Defintion Post - Reflection

Definition Post

Reflection: Reflection is the change in direction of a wavefront at an interface between two different media so that the wavefront returns into the medium from which it originated. 

Words that can be used to describe reflection:

- Mirror
- Mirrored
- Double
- Duplicate
- Exact
- Copy
- Precise
- Distorted
- Neat

Four annotated online pictures

This photograph is deceiving when the viewer first looks at it. The reflection in this image is the clouds and sky that have formed in the puddle that the female is looking across at. Part of her body has been reflected in the puddle aswell, making it look as though she's almost floating on or falling through the sky. It can be seen as an illusion and I believe that it's very creative. The reflection of the clouds and sky is almost exact to what it looks like in real life. Usually reflections in puddles are distorted, this one however looks precise so it also gives the impression of perhaps photoshop working it's magic.

In this photograph, the audience are unable to see the actual figure that is the reflection in the male's sunglasses. There is also a whole scenery in the reflection. The horizon is visible in each lens and this is what the audience focus on.  This photograph has been taken in black and white which portrays tone and reflection in one picture. It's a discrete way of capturing reflection because most of the time these photographs are accidental; as in they're taken to get a photograph of the person with the sunglasses on, not to get one of the reflection. 

This is a photograph of an extremely large bubble. There is always so much content in the reflection of a bubble because it blows up into such a large thin sphere of liquid enclosing air or another gas. The reflection is of what looks like a building which curves round in the shape of the bubble formation. This creates the fish eye effect and makes a picture look more intriguing than if it were just a flat, straight refelction. I admire the colour in this photograph also because the detail of the refelction is so precise; it's really clever.

This is my favourite piece of reflection photography out of these four images. My reasons for this are because there's a lot of attractive colours in this picture which capture an audiences attention. The reflection emphasises this photograph as it would be quite bland with just the dice on a plain table. The reason I am aware that what they're sitting on is a table is because the sky has been reflected in it also. As the viewer, we are unable to see the deep blue sky as it's only visible in the table's reflection. I like this style of reflection as it portrays something being there when it physically isn't. 

My definition of 'reflection': where the subject of the picture is reflected to form an either exact or distorted copy through the use of mirrors, puddles or windows etc.