Reflections in Polished Surfaces
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Gatherings are full of mirrors if you look: polished car paint, glass display cases, trophies, chrome, wet ground, sunglasses. Use them to fold the crowd and the scene into a single reflective frame.
Where it works: a car show (the crowd bent across a curved wing), a trophy table, a shopfront at a market, a puddle at a festival, anywhere with a shiny surface.
Best time: whenever there's directional light to give the reflection contrast.
f/8 and focus on the reflection, not the surface. Move around it until the reflected scene composes.
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