More and more I am noticing the role reflections have on composition and bringing a dynamic element to a scene.

It is funny how the brain work. Most of the time it sees what it believes is there and the uses the visual input to validate it rather than the other way around. When water is perfectly still I find myself marveling in the beautiful reflections but is there is just a little bit of surface disturbance the entire scene reverts to normal and the reflection goes unnoticed.

Here is where a photograph is different. Now even quite poor reflections become very important in creating the scene, the feel and the sense of a reality. Here in this image of the Seaview Road bridge over the Torrens River these soft reflections, though not perfect, provide what feels like to me a strong but gentle counterpoise to the complex and almost harsh detail being reflected.

Or maybe all you see is a bridge!

Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Day 496, On and Out To Sea’ 0.6s f/7.1 ISO160 15mm