If there is a level of photographic expression that fascinates me, it is the Symbolic, many times I am trying for hours in nature to find something that awakens my imagination as if I were playing with images, and sometimes I notice that a different point of view can achieve different meanings with the same photo. Below I will show a simple example of what I mean.

To our left, we show a photo of a small plant in the water, which was taken in the Everglades on a cloudy day with a very clear blue sky. It formed a perfect symmetry with the reflection of the water, of course, I took several photos and then as usual I continued on my way to enjoy nature and the environment that surrounded me, however this simple and minimalist image continued to awaken a curiosity in my mind that in it, he could find some symbolism. Of course, with the viewfinder so small and with such a bright day and in addition to my glasses ha ha ha, I would have to wait to get home to see the image on my computer screen.

Back home, I sat in front of the computer and once I had all my images in Lightroom I immediately went to this photograph, made small adjustments, made a vertical frame, which for me was just a symmetrical reflection of water, harmonious, but in my eyes it was refreshing. Observing her for a while, shaking my head, I saw that by changing the point of view, the photo could have another symbolic meaning.
And I decided to rotate it, as you will see. 

ROTATING THE IMAGE TO THE LEFT

Quickly when rotating it I observed that we could already imagine that a figure could be distinguished, in this case my imagination saw a crab, with its legs, pincers, eyes and shell, of course it is not a perfect but symbolic drawing. Now let’s see the following image.

ROTATING THE IMAGE TO THE RIGHT

And changing the point of view of the photography again, we can imagine another different figure, in this case I see the face of an Asian person with a hat, a mustache and slanted eyes.
Of course, what I am showing is my imagination, and I am sure that many will see something different from me or nothing similar to what I have reflected, I only leave it to the discretion of the people who read this small article. But there is something that I want to highlight, and it is the use of water reflections which can leave us nice photos, full of symbolism and abstraction. We can do them with the image and the reflection together, or the reflection only, we can also change the shooting speed which would achieve photos that look like paintings. I think that these practices are very attractive and enjoyable for photography lovers.
Finally, I would be grateful if someone left a comment on this blog in particular and on symbolic photography in general. 

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