Upside Down

Down the street from my house there used to be an apartment complex in the shape of a square enclosing an average size pool in the middle. These burned down a few years ago and they were completely torn down living just the bare concrete foundation and the pool in the middle. Since this area has been left abandoned since, my brother has turned the space into his own little skate park. It works well because there are multiple levels of foundation and most of the concrete is smooth and flat. My brother and I were at the burned down apartments so I could take pictures of him skating. He skated for awhile and then went and sat my the edge of the "pool". I use pool lightly because it's basically just a hollowed out rectangle decorated with graffiti and the remnants of the water that used to fill it. The water is really dirty and swamp looking- awful for swimming but great for photography. Since the water was so dirty I was able to photography my brothers reflection. The photo above is the reflection of my brother. I edited the photo in Lightroom adjusting the clarity and saturation and rotating the image so that it looks like I took it from underwater. Also my brother had thrown a rock in the water right before I took this creating a cool fun house affect on his reflection. Look closely at his head and you can see it. My favorite part of this photo are the specs in the water that transformed into shooting stars when I rotated the image.

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