May 30th 2014. Royal Navy Photography Award Winner.

[glatt]

The only reason I noticed it is that I saw the trick used before when someone photographed Mitre Peak in New Zealand. Theirs looked something like this:


When I visited the same spot, I was trying to take the same picture, but even with the water fairly still first thing in the morning, it was all choppy. Mine looked more like this:

It wasn't until later that I noticed they had used a puddle. Taking a Mitre Peak shot reflected in that puddle is a popular trick with the pros.

[Griff]

Wow, I never heard of that before.

[BigV]

Originally Posted by glatt

The only reason I noticed it is that I saw the trick used before when someone photographed Mitre Peak in New Zealand. Theirs looked something like this:
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When I visited the same spot, I was trying to take the same picture, but even with the water fairly still first thing in the morning, it was all choppy. Mine looked more like this:
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It wasn't until later that I noticed they had used a puddle. Taking a Mitre Peak shot reflected in that puddle is a popular trick with the pros.

Heh. I didn't know it was a "trick", but I have taken such pictures for the creative effect. Here's one I took during a surf trip with our Venturing Crew a couple years ago. I like how they're walking in midair.