Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Reflections of Masts in Rippled Water

Here are two photographs from a 1903 text for artists about reflections on water.

Left: “Knotted reflections of masts.” Right: “Broken reflection of sail. The mast, being taller, is reflected as a continuous winding line.”

The book is called Light and Water: A Study of Reflexion and Colour in River, Lake, and Sea, by Sir Montagu Pollock. It gives a thorough analysis of reflections on smooth, rippled, and wavy water, with perspective diagrams and explanations. You can download it for free as a PDF at the Internet Archive.
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4 comments:

  1. artistaggieJanuary 5, 2010 at 11:40 AM

    Ooh, good resource :-D Thanks!

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  2. Mary BullockJanuary 5, 2010 at 12:00 PM

    Wow Jim! You are such a great source of information - Thanks!

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  3. Don CoxJanuary 6, 2010 at 12:42 PM

    The beginning of the documentary film "Jazz on a Summer's Day" is worth studying for good shots of reflections of masts and other nautical parts. Good music, too.

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  4. Jared ShearJanuary 8, 2010 at 10:08 AM

    Thanks for the link James. I've already started plowing through it.....a lot of good information on the subject.

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