Submitter's name:	Jochen Schiffler
Title:	Grandpa's Mirror
Gear used:	OM-2S + 21/3.5
Diaphragm:	f3.5 (perhaps)
Shutter speed:	auto
Film used:	Kodak EBX, ASA 100 slide film
Technical information:	Shot in aperture priority mode, lens resting on wings of bedroom mirror. The original slide has an awful reddish color cast due to artificial light (enhanced by 'ExtraColor' emulsion). I removed the color and improved sharpness as well as contrast in Photoshop. Adam Bolt - another TOPE contributor and great photographer - gave me the idea to reverse the image so that 'Olympus' reads the correct way. Why didn't I think of this myself? I even set focus on it.
Subject information:	Taken in my grandpa's bedroom. As a kid (not too long ago) I was always fascinated by the 3-part wing mirror, played with the 2 outer wings and stuck my head between them while watching the amazing effects on the mirror image. During a visit in August 2002 (I'm 24 now) I just couldn't resist... :-) The room has only a small window and weak artifical light sources. As you can imagine the space between the wings wasn't very well lit and the exposure time was about half a second or so . Fortunately I was able to rest the lens on the mirror's wings.
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Comment left by: Olaf Greve (no e-mail specified)

Lovely! Excellent composition, nice repetitive patterns, and a nice prominent display of the Olympus logo :)

Comment left by: Roger (roger@worldtraveller.f9.co.uk)

Funky stuff! I'm certain it works better as a black and white image than a colour one. And I think a silvernose is definitely better than a blacknose for this kind of shot.

Comment left by: Kam Cheung (kamm@netvigator.com)

Nice shot. But I'm wondering why the Olympus logo does not appear as a reverse image.

Comment left by: Alasdair Mackintosh (Alasdair.Mackintosh@ntlworld.com)

Just when you think that all of the possible "mirror shots" have been done, somebody comes up with yet another completely different approach. Very well done.

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