Lula Show & Tell - September: Reflections (Part 2 of 2)

Merrill Anderson’s shot of Lake Manly in Badwater Basin, our lead for Part 2, is a reminder that reflections show up in the most unlikely places. That lake only exists a few weeks a year, 282 feet below sea level in Death Valley, and Merrill was there to catch it.

This is Part 2 of Reflections, from a Portuguese river at sunset to lorikeets and lake houses closer to home.

Thank you so very much for sharing your work with the community. It’s a joy to see everyone’s take on Reflections.

Enjoy the issue.

Merrill Anderson

Death Valley, Lake Manly in Badwater Basin (282 below sea level), with Telescope Peak (11,000 elevation) in the background. March 2026.

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Jim Spillane

Here are three photographs, one of a teenage girl planting rice, reflected in the rice patty and hung upside down. The sun is behind a dark cloud. The second photograph is of reflection of the clouds and trees in a creek by my cabin in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, with the bottom of the creek also showing through the reflection.

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John Manger

Old school. Film. Years ago. Near Exhibition Centre, Docklands, London. Even the stars were good that night.

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Andrea Green

Here are some of my August reflections. Pics from my time this week on vacation up in the Adirondacks.

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Bob Demers

My reflection, for you consideration “El Charco, Tucson”

LuLa: Nice!

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Beat Hotz

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John Macmorris

LuLa: Looks so peaceful.

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Otto M.

Three River Lake, BC Showing the Chateau in the upper third and the sky on the bottom made more sense to me… Osafjördur, IcelandOne of the few days in the Westfjords when wind and rain stopped. The following images are cityscapes, but I like them
nevertheless;-) St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna, AustriaA short burst of rain left a puddle on the square in front of the cathedral. Downtown Havana, CubaThe reflections show the diversity of buildings and means of transportation in Cuba’s capital. Subway Line U2, Krieau Station, ViennaA kind of cubist view of a train…

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Tony Guinn

All submissions were taken with iPhone 12Pro using Live View/Long Exposure applied.
IMG_8934 – The reflection was an epiphany……I was just after the shot of the man, Washington DC “Reflection”
IMG_8700 – A father/daughter captured in Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Arlington VA “Traveling Lite”
IMG_6932 – Kerbs Boathouse at Sail Central Park, Central Park, NYC with Upper East Side in background “Sail Central Park”

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Charlie Dunton

Here are a couple of Reflections.This image was taken near the end of the demolition of NASA Langley’s 16 foot Transonic Tunnel. The building housed the test section, and was the last thing to go. I felt it was more fitting to show the building as a reflection of itself. The worker gave a nice sense of scale. This photo of Cinderella’s Castle at Disney World was taken as we waited for our table to be ready at the Crystal Palace Restaurant. I liked how the old glass in the window gave an other-worldly look to the castle. I have been a fan and subscriber since the very earliest days.

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Joseph Horvat

Ceramic pot reflected off a Plexiglas base reminds me of moon reflected off surface of a lake at night. The blue bottles, however dusty and old, stand out in soft light against a dark background. Long focal length (180mm) and focus stacking was used to isolate the subjects from background.

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Boris Datnow

LuLa: The colors!

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Carl Blesch

I take hundreds of dawn and dusk reflection shots of the glassy smooth lake at my summer home – all beautiful, no doubt, but not all inspired or unique. To find that, I dug back in time to a cityscape I shot as a budding teenage photographer with a newly
acquired Rolleiflex TLR and Plus-X film. One of our downtown buildings was finished in highly polished black marble, and I pointed my camera into the building at an angle and caught a 1960s-era Detroit sedan driving through an intersection with a classic urban brick office and retail building in the background. It was a photo that provoked endless conversation and head-scratching. Was it a winter wonderland through a window? No, not this shot from midsummer summer of 1968. The lines are seams in the marble panels. And the “snow” is quartz flecks in the marble.

LuLa: Thank you for sharing!

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Kip Peterson

Thanks for inviting me to join the current Reflections show and tell.

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Erik Brammer

At first glance, the viewer would probably think that this is just an ordinary image of a massive industrial compound, which actually is an energy research facility at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany. After some closer examination, you will see that this is actually just one massive reflection. This second photograph may not show reflections in their traditional sense, but it rather lives from loads of internal reflections inside the Hasselblad Distagon T* 60/3.5 CF, leading to quite a bit of confusion around what the viewer is actually dealing with. Best regards from Germany.

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Hans Ernst

Living at the Rio LIma in Portugal. I took this photograph last weekend and remembered it when I read your article. I hope it’s of your liking.

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Ian Porter

This photo was taken in Central Australia, at a massive rock formation known as Kata Tjuta. The small pond reflected the late afternoon light shining on one of Kata Juta’s domes.Leica R6, 21mm f4 Super-Angulon-R lens. Fujichrome 100 film.

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Wayne Wendel

Bordeaux’s Water Mirror Fountain (Miroir d’eau), the world’s largest reflection pool, 3,450 sq.meters. It was designed by Michel Corajoud. This was a long shutter exposure, which blurred one of the bystanders.

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Andrew Hawkins

The Rough and the Smooth I photographed these two very differently textured seashells, lit from the top and the rear, and reflected in the sheet of very glossy black perspex onto which I had placed them. Focus bracketed using my Fuji X-T30 with 60mm macro lens.

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Mark Bates

LuLa: Eggselent!

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Tom Reed

I submitted two images earlier and would like to submit one more. A small boat anchored at the edge of a fog bank.

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Michael Vervier

I saw this guy while visiting the Forsythe Wildlife Refuge in New Jersey, USA.

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Lee Carney

Attached please find my photograph “Rowboat at Dusk” submitted for your August Show & Tell: “Reflections”. This photograph was taken on a highway south of St. John’s, Newfoundland. I was there on a business trip and after a day of meetings, I headed out of town to try and photograph some icebergs. There weren’t any icebergs to be found that evening, but I came across this rowboat so the trip was a success after all. It was shot on Provia 100F and processed in Photoshop.

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Hans Schmitt

– Across the street from my mechanic’s shop. Never get bored when I have a camera.
– Behind a store in Shawano, WI. Good place for a bike.
– Rocks and reflection on the Eau Claire River – this really is 1 exposure.

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Nancy Jacob

Ooops Couldn’t decide . . . . Something caught my eye as I trolled through a loggers woods road. The closer I got, the scarier it became. I could only look at it a few seconds at a time & worse in a darkroom tray! The contact sheet has a yellow Post It on it. Hope you don’t have a similar phobia! Several Reflections here and one came from an unidentified source.I think I have a computer problem. This is Omar Ricardo getting dressed in his Dressing Room.

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Lorin Duckman

Lining the access road to Arthur Marshall Wilderness Area, Boynton Beach Florida, the Northern most part of the Everglades, America’s swamp, sit vegetable fields. Modernity fills the sky. Electric power poles on the outlying highway reflecting off the outer pond show wires power to the businesses and gated communities crowding out the fields. Clouds, closer to the protected area, reflect off the inner one. A bird calmly hunts for breakfast.

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James Austin

Church of St.Ouen in Rouen.The church was undergoing inner cleaning, and the puddle of water reflected the vault and gave a new dimension to the architecture Island of Halki, Dodecanese archipelago.The early morning light created these golden reflections.

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John Snell

A maple leaf anchors this dazzling array of autumn color reflected in a creek in Youngstown, Ohio.
Camera: Canon EOS R5,
Lens: Canon RF 24-105mm f/4 IS USM, ISO: 800, Aperture: f/9, Shutter: 1/30th, Focal
Length: 105mm, Hand held.

LuLa: Beautiful!

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Lynn Carter

Our community borders a 16,000 acre lake created by TVA to help power the research needed at nearby Oak Ridge, TN., otherwise known as Secret City. Here’s my “Closed for Winter” submission taken on Tellico Lake in Vonore, Tennessee for Reflections.

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Tom Biondo

I shot this bodyscape in front of a seascape for a beauty article in a French fashion magazine on Kodak Ektachrome Professional EPP 100.

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Hugh Conacher

I saw this yesterday and it amused me. Kildonan Park, Winnipeg Manitoba.

LuLa: Who’s gonna get the ball??

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Bob Taylor

Cruising the Tennessee River and the Tenn-Tom Waterway.Hot summer days bring calm water and beautiful reflections.

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Matt Kaarma

Reflected geometric shapes, patterns and repetitive themes here create a slight sense of cognitive dissonance in the viewer. The clash of warm off cool colors amplify the feeling of depth. I saw rhythm and complexity caused by light bouncing from one surface to another as it fragments the reality of the structure.