Magic Hour

Okay, so as i never got to take the reflection photographs that I wanted to when it was our weekly picture project, I decided to incorporated it in with my magic hour pictures, as it was going to bug me until I'd done it anyway. These images are all taken at Pine Lodge fishery in Clitheroe, just off the A59. I feel it is one of the most beautiful places around where I live, people may not agree but I've always loved wandering round there. So this was taken at dawn, not dusk, just before sunrise. These three I feel were the most effective:

This first image, I feel is quite effective, simply because it seems to break all the rules of composition and doesn't involve the rule of thirds, the golden ratio or any of those things, and is all central, although personally I still like it. This image isn't edited at all although if I were to shoot it again, there is some grass in the bottom left and just off center to the right, I would of tried not to get these in as they ruin the symmetry.

I chose to put this image in also, as there are a lot of oranges in the image rather than just the blues that are in the other two, this image isn't edited also, though if I were to shoot it again I would of liked it to be a little lighter. Also some of the sky detail is lost where the sun is rising (this was the first image taken so the sun wasn't quite above Pendle Hill yet) as the sun is very bright, this made it difficult for the rest of the image not to appear as a silhouette. Although I do like the image as I feel it has a very calm atmosphere about it.
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This is the final image from my magic hour shoot, and I think this is my favourite. I have increased the blue hue in this shot ever so slightly and increased the clarity, although only slightly so it isn't that edited. Again in this shot the grass on the bank ruins it as it stops the symmetry, although I am still pleased with the outcome. The fact that the main of the detail in the center draws your eye in to the shot.