Boat - Abstract / Geometric Reflection

[FootLoose]

It's a rare day when the water surface is still enough to capture a reflection like this. C&C welcome.

Bits of Boats IV by Greg, on Flickr

[wilgk]

It is very appealing Greg, having just spent the morning looking at paintings in the Noosa Open Studios event, I was drawn straight to your thread.

I would hang it on my wall!
My only thought is the water line mark, (if that is what it is) I would either clone that or lower the blacks to hide it.

[billtils]

+1 to what Kay says

[ST1]

I think that works very well.

[Shadowman]

Nicely seen and captured.

[Donald]

Excellent. I was recently looking at something that was about abstract in photography. It is not easy. For the viewer, the trick is not to see a boat, but view it as a study in shapes and tones. If you displayed it without reference to a boat, that would help people not to see a boat.

[John 2]

That's nice Greg. I could see that adorning a wall somewhere.

[Manfred M]

Well seen and well executed, including the PP work.

[katto]

Nice captured image with all perspectives.

[FootLoose]

It is very appealing Greg, having just spent the morning looking at paintings in the Noosa Open Studios event, I was drawn straight to your thread.

I would hang it on my wall!
My only thought is the water line mark, (if that is what it is) I would either clone that or lower the blacks to hide it.

Kay, you are welcome to hang it on your wall . I take it you are referring to the meniscus line and not the water/salt stains on the black section of the hull. The stains are what they are, but the water line appears to have been accentuated by my sharpening. I should have noticed that; thanks for pointing it out.

[FootLoose]

Thanks Bill.

[FootLoose]

I think that works very well.

Thank you Peter.

[FootLoose]

Nicely seen and captured.

Thanks, John.

[FootLoose]

Excellent. I was recently looking at something that was about abstract in photography. It is not easy. For the viewer, the trick is not to see a boat, but view it as a study in shapes and tones. If you displayed it without reference to a boat, that would help people not to see a boat.

Thanks, Donald. That is an interesting point about the title. What you see here is how I framed it in camera. That is, I saw it from initial capture, through processing as a study in shapes and tones and I assumed that what it actually is would not distract the viewer from that. Nevertheless, naming abstracts can be a bit of a problem.

What were you looking at in abstract photography?

[FootLoose]

That's nice Greg. I could see that adorning a wall somewhere.

Thanks, John, it will probably adorn one of my walls.

[FootLoose]

Well seen and well executed, including the PP work.

Thanks, Manfred.

[FootLoose]

Nice captured image with all perspectives.

Thank you, Manoj.