Mirror, Mirror ... Anywhere...

[FootLoose]

In the middle of the conversation, she spotted herself...

C&C welcome.

[ashcroft]

Interesting street shot - I do like reflections. I think you could make the exposure a little more balanced between the actual girls and their dark reflection. I did it in camera RAW (Photoshop CC) by separately selecting both sets of girls using the radial filter and reducing the highlights in the real pair and reducing the darks in the reflection. It looks a tricky exposure situation.

[deetheturk]

Nice capture Greg, I prefer the darker version, Rob, I guess its going to be down to personal taste well spotted Greg!

[IzzieK]

Good going, Greg...very nice indeed. Too hot to go down the beach, mate?

[Shadowman]

Nicely done.

[Downrigger]

Great. And I like it as black and white... Maybe its that when there is human story it comes through more easily without the competition of hues?

[Mike Buckley]

Great eye, Greg!

[bnnrcn]

Great image Greg, I prefer the darker original one

[rpcrowe]

Super image. I love street photography which tells a story rather than just aimless shots of individuals or groups that seems like 90% of today's street photography is composed of...

[KimC]

This is just perfect - love it!

[Donald]

II think you could make the exposure a little more balanced between the actual girls and their dark reflection.

I think the effect of this, though, is to flatten the image. The original has a 'punch' and 'zing' that is missing once you lower the contrast.

[dje]

Great shot Greg, well caught.

Dave

[ajohnw]

Nice shot. I wondered about more punch.



I think from raw I would try and get all of the ladies white top detail in too.

John
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[FootLoose]

Thank you all for viewing and commenting.

I did find this a challenge to process this shot to my satisfaction with the reflective surface being a black tiled wall. In the coloured version, the reflection is more obvious but the rest of the colours are rather drab. Greyish pathway, faded grass, washed-out t-shirt n the left, and pale skin tones. And besides, I envisioned the shot as black and white.

So there was a bit of a trade-off between bringing up the reflection and holding the physical figures back. Too much contrast and the woman on the left disappears into the black background (hair and shorts). There was a lighter, flatter version such as Rob offered, and a darker one like John's. In the end, I used the adjustment brush in ACR to lighten just the two figures in the reflection.

While doing that I was reminded of something I read recently - not sure if it was Harold Davis or Bruce Barnbaum - about the subtlety of greys in black and white images rewarding the viewer who takes the time to explore. I'm not comparing myself to either of those two photographers, but with that in mind I decided it wasn't necessary to have the detail in the reflection crystal clear.

[ajohnw]

Thank you all for viewing and commenting.

While doing that I was reminded of something I read recently - not sure if it was Harold Davis or Bruce Barnbaum - about the subtlety of greys in black and white images rewarding the viewer who takes the time to explore. I'm not comparing myself to either of those two photographers, but with that in mind I decided it wasn't necessary to have the detail in the reflection crystal clear.

That's how I feel images ideally should be at times Greg. I wondered what would happen if the women were even more "smack in ya face" so that they drew the eye even more.

I daft but sensible idea from youtube on that aspect is to reduce an image to postage stamp size and then see what is most noticeable at that size and as it's slowly enlarged and then steer the work on that basis,

John
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[marlunn]

I like this a lot for the sucess in seeing the shot and then producing a image in B&W that for me is well balanced between the real and the reflection.

[ST1]

Well spotted, captured and processed Greg.