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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Twenty Six : Using reflections to transform reality > Moorish vision, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2007
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04-SEP-2007

Moorish vision, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2007

We found this reflection in a puddle just outside the city’s old train station. In this case, I kept the surrounding dirt in the image as context. The station becomes a metaphor for a vanished era.

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Phil Douglis24-May-2008 18:38
The framing of the puddle is critical. It offers us a frame within a frame, and projects the viewer into the image, as well as creating incongruous context for the reflected image. Thanks, Azlin, for the comment.
Azlin Ahmad24-May-2008 01:08
Days gone by indeed. Thanks for also focusing our attention on the fact that a frame of a puddle, in addition to the puddle itself, can contribute so much to the story.
Phil Douglis13-Dec-2007 06:38
Fairy dust! What a wonderful thought for this image. It seemed magical to my eyes, too -- the Moorish building itself is something out of the Arabian Nights, and its reflected image, framed in earth, water, and sky, almost seems like a magic carpet.
JSWaters13-Dec-2007 05:11
You've made a magical looking glass here. All the spots and speckling in the water give the impression of fairy dust and lend a fantasy atmosphere to this reflection.
Jenene
Phil Douglis30-Nov-2007 23:38
Thanks for the high praise, Dorothy. I shot this reflection again and again, along with my travel companions Tim, Cecilia, and her husband Chor. This was the most expressive because it blends three elements: earth, water, and sky -- into the old train station.
Patricia Lay-Dorsey30-Nov-2007 22:31
Absolutely superb reflection. I think it's the best I've ever seen!
Phil Douglis20-Nov-2007 16:43
Yes -- both this reflection and your own are broken up by dry ground, fragmenting the scene. And that is what makes both of them work as abstraction.
monique jansen20-Nov-2007 13:52
I like this one, reminds me of a shot I took in India last year;http://www.pbase.com/trevvelbug/image/70851901
Phil Douglis28-Sep-2007 19:34
It's the diagonal thrust that makes the composition work here, Alina. I just tilted the camera, pulled back a bit to allow the dirt and frame the image, and pressed the shutter.
Alina28-Sep-2007 17:59
Wonderful reflection and great composition.
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