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Reflections

n the first photograph (, below) we can see a reflection of buildings in still water, where the surface is disturbed by the breeze. We can clearly see the colour of the buildings and trees are not the same in the reflection as they are on the land. The trees on the left are darker in the reflection; the light buildings and sky also reflect slightly darker.

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