{"id":17219,"date":"2020-06-17T12:37:12","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T02:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bendigocameraclub.org.au\/?p=17219"},"modified":"2020-06-17T15:53:42","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T05:53:42","slug":"challenge-reflections-and-refractions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bendigocameraclub.org.au\/?p=17219","title":{"rendered":"Challenge – Reflections and Refractions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Use glass\/mirrors\/water to create an interesting artistic image or tell a story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week’s challenge comes from Dave who posted an artistic image using a small sheet of glass to create interesting reflections. (Thanks Dave!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dave’s image from our Cluster gallery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Brian has been posting a number of great examples, but this one was a stand-out<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brian’s image from our Cluster gallery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Here are some other examples I found online to give you inspiration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From https:\/\/www.guggenheim.org\/artwork\/24749<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tips on how to create this: https:\/\/www.diyphotography.net\/glass-full-water-makes-great-photography-illusions\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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From: https:\/\/www.adorama.com\/alc\/0013209\/article\/Taking-Pictures-Through-Glass
There are other ideas in this article, too.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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From: https:\/\/design-milk.com\/a-visual-exploration-on-perspective\/.
Lots of other examples there, too.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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From https:\/\/pxhere.com\/en\/photo\/296279<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

How to upload your image<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

You have until next Tuesday to upload your image to Cluster<\/a>. Members have all been sent an invitation to join and most have done so already. If you have any trouble feel free to email Esther. We also encourage you to leave encouraging comments for other members. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’d love your suggestions\/requests for future challenges. <\/strong>Please leave them as a comment under the challenge notification in Cluster or Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will also post this competition on our “Friends of BCC” Facebook group so our friends can still participate by sharing their images on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Use glass\/mirrors\/water to create an interesting artistic image or tell a story. This week’s challenge comes from Dave who posted an artistic image using a small sheet of glass to create interesting reflections. (Thanks Dave!) Brian has been posting a number of great examples, but this one was a stand-out Here are some other examples […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activity-report"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6XlND-4tJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17668,"url":"https:\/\/www.bendigocameraclub.org.au\/?p=17668","url_meta":{"origin":17219,"position":0},"title":"Challenge – Starbursts","author":"Esther Andrews","date":"November 25, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Starbursts occur when photographing a bright light with a narrow aperture. 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