Through a glass darkly

[RBSinTo]

Taken earlier this summer at Nathan Phillip's Square in front of the New City Hall here in Toronto.
There is a textured glass surface that stands off the wall on pins of a building on the square, and I noticed a reflection of the square and the skyline mirrored in the glass. Liking the surreal effect caused by the vertically running lines in the glass surface, I took this shot.
Converted to black and white in Photoshop.
motorized Nikon FG
Vivitar 17~28 f4.0-4.5 AIS manual focus
Fuji 100 ISO colour slide
probably f16 @ 1/125th

[Mike Buckley]

The vertical lines in the glass complement so nicely the vertical objects in the scene. If the scene being reflected in the glass had not included so many vertical objects, my hunch is that the resulting image would not have been nearly as enjoyable. Great eye!

[RBSinTo]

The vertical lines in the glass complement so nicely the vertical objects in the scene. If the scene being reflected in the glass had not included so many vertical objects, my hunch is that the resulting image would not have been nearly as enjoyable. Great eye!

Thanks Mike.
By way of full disclosure, I did some skewing of the original image to get rid of the distortion caused by the 17mm focal length, and me being at the side of the glass to stay out of the center of the shot. Even so there I am at the bottom left.
Robert

[rpcrowe]

Lovely capture...

[Shadowman]

Nicely done.

[RBSinTo]

Richard / John,
Thank you both for commenting.
Robert

[IzzieK]

I like it! It is very rare for me to go out and see a full reflection of another building through another, so this is really a nice catch.

[Jim A]

Well caught, Robert. I would like to see more blacks in the image - easily sorted, if that helps.

[RBSinTo]

Well caught, Robert. I would like to see more blacks in the image - easily sorted, if that helps.

Izzy /Jim,
Thanks for commenting.
Jim,
Took your advice and added a bit more contrast to add a bit more black, and you're observation was correct. it improves the shot.
Thanks,
Robert