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:icondarlingangels3:
a sweet moment. :heart: my identical (doctors call them mirror image) twin daughters are a reflection of each other and then they are reflected in the water's surface (another mirror image); individually and together.

i have entered this into the PhotographersClub contest "Mirrors" - you can't get much better than this in my opinion.

i really appreciate feedback & comments and faves. :aww:
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~daeda1uss Sep 30, 2011
First let me say, nice concept!
Second, I want to clarify I MEAN NO OFFENSE OR DISRESPECT!!!

I think I have some ideas that would clean this pic up a bit and provide more of what you were looking for.
1) reduce the lighting above the pool. Consider taking the shot in the evening if this was outdoors.
(Increase the light beneath the surface, either with flash or via other means.)
2) get the girls COMPLETELY below the surface. This will let all of them be reflected.
3) get them to stop breathing/splashing long enough to clear the bubbles from the frame.
4) with them below the surface, not playing and breathing, the surface of the pool should become like glass, giving a great reflection.

It should improve the shot for what you were attempting, a mirror squared type thing.

This is still a great shot. But to me, it conveys more of the twins joy in play, than the reflection squared theme.

Again, no disrespect intended. Hope this can help you in the future in some small way.
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~darlingangels3 Oct 1, 2011
thank you for your feedback.i do not take your comments as offensive or disrespectful. after all the only we can improve is to take advise. this was taken at the beginning of my underwater experimental photography. i do understand all your points and the way they can improve the shot. unfortunately i have to use a public pool which causes light issues. i have since been given an underwater camera which now has quality lense and flash etc. considering this was taken on a cheap horrible $30 camera i was amazed it was as good as it is. also this was to convey the twins joy in play and in each other considering they are my children but i was experimenting with angles etc.

hopefully this summer we can practise and improve some more. again. thanks.
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~daeda1uss Sep 30, 2011
PS, it has given me an idea for a shot. Always a great thing. Now to find the perfect model!

:)
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~SingingRiver Feb 7, 2011
How lovely, it makes me happy looking at it ^^.

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"Niets is zo verhelderend als verwarring."
Wim T. Schippers

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~darlingangels3 Feb 8, 2011
my goodness that is so sweet of you to say. :heart: thank you. i too become happy when i look at it. i'm glad it makes people feel like that.
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~SingingRiver Feb 11, 2011
You're welcome ^^. I have a twinsister myself, so maybe the photo is more special when you've known moments like that yourself, but still it is a wonderful shot!

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"Niets is zo verhelderend als verwarring."
Wim T. Schippers

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~darlingangels3 Feb 13, 2011
are you an identical twin or is that your twin in your gallery?
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~SingingRiver Feb 13, 2011
I must honestly say that I am not quite sure whether we are identical or not... According to the doctors who were there when we were born we're not, but we do look alike enough to be identical. I sometimes wonder if we are Mirror Twins ([link]), because we have many 'mirrored features'. I still would like to find out someday =P.
I don't have a pic of my twinsis in my gallery, the people in my ID are me and a friend ^^.

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"Niets is zo verhelderend als verwarring."
Wim T. Schippers

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=natures-beauty-club
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~darlingangels3 Feb 13, 2011
the whole twin thing is incredibly fascinating. my girls were tested at birth using placenta and blood and were said to be identical. they are also mirror image in most respects - hair part slightly to left/right, teeth came in in mirror patterns. i find it extremely hard thinking they are identical because to me, and their sister especially they are nothing alike. but to others they are apparently hard to tell apart. we joke that we don't know which twin other people see do they see both of them as casey or both of them as jordy. at least for a few years people will be able to tell them apart because one will have braces on only her bottom teeth and the other on top and bottom. must annoyingly are comments made by people or the staring. i think of my girls as a double delight not double trouble. :heart:

to stop your worrying testing your 'twinness' is relatively cheap and easy these days. good luck and best wishes. :D
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~SingingRiver Feb 14, 2011
Yes, it is fascinating ^ ^. I also feel me and my sister are very different, but some people (especially teachers) could never keep us apart and we both wondered how that was possible after having those teachers for several years =P. Now we are both in different schools, so that doesn't happen anymore, but I always found it a bit annoying. Some people think we're just sisters though, not twins. It's strange. It does sound like your girls are mirrored, funny one will have braces on her top teeth and the other on both =D. It sounds like you enjoy having twins ^^.
Yes, I know it's not difficult to test 'twinness'. You made me wonder again, so we're going to have our blood tested soon ^^. Thanks!

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"Niets is zo verhelderend als verwarring."
Wim T. Schippers

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=natures-beauty-club
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