Figure 1 – Reflections in blue glass, Natick, MA. (c) DE Wolf 2018

Over the holidays, I took the image of Figure 1 with my IPhone 6.0. It shows reflections in a blue glass art object. The piece had curves in multiple directions, which created great complexity in the reflections. The significant point is that there colors do not represent interference patterns, as for instance with an oil slick, but are, in fact, the distortions of various light sources and objects reflected in the glass. Look closely and you can even make out the photographer with his black wool cap and arm raised with camera bottom center and just to the left. You’ve always got to play with this kind of image to maximize the ideal perspective. Here the perspective creates a sense of flow, where the light seems to cascade downward.