Boat

[Melanie90]

[Shadowman]

Nicely exposed image.

[Kaye Leggett]

Lovely colours. I am intrigued by the title as for me the boat is not prominent

[Geoff F]

I suspect this image needs to be seen at a bigger size to fully appreciate all the fine details.

[bnnrcn]

Nice image, I like the colors, I agree with Geoff about the need for a bigger size of the image

[Melanie90]

I suspect this image needs to be seen at a bigger size to fully appreciate all the fine details.

You're right

[Ziggy]

Looks like a lonely boat.

[gregj1763]

I like the image and the title. The image for its colour and drama and the title for its tounge in cheek feel.
Very nice Melania

[Digital]

When I view this photo I see isolation, both of the boat, and the land, except what is included in the center of the extreme RH side.
Although the title suggests the viewer is going to see a lager image of a boat, IMHO it is a very dramatic shot.


Bruce

[JBW]

This may well be my own strangeness but I am forced to look for other boats (4?) in this shot. This is not to say I don't like the shot, I do.

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Melania,

That's a very interesting set of shorelines there.

Here's what I thought viewing the image, these all flipped through my head in a few split seconds;

- the boat is too central
+ but the shorelines are interesting and the composition for them is good
- the horizon is at 50%, should have considered rule of thirds
+ that sky is also interesting and is nicely exposed
+ the wind ripples on the water are also interesting
+ I like the atmospherics of spray/fog/mist between the distant land and the very distant darker hills behind
+ good overall focus and DoF (at this size)

That's more pluses than minuses

Overall, the image makes me think that the boat looks ready to go, but has no crew, but then looking at the weather and the sea beyond, I can't say I'm surprised.

I suspect that it could be weeks, months or even years, before the weather and light coincided to produce similar combination of light, cloud, sea state, atmospherics, etc. to be able to re-shoot.

The boat was obvious to me, the secondary ones on the shore to right, are so small and dark that they didn't initially register in my consciousness.

If this shot were mine, I would consider these ideas;

crop off the extreme right hand edge to lose the red/white thing
crop a little off the sky across the top to raise the horizon toward the upper third line
present it bigger 1600 x (approx.) 750
clone moving the boat to be nearer the top left or lower right third intersections, although this might spoil the thoughts I had about it being ready (in terms of its position), to venture out of the natural harbour.
Desaturate the blue boat on the shore to right
When viewed bigger, other small elements might become 'attention distractors' and need further PP to deal with

I do like the shot, well done.

If that's 'the Med.' - it's not how I remember it, but then I've only seen a few parts of it on sunny days - and that was 40+ years ago

Hope that helps, Dave

[Melanie90]

Hi Melania,

That's a very interesting set of shorelines there.

Here's what I thought viewing the image, these all flipped through my head in a few split seconds;

- the boat is too central
+ but the shorelines are interesting and the composition for them is good
- the horizon is at 50%, should have considered rule of thirds
+ that sky is also interesting and is nicely exposed
+ the wind ripples on the water are also interesting
+ I like the atmospherics of spray/fog/mist between the distant land and the very distant darker hills behind
+ good overall focus and DoF (at this size)

That's more pluses than minuses

Overall, the image makes me think that the boat looks ready to go, but has no crew, but then looking at the weather and the sea beyond, I can't say I'm surprised.

I suspect that it could be weeks, months or even years, before the weather and light coincided to produce similar combination of light, cloud, sea state, atmospherics, etc. to be able to re-shoot.

The boat was obvious to me, the secondary ones on the shore to right, are so small and dark that they didn't initially register in my consciousness.

If this shot were mine, I would consider these ideas;

crop off the extreme right hand edge to lose the red/white thing
crop a little off the sky across the top to raise the horizon toward the upper third line
present it bigger 1600 x (approx.) 750
clone moving the boat to be nearer the top left or lower right third intersections, although this might spoil the thoughts I had about it being ready (in terms of its position), to venture out of the natural harbour.
Desaturate the blue boat on the shore to right
When viewed bigger, other small elements might become 'attention distractors' and need further PP to deal with

I do like the shot, well done.

If that's 'the Med.' - it's not how I remember it, but then I've only seen a few parts of it on sunny days - and that was 40+ years ago

Hope that helps, Dave

Thank you Dave for your suggestion.