Thursday, April 7, 2011

Seeing Double


"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.


That's why it's surprising that my third "Seeing Double" image is of a car as well. This fantastic black Mercedes from the 1930's was found in the Museo dell'Automobile, just reopened after extensive remodeling in Torino. We visited last Sunday afternoon on a quest to see vintage Fiats, and were rewarded with many more vintage European cars as well. My favorite cars were from the 1920's and 1930's, they had such style! I loved how the reflection continued the pattern of the men in tuxedos from the wall behind into the body of this classic 30's automobile. 


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!

11 comments:

  1. lovely reflection shots Kat. Have a great weekend

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  2. 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 :-)

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  3. 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.

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  4. 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.

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  5. I really enjoyed this post...enjoy Firenze

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  6. Love the car Miss K...Such a wonderful, shiny, cool thing. Hope you have a fabulous weekend and bring home more great art!

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  7. Gorgeous! I love reflection photos - they are always so interesting.

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  8. These are just dreamy - especially that special Italian capture in the bonnet of the car, pretty magic!

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  9. 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!

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  10. Can't wait to see and hear about Florence. Love the reflections in these images. Definitely - double vision!

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