Photo 365: Day 148 – Mirror Image
It’s Friday and I had sometime to burn this evening. So spent my free time on this little experiment with mirror and $1 coin.
I had this one dollar coin and had this stand atop a hand mirror in such a way I could see the reflection of the coin. Now since the mirror was looking up the ceiling, it was boring plain white – so I had the camera (on a timer) set on a tripod and was holding a blue cardboard right above the mirror/coin setup. With this setup when the camera shutter clicked I was able to capture the mirror image of the coin with the blue background – it kind of gives the feel that the coin sits atop a blue mirror, doesn’t it?
Used spot metering and shot this @f/45.0 and 6sec exposure to bring in the details.
Great details in the coin and great idea to use the blue board it adds interest to the image.
Great work, fantastic detail.
Nice work! The blue was a great idea!
I’ve done a few things like this as well. It’s kind of fun, actually. Nice detail here.
I like it, great detail and I like the perspective.
Very tricky shot. How did you get the coin to stand on it’s own?
Surprisingly it stood by itself after few tries
But I had to be extra careful when shooting – even had it fall a couple of times during the shoot. That’s when self-timer came to the rescue.
great details, right down to the scratches. if this were on a larger blue background it would emphasise the sense that it looks like you could just reach in and grab it.