So I’m going to do the same thing that I did last week and put up more photos for the Lens-Artists Challenge.
Yesterday I deliberately didn’t choose a lot of photos of the city, with my word being water. I think I only showed you one, but I wanted to show some more. I know, typical of me.
However, there have been a couple of times where I have been to the city and the Yarra River has been so calm that you can see the city reflected in it. It is so amazing, and definitely not something I see very often. Usually, when I catch the train in I would go to a certain spot near Flinders Street Station to see how still the Yarra is. I have to say more often than not I’m totally disappointed.
I have two galleries for you. The first one is a group of photos taken in 2016 when I had the great pleasure of spending the morning with a blogger friend. I was so happy to see the river so still. We took as many photos as we could because as soon as the rowers get on the river it stops being like that.
Here are some of the photos from that morning.
This next gallery is a group of photos taken in 2012, I believe it was. I had gone into the city with another friend to take some photos of something else and once we finished there we headed to the river. You can see what we found.
It was the first time I had ever seen the river that still. To be honest, I didn’t think it would be possible for it to happen. I took these photos and then spent years waiting to see the same thing again.
Here is a gallery with a few of those images.
Ah Melbourne looking – looking stunning reflected. Such a super city!
I agree Julie, I think it is an amazing city. Thank you Julie.
Amazing! I get this kind of shots only with puddles
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I usually only get them that way too. Thank you PR.
Keep up the great work!
Thank you.
I love the colors in the first set and the glassy reflections in the second set
Thank you Nora, interesting, not that that is a problem. I love hearing what people like.
Melbourne has to be one of the windiest cities in the world (6th), Leanne, so I’m not surprised you took lots of photos.
I love the reflections.
I’ve only seen the RBG lakes very still once or twice in all the 30+ years I lived and worked in the area and walked around the gardens every day.
I didn’t know that Vicki, I thought we got an average amount. When the river is that still you have to get what you can. Thank you Vicki.
Yeah, it is hard to get the water really still. We have a swamp near buy and sometimes the water then can be very still.
I tried to leave a comment and got a Jetpack error. I really like these amazing pictures.
That isn’t good, looks like there are still problems. Sorry about that Donna. Thank you, glad you like them.
Fabulous Leanne. You do nights and lights so well
Thank you Brian, that good to hear.
Your reflections are amazing Leanne. Such beautiful photos.
Thank you so much Carol.
Perfect reflection.
Thank you Michael.
You’re welcome, Leanne
Beautiful pics. Like Haley’s comet waiting for those conditions to return. Was it really hot? Where I am in the northern hemisphere (about 49 degrees north) we rarely get water that flat unless we are under a heat dome.
Thank you John. Exactly like that. Though I don’t always have to wait that long. No not hot at all. The 2016 images were taken in our winter, and the other ones were taken in late spring. So not hot.
Wow! Those reflections really are perfect and you use them very effectively in your compositions.
Thank you Laura, that is nice to hear.
Dynamic and exciting images!
Thank you Margaret.
Fantastic, Leanne.
Thank you Sofia.
woah!
Thanks Beth.
Both are so beautiful Leanne!
That’s great Anne, thank you.
Gorgeous!
Thank you Egidio.
Gorgeous indeed. Spectacular photos!
Thank you so much Jean.
Incredible reflections!
Yeah, love it when it is like that, thank you Amy.
Stunning
Thank you.
These are beautiful, Leanne. I think I like the photos from 2012 better. I don’t know if it’s because they are taken in the daytime, but they are wonderful.
Thank you Lois, fair enough, I like both lots and wish I had a lot more, but they are both very different.
Well now ! Great collection
Thank you Ted.
I adore photos with reflections in them, especially large bodies of water. Well done indeed.
I live adjacent to the Bay of Fundy on Canada’s east coast. It is home to the highest tides in the world so getting ‘flat water’ reflections is extremely difficult as the water is always moving in or out, often at a rapid pace.
Me too, they can be incredible. Yeah, large bodies of water make it very hard.
You said it is difficult, does that mean you have got some? I find early early morning is the best time. The world always seems very calm when the sun is coming up. Thank you Ceci.