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Here's a shot I grabbed while in traffic one day...  I was actually on the way to a Bible study

Shot on Kodak 400 CN.
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I love how you got it through the mirror. NICE.

Interesting shot, kind of looks like the reflection was projected onto the mirror somehow.

Don

Which is sharp, the mirror or the clouds? Clouds of course, I wonder how many people realise that when photographing reflections you are focusing on the subject rather than on the reflecting surface, in this case both the clouds are sharp as are the utility poles along the street, as both are at infinity.

Exactly!  I think thats one reason I enjoy reflected shots so much, they make you think a little harder...

Well done.  YOu have taught me here!

Thanks Summicron, I didn't realize that. I learned something today.

Don

To be honest it boggles my mind as well, there must be a technical word or phrase for it. The fact is, you photograph yourself in a mirror from five feet away, to be sharp, your camera will be focused at ten feet, so there is also this third dimension in a reflection.
Try this one, depth of field is the same whatever focal length lens you use, providing the aperture is constant say F8, and the magnification of the subject in the frame is the same in each case, its something to do with depth of field increases as distance increases, so the longer the focal length lens you use, the further away you need to be in order to keep the subject the same size, so as you move away the DOF increases relative to the distance.

Now that is almost beyond me.  Very interesting.

Very creative. Nice cloud formation framed well by the mirror.

On Second reading I got the theory behind the focus distance. 

That is so cool!  Awesome shot.   

Thanks Everyone

I would assume that the focal length thing Summicron mentioned is one reason people use longer lenses for portraits...