someone preferring to turn off the TV and read a book. The lighting was tricky here and so was the framing. Getting sufficient depth of field to have the TV and myself (the reader) in focus meant having a small aperture and very long exposure time - 8 seconds! I just had to keep very very still.

Statistics
Place: 31 out of 248
Avg (all users): 6.2120
Avg (commenters): 7.9706
Avg (participants): 6.3630
Avg (non-participants): 6.0511
Views since voting: 1942
Votes: 283
Comments: 37
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 07/21/2005 10:51:08 PM
Very cool.
 10/07/2002 04:57:00 PM
Quite clever... this is one of those images that has some deeper meaning outside of simply finding something that has a reflective surface. Great job!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/06/2002 08:26:00 PM
Well done, great idea. I think cropping out the speaker on the tv (right) would've been better though.
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 10/06/2002 06:16:00 PM
Looks almost like a painting ... you should work this idea, and perhaps have some kind of victorian character in that pose ... very nice effect! -8
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 10/06/2002 12:22:00 PM
Very high-quality reflection. Don't think I could pull this off with my T.V. My only complaint is that your light source is visible and doesn't really fit with the picture - 8.
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 10/06/2002 11:35:00 AM
My much preferred method of entertainment. I like the commentary here. Good work. 7, just-married
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 10/06/2002 08:52:00 AM
Great lighting, fine colors and, above all, some meaning and expression, a real statement. The TV's brand detracts a bit from the image, but beyond that, it's a 9.
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 10/04/2002 11:05:00 PM
I like your picture and your imagination is even better!
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 10/04/2002 04:00:00 PM
wow, great use of lighting to get a fantastic reflection. well composed
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 10/04/2002 01:25:00 PM
great quality in reflective surface and I appreciate the subtle humor of subject reading. beautiful colors and textures in this well composed shot. (10) ~mcmurma
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 10/04/2002 12:16:00 PM
I like the TV vs. Literature theme here. And Lit. wins for a change! Nice colour, painterly effect. Sharp.
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 10/04/2002 09:57:00 AM
What a beefcake! ;)
Like the curved distortion. Not sure on composition - feels like the bit of the TV included is a bit arbitrary - I would also prefer the vertical at right to be more so.
B e e f c a k e!
;)
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 10/03/2002 08:47:00 AM
Great idea, great color
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 10/03/2002 06:45:00 AM
Terrific shotâ€Â¦ I love the concept and you've pulled it off really wellâ€Â¦ (10)
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 10/02/2002 11:43:00 PM
This almost looks like a painting. Great lighting!
Excellent shot for the challenge!
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 10/02/2002 11:31:00 PM
I like this a lot.
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 10/02/2002 07:33:00 PM
Wow, this is really great! The amount of color is wildly fantastic. I have mixed feelings about the framing of the TV, but I am assuming it this way to include the TV manuf. as to clarify this is not a mirror, so it has to be this way. This could be your best work to date. 9 Swash!
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 10/02/2002 02:25:00 PM
Good work. The exposure works well on this, I think. karmat
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 10/02/2002 12:59:00 PM
Good depth. 8 nards656
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 10/02/2002 09:13:00 AM
I really think I would have liked it much better with the edges of the TV cropped out of the shot. The reflection is really pretty cool, and has a nice "old world" feel to it. ( No I'm not talking about your age, or what looks like gray in your beard! LOL;) )The reflection has the nice soft, warm, aged looked that old paintings get. lhall-7
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 10/01/2002 10:41:00 PM
More interesting than you would expect. The softening of the reflection by the TV screen and restricted light make it look more like a painting
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 10/01/2002 05:13:00 PM
Looks like an old painting, pretty good.
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 10/01/2002 04:02:00 PM
Great idea!!! Like it, it's a good photo and an even better idea! 7 - KAOS
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 10/01/2002 03:00:00 PM
This is a very clear reflection. One of the best in the bunch. It's excellent for this challenge tho I'm not sure how much appeal it has outside of the challenge. Technically great. Meets challenge for sure. ~indigo997
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 10/01/2002 12:35:00 PM
Panasonic would love to buy this image for ad.! Great effect!
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 10/01/2002 10:17:00 AM
There were a few shots into the TV screen this challenge. Yours is definitely the best.
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 10/01/2002 12:18:00 AM
Nicely done!
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 09/30/2002 11:40:00 PM
Excellent idea and cool reflective photo. At work (I'm a nurse), I was showing the pictures from the challenge to my co-workers. My fellow nurses all commented about how edematous the person's arm was and that it should be looked at by a doctor. I had to laugh because that was before they realized that it was caused by distortion of the reflection in the TV screen. LOL Just thought I would share that with you.
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 09/30/2002 11:00:00 PM
Looks very much like a painting. I though about this all week but couldn't quite put my finger on how to pull it off. Great job! DPz
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 09/30/2002 07:34:00 PM
Ok, this is fabulous! If this is a self-portrait, it's twice as fabulous! the lighting couldn't be better! joanns - 10
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 09/30/2002 06:48:00 PM
This is a great shot; excellent idea and great execution. Well done! 9 Jak
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 09/30/2002 06:21:00 PM
really good
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 09/30/2002 04:17:00 PM
This almost looks like a Rembrandt painting. Good job.
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 09/30/2002 02:45:00 PM
WOWWHoie. Great lighting. Score 8 Justine
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 09/30/2002 01:06:00 PM
it has the feel of a dutch master painting! 9
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 09/30/2002 10:35:00 AM
Very evocative, with a great plot.
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 09/30/2002 10:17:00 AM
Oh, yeah! I like this. I'm not sure how you did it. I tried to do something similar, but yours is much better. The reflection almost looks like a painting.
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