“Seeing Double,” capturing a subject in reflection, was the prompt for the last week in Picture Inspiration. I love capturing reflections in my images, whether in water, glass or metal. I found this image in Milan during our hunt for the tricolore in March. Piazza del Duomo is always a busy place, but on a holiday, it’s incredibly crowded. The puddle gave a fantastic reflection of the Duomo, but only when the space behind it was clear of people. I spent quite a bit of time waiting and watching how the crowd moved to capture this image, a great example of Waiting to Click. Even then, I had to do some creative editing (tilt, black and white) to eliminate some distracting elements outside of my control.
The other “Seeing Double” images I shared this week are of cars. This car in the streets of Ravenna was interesting on its own, but the reflection gives it a sense of place that just sings “Italy.” It reminds me of another reflection-in-car image I took, very early in our time in Italy. For me, that sense of place makes all the difference, since cars aren’t normally one of my favorite subjects.
Have a great weekend! We are off to Florence this weekend, riding the Freccia Rossa (“Red Wind” – the high speed train between Milan and Rome) for one last visit. Be sure to come by on Monday – I have something new and exciting to share with you!
lovely reflection shots Kat. Have a great weekend
Oh you lucky girl. I had a lovely long weekend in Florence a few years ago and just loved it. Can't wait for Monday! Oh, hang on. Yes I can – it'll be back to work again 🙂
fantastic reflections!
Reflections are one of my favorite pictorial elements. These are wonderful captures! Your travels are the envy of many, I'm sure – well, me for sure.
Great pictures, in one of my journals the page is titled Reflection… have a great weekend… riding on the Red Wind train sounds like a great adventure.
I really enjoyed this post…enjoy Firenze
Love the car Miss K…Such a wonderful, shiny, cool thing. Hope you have a fabulous weekend and bring home more great art!
Gorgeous! I love reflection photos – they are always so interesting.
These are just dreamy – especially that special Italian capture in the bonnet of the car, pretty magic!
I love to take reflection photos as well. Yours are – as always – just gorgeous. I think that car in the second picture is an old Citroën, I still remember that from my childhood. I didn't know they were still around.
Enjoy Firenze – such a beautiful place!
Can't wait to see and hear about Florence. Love the reflections in these images. Definitely – double vision!