Cathy Summers' Autumn Reflection Images

The images in this gallery are selected from my Autumn images. These images are also contained in the main Autumn image gallery, and some of them can also be found along with other reflection images in the Reflection gallery.

Refelections have interested me, and some would say has been something of a fanatical obsession, throughout my years taking photographs. My tripod and I have stood in some pretty cold streams to get some of the pictures in this gallery.

With still water, I try to repeat the major compositional elements such as the heron and rock shown at right. The heron cooperated by looking to the right to balance the foliage on the bank of the canal that wraps around the heron from top left to bottom left through the reflection. In other still water pictures, I try to reinforce the patterns and lines of the primary subject or make the angles and repeated colors the primary emphasis in the photograph. There are times when I feel like expressing and emphasizing the symetry in the reflection, and there are other times when I feel like asymetry works best.		Heron on the C&O Canal
Swift River Reflections	As in the picture on the left, I like to use flowing water to show an essence of the colors and the season in an impressionistic way. With these images, I always try to have a stationary object to anchor the flow of colors and the season. To capture the flow, I use long shutter speeds or multiple exposures captured in the original image. Long exposures produce a silkiness to the flowing water. The multiple exposure technique allows a little more definition in the small standing waves and hydraulic jumps that form below or in front of submerged rocks.

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Use your left and right arrows to go forward or backwards in the gallery. Click here to enlarge Click the image to close the image. AR_2007_007: Heron and Reflection #1 My Ranking: 4 stars. Visitors give it an average of: 3.5 stars. AR_2007_007: Heron and Reflection #1 My Ranking: 4 stars. Visitors give it an average of: 3.5 stars.	Use your left and right arrows to go forward or backwards in the gallery. Click here to enlarge Click the image to close the image. AR_2007_009: Rock and Autumn Trees Reflected in the C&O Canal My Ranking: 3 stars. AR_2007_009: Rock and Autumn Trees Reflected in the C&O Canal My Ranking: 3 stars.	Use your left and right arrows to go forward or backwards in the gallery. Click here to enlarge Click the image to close the image. AS_2007_003: Muddy Creek Falls #3 My Ranking: 4 stars. AS_2007_003: Muddy Creek Falls #3 My Ranking: 4 stars.	Use your left and right arrows to go forward or backwards in the gallery. Click here to enlarge Click the image to close the image. DC_2006_004: Tidal Basin, Autumn Morning Reflections #1 My Ranking: 4 stars. Visitors give it an average of: 4 stars. DC_2006_004: Tidal Basin, Autumn Morning Reflections #1 My Ranking: 4 stars. Visitors give it an average of: 4 stars.	Use your left and right arrows to go forward or backwards in the gallery. Click here to enlarge Click the image to close the image. DC_2006_006: Tidal Basin, Autumn Morning Reflections #2 My Ranking: 3 stars. DC_2006_006: Tidal Basin, Autumn Morning Reflections #2 My Ranking: 3 stars.
Use your left and right arrows to go forward or backwards in the gallery. Click here to enlarge Click the image to close the image. 91_1251: Fall Colors and Reflections #1 My Ranking: 4 stars. 91_1251: Fall Colors and Reflections #1 My Ranking: 4 stars.	Use your left and right arrows to go forward or backwards in the gallery. Click here to enlarge Click the image to close the image. AR_1998_021: Walden Pond Reflections My Ranking: 3 stars. AR_1998_021: Walden Pond Reflections My Ranking: 3 stars.	Use your left and right arrows to go forward or backwards in the gallery. Click here to enlarge Click the image to close the image. AS_2004_030: Autumn Colors by a Lake My Ranking: 3 stars. AS_2004_030: Autumn Colors by a Lake My Ranking: 3 stars.	Use your left and right arrows to go forward or backwards in the gallery. Click here to enlarge Click the image to close the image. AS_2004_031: Autumn Colors by a Lake #2 My Ranking: 2 stars. AS_2004_031: Autumn Colors by a Lake #2 My Ranking: 2 stars.	Use your left and right arrows to go forward or backwards in the gallery. Click here to enlarge Click the image to close the image. 91_1431: Foggy Autumn Morning on the Potomac My Ranking: 3 stars. 91_1431: Foggy Autumn Morning on the Potomac My Ranking: 3 stars.
Use your left and right arrows to go forward or backwards in the gallery. Click here to enlarge Click the image to close the image. NM_0015: Aspens in Snow, Reflection #1 My Ranking: 4 stars. NM_0015: Aspens in Snow, Reflection #1 My Ranking: 4 stars.	Use your left and right arrows to go forward or backwards in the gallery. Click here to enlarge Click the image to close the image. 91_1245: Fall Colors and Reflections #2 My Ranking: 2 stars. 91_1245: Fall Colors and Reflections #2 My Ranking: 2 stars.	Use your left and right arrows to go forward or backwards in the gallery. Click here to enlarge Click the image to close the image. 91_1439: Autumn Morning on the C&O Canal My Ranking: 3 stars. 91_1439: Autumn Morning on the C&O Canal My Ranking: 3 stars.	Use your left and right arrows to go forward or backwards in the gallery. Click here to enlarge Click the image to close the image. AR_2007_014: Autumn Trees and Reflections in the C&O Canal My Ranking: 3 stars. Visitors give it an average of: 3 stars. AR_2007_014: Autumn Trees and Reflections in the C&O Canal My Ranking: 3 stars. Visitors give it an average of: 3 stars.	Use your left and right arrows to go forward or backwards in the gallery. Click here to enlarge Click the image to close the image. AR_2007_004: Reflections in Seneca Creek, #1 My Ranking: 4 stars. Visitors give it an average of: 2.78 stars. AR_2007_004: Reflections in Seneca Creek, #1 My Ranking: 4 stars. Visitors give it an average of: 2.78 stars.
Use your left and right arrows to go forward or backwards in the gallery. Click here to enlarge Click the image to close the image. AR_2007_001: Reflections in Seneca Creek, #2 My Ranking: 3 stars. AR_2007_001: Reflections in Seneca Creek, #2 My Ranking: 3 stars.	Use your left and right arrows to go forward or backwards in the gallery. Click here to enlarge Click the image to close the image. AR_1993_01: Reflection #1 - White Oak Canyon My Ranking: 4 stars. AR_1993_01: Reflection #1 - White Oak Canyon My Ranking: 4 stars.	Use your left and right arrows to go forward or backwards in the gallery. Click here to enlarge Click the image to close the image. AR_2004_04: Swift River Reflections #14 My Ranking: 4 stars. AR_2004_04: Swift River Reflections #14 My Ranking: 4 stars.	Use your left and right arrows to go forward or backwards in the gallery. Click here to enlarge Click the image to close the image. AR_1998_002: Swift River Reflections #10 My Ranking: 4 stars. AR_1998_002: Swift River Reflections #10 My Ranking: 4 stars.	Use your left and right arrows to go forward or backwards in the gallery. Click here to enlarge Click the image to close the image. AR_2004_03: Swift River Reflections #13 My Ranking: 2 stars. AR_2004_03: Swift River Reflections #13 My Ranking: 2 stars.
Use your left and right arrows to go forward or backwards in the gallery. Click here to enlarge Click the image to close the image. AR_2004_01: Swift River Reflections #12 My Ranking: 3 stars. AR_2004_01: Swift River Reflections #12 My Ranking: 3 stars.	Use your left and right arrows to go forward or backwards in the gallery. Click here to enlarge Click the image to close the image. AR_1997_004: Swift River Reflections #3 My Ranking: 4 stars. AR_1997_004: Swift River Reflections #3 My Ranking: 4 stars.	Use your left and right arrows to go forward or backwards in the gallery. Click here to enlarge Click the image to close the image. AR_1997_001: Reflections in Harvard Brook My Ranking: 4 stars. AR_1997_001: Reflections in Harvard Brook My Ranking: 4 stars.	Use your left and right arrows to go forward or backwards in the gallery. Click here to enlarge Click the image to close the image. AR_1999_001: Rose River: Autumn Reflections #1 My Ranking: 4 stars. AR_1999_001: Rose River: Autumn Reflections #1 My Ranking: 4 stars.	Use your left and right arrows to go forward or backwards in the gallery. Click here to enlarge Click the image to close the image. AM_2000_001: Frozen Leaf & Reflections My Ranking: 4 stars. AM_2000_001: Frozen Leaf & Reflections My Ranking: 4 stars.
Use your left and right arrows to go forward or backwards in the gallery. Click here to enlarge Click the image to close the image. AR_1993_022: Fall Colors and Reflection on Red Creek #3 My Ranking: 2 stars. AR_1993_022: Fall Colors and Reflection on Red Creek #3 My Ranking: 2 stars.	Use your left and right arrows to go forward or backwards in the gallery. Click here to enlarge Click the image to close the image. AR_2007_008: Autumn Morning Reflections in C&O Canal, #2 My Ranking: 2 stars. AR_2007_008: Autumn Morning Reflections in C&O Canal, #2 My Ranking: 2 stars.	Use your left and right arrows to go forward or backwards in the gallery. Click here to enlarge Click the image to close the image. AR_1978_01: Autumn Morning Reflection in Lake Albemarle My Ranking: 2 stars. AR_1978_01: Autumn Morning Reflection in Lake Albemarle My Ranking: 2 stars.	Use your left and right arrows to go forward or backwards in the gallery. Click here to enlarge Click the image to close the image. 92_1828: Rorschach #2 My Ranking: 2 stars. 92_1828: Rorschach #2 My Ranking: 2 stars.	Use your left and right arrows to go forward or backwards in the gallery. Click here to enlarge Click the image to close the image. 92_1824: Rorschach #1 My Ranking: 2 stars. 92_1824: Rorschach #1 My Ranking: 2 stars.
Use your left and right arrows to go forward or backwards in the gallery. Click here to enlarge Click the image to close the image. 91_1264: Swift River Reflections #1 My Ranking: 2 stars. 91_1264: Swift River Reflections #1 My Ranking: 2 stars.

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