Quote Originally Posted by Sheiky
Nope, you'll change the angle of your focus plane with a T & S lens. You don't change anything to the reflections. However a polarizer filter might have done the trick.

I think a TS-E lens might have worked...the tilt part changes the angle of the focal plane, but the shift part changes perspective. It would have worked well with a flat reflective surface (in Bryan's TS-E 17mm review, for example, he points out that using the shift eliminated his reflection from a window pane). In this case, with a convex reflecting surface, it might not have been possible to shift the camera and its user out of the frame.


Regardless, a CPL filter would be the much, much cheaper option...and probably more effective here! But, looking at the shot again, a CPL would also have reduced/eliminated the reflections of the overhead lights (maybe desirable, but I think not since showing how 'shiny' the finish is might be part of the intent). Perhaps a balance could have been found with a CPL. If this was a pro shot, it would have been lit externally (strobes, softboxes, etc.) to control the reflections as desired.