May 30th 2014. Royal Navy Photography Award Winner.

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The only reason I noticed it is that I saw the trick used before when someone photographed Mitre Peak in New Zealand. Theirs looked something like this:


When I visited the same spot, I was trying to take the same picture, but even with the water fairly still first thing in the morning, it was all choppy. Mine looked more like this:

It wasn't until later that I noticed they had used a puddle. Taking a Mitre Peak shot reflected in that puddle is a popular trick with the pros.