Ribbon of reflection. Using PS removed the background, replaced with black. Thanks to my critics who suggested this modification. Your comments encouraged.

Please let me know how this works. I tried to respond to my critics

who suggested that the background in the original was distracting. I

am here to learn. All comments welcome. Thanks for your patience and

your indulgence.

Wow... I missed your original shot (just checked it out). This is nice; at first, I thought you must be a photoshop genius, until I figured out that the reflection is real! That's one highly polished, twisted piece of metal!

very interesting and impressive.

Very interesting concept. I wish I could see more of the detail in the reflections. I think this is just a limitation of the size and being on the web though.

Nice work, Jeff. That wouldn't be the photographer behind the strobe, would it?

Jim,

 

Yes that is me... strobe on to protect the innocent.. or guilty.... as it may be.

Very nice. Who gave you the idea? Turned out great, Jeff. The twin reflections are really good looking. Nice job. 5/5

Jeff, Yes, this is the superior version! I include another crop for your consideration. Diagonal lines tend to animate otherwise static subjects & while this isn't quite static it's good to play around & try to broaden one's horizons. Good eye in any case. Best, LM.

congrats! its a winner shot.

Congratulations Jeff! You may be a relatively inexpert photographer, but surely you have an eye for the unusual and visually interesting subjects. I have browsed through your folders, and this surely seems the most interesting concept among those I have seen. This simple object, a twisted mirror-reflecting ribbon, seems to possess at least three intriguing properties. First, as you noticed, it reflects orthogonally despite its surface being oriented all ways, and thus shows a relatively undistorted, and quite readable, view of the environment facing it. Second, it turns the image 90°, so that you have to turn the photograph back by the same angle to see the original view. Third, the image is in the same focus plane as the object itself. All these properties are quite promising for future experimentations, and were totally unknown to me, although I have read something on anamorphic images and have experimented a bit myself. Surely all these properties can be explained on the basis of the geometric features of the twisted ribbon, but it will take some time to get it all straight (pun intended). In the meantime, I am sure it would be fun to get hold of a few of these things and experiment a bit - I suggest that it would be best to have a very simple scene in front of the ribbon, so that its reflected image is still recognizable despite the tiny size. I can imagine what it would be like to have a whole bunch of these things hanging from strings and taking pictures of the lot. Or, say, mix silvered and gilded surfaces. Etc. etc. - there is no end to the number of possible variations, and you will excuse me if i will steal this idea myself provided I can get hold of these things, or manage to manufacture some myself... Only criticism, the flash light has no effect on the image (apart from producing a glare) since it is a mirror reflection. At most, you should have lit the scene facing the ribbon, not the ribbon itself.

Incidentally, thank you for your thorough review of some of my folders and for your considerations on the rarity of ratings and comments. I am new to this site and I had not realized that having one remark and a few ratings out of every 1000 views or so is quite common here.

Now this is cool! I love the editing you've done. I also like the copper you found.

Perhaps you should put some more work into your manifactured pictures...

 

some of them look awfully good (artisticually) but the aestethics is lacking...

 

your birdcase / house / village is a great idea.. but as this picture... it needs more work

Digital Novice Adaption.

 

Clever Pic.