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The Moody Blues ~ Lovely to See You
Friday, July 12, 2024
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Illusions...
A simple photographic technique continues to amaze me. Taking a self-portrait while looking into a mirror. It can be done with an iPhone or any cameras including a DSLR. Why does a reverse image reflection generally look better than a flat 2D selfie? I suppose there's more distortion with a 2D image, but there's a bit of illusion and magic with the mirror. Illusions. It's somewhat the same when using a wide-angle or fisheye lens. The results are magical.
Given my age, I'm happy to embrace the illusion and magic. See photos below. I was looking into a mirror as I took the photographs of myself (with both the iPhone and a Canon DSLR). Trust me, they are better than the normal "selfies" these days. I've even written about this somewhat previously (search 'The Looking Glass' in this blog).
It's good to remember that most things aren't always as they seem. Magic and illusion are part of everything...not just photographs.
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