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.
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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.
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.
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
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! ;)
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!
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
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
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.
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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