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Does anyone have any ideas what caused this ? it was taken through a window with a polarising filter, it would be very old glass so I can only think it was caused by impurities in the glass reacting with the filter
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Cheryl Kelly (cher12… said:

Very cool, though! Happy Sunday, Peter!
8 years ago

Jaap van 't Veen said:

Really don';t know, but it is quite amazing.
8 years ago

Andy Rodker said:

Can't help, I'm afraid but it's a terrific effect!
8 years ago

Marie-claire Gallet said:

I don't know, Peter but the result is a maginficent artistry !!! Blue sky here today ! Hope this is the same in Groby !! Enjoy your Sunday !!
8 years ago

Treasa Ui Cionaodha said:

Not sure on the cause but I do think the possibility has something to do with the fact that I had being raining (Puddles visible beyond the steps) maybe a reaction caused by what was the composition of the paving stones and some light effects added. Noticeable a straight cut off line on the last step. If it was the glass I would imagine the whole image would have been effected. Just a guess though. Anyone agree on the above possibility. Nice shot all the same Peter Greetings Tess.
8 years ago

Peter Castell replied to Treasa Ui Cionaodha:

The water must be part of the answer maybe it was algae on the steps, the house is closed for the winter now so I will have to wait until the Spring to try on a dry day, it didn't occur to me to try a different pane of glass
8 years ago

Helena Ferreira said:

Absolutely fantastic!
8 years ago ( translate )

Martin Siegel said:

I think it has something to do with the filter and the treatment of the stairs, maybe some oily cleaning or treatment liquid. Reminds me of the Diesel artefacts you see sometimes on wet streets, mainly from some machines and a lot less nowadays as things don't leak as much. The filter and the glass might have enhenced it for the camera. I don't think it's only the glass it would be the whole picture then.
8 years ago

Annalia S. said:

For me, I will go with a reflection of the old glass pane (I have some in the house and I noticed that sometimes they work as prisms because of their uneven surface) that your filter picked up. If you look at the puddles in the middle of the gravel circle, they seem to reflect the whitewashed wall of the building, probably above (or rather below?) the window from which you took the shot. The fact that the rainbow like reflection ends sharply where the steps end, I think is due to the fact that the wet steps are a reflective surface, while the gravel is not and by the time you get to the equally reflective puddles, they no longer reflect the window, but only the white wall.
Very interesting as well as beautiful, Peter!
6 years ago

Fred Fouarge said:

Nee zo zag het niet uit---op de grond was ook niks te zien
4 years ago ( translate )