All about the detail on The Gallery this week. It’s all about the detail.
So it had to be the photo above for me. The scene has been there for eight years ish. A view I have stared at hundreds of times. It is the view from the living room in my parent’s apartment in London.
The ornament has been there probably for just as long. But something about last week caught my eye. I moved in for a closer look and realised that the solid glass ball was showing the building behind it. Only upside down because it was being refracted (Ed note: I had to ask for a quote for that last sentence. I had no idea what it was really doing to make things look upside down)
I grabbed my phone and tried to catch it so that you could see the building behind AND the building in the ball. The ball had an area of frosting on it so I was also trying to avoid catching that in the photo.
I am not sure the photo is quite right but I am pretty proud of the effect. And the detail.
What do you think?
Wow that’s a fab photo!
Stunning image T. I used to know how refraction worked. Then I had children. I think the knowledge leaked out of my chest somehow. Pffff
Ah is that what causes it? That makes sense. I used to know all sorts of stuff that I no longer do.
Love it. Looks like you paid about as much attention in Physics as I did, Mrs Barrow. My teen asked me a question about electronic currents the other day. I had to feign a coughing fit to avoid the embarrassing silence of my incompetence….
Oh I SO relate to that Helen. My son is doing physics A level. He has known for years not to ask for my advice but to speak to Mr B or Google it.
Wonderful picture, amazing spot.
wow that’s a stunning picture. I love this x
Love it! Beautiful picture and I have to say it is an amazing view! Watching the rain clouds roll in last week was incredible! Seeing the skyline change over a day with the weather ad light must be wonderful!
You have the skillz to pay the billz Barrow. Fact.
Hope it *is* “refracted”
That is so clever – it’s interesting to be reminded about how things work. I usually ask my teen about such things.
That is really really cool. I love how the image looks so much sharper in the ball. X
Wonderful picture.. Just like a crystal ball I love how the world turns upside down 🙂
I think it’s fab! You’ve captured the ‘upside down building’ so clearly.
That is very clever and arty. I have seen someone with a photo blog who has taken a series of photos through a glass ball like that and it is a really striking effect.
Ok, now you’re just showing off aren’t you . . .
Sorry Miss.
I think it is fab! A great detail to notice and capture
Fantastic picture… Really well captured too T, that dark sky really makes it! 🙂
Thats a great photo! Really creative and pretty 🙂
What a beautiful picture! I love seeing things like this as it always amazes me how much detail you can see. The same goes for buildings reflected in still water, I love it!
It is a very cool photo T! Print it and hang it on the wall!
What an interesting shot you science guru!
Ooh – get you with your “refracted”! … “You got an ology – you’re a scientist” Fab post – and STUNNING picture! Is there anything you CAN’T do?! x
Amazing pic, T. Such an interesting object and perspective x
Whoa! Thats all that I can say oh and AWESOME! #TheGallery
At least you looked up the technical term for what it does. I’d just have said “Look at this pretty thing which turns the world upside down”
*puts on dunces cap and goes to back of the science class*
really?! you just spotted it and it’s a phone pic – it’s brilliant. worth framing. Well done.