Reflection photography is a conspiracy between water and weather. The lake must be still, the air must agree, and the light has to arrive at an angle shallow enough to paint rather than glare. When it all aligns, the world gets a second copy of itself — upside down, slightly darker, strangely more believable.
The frames in this collection were chosen for the quality of their silence. You can almost hear how quiet it was when the shutter opened; a single duck would have ruined half of them.
Symmetry is restful to the eye — it resolves instantly, no scanning required. Which makes a mirrored lake one of the few wallpapers that actually lowers the temperature of a busy day.
