Calm foggy morning for boat traffic

[lovelife65]

It was a fun morning with fog and light. Not sure I captured this correctly, but .... still fun to go see the ships coming in.

[madcrow]

A well executed image.

[Wavelength]

So beautiful....peaceful; if something to be suggested, i would like a bit more space between the bottom and the edge of the image; not a serious issue though

[Geoff F]

So beautiful....peaceful; if something to be suggested, i would like a bit more space between the bottom and the edge of the image; not a serious issue though

Yes, I would have been willing to lose a bit of sky in order to have a little bit more space between the bottom edge and that left corner boat. Just a little would make a lot of difference.

Maybe move the boat or increase canvas size a clone in a bit of sea?

[Tronhard]

Really nice image Sharon. I am always amazed at how calm the waters are along the inner west coast between Vancouver Island and the mainland.

[Shadowman]

For a shot like this it is part execution, part presentation. You've done the execution quite well but need a bit more consideration on the presentation. the bird is a nice touch but a bit too large for its relationship to the ship, also there seems to be a bit of debris below the same ship.

[Dave Humphries]

I agree with comments above regarding framing and PP possibilities - no time like the present* to learn a new skill

* well, unless you are cooking a holiday lunch!

I'd clone the bird out, three ships is all it needs.

HTH, Dave

[NorthernFocus]

Yes that does look like it was a lovely morning.

Others have mostly said everything useful in the way of critique. For future reference the biggest improvement can be made prior to pressing the shutter button. When you see a scene like this that is screaming to be captured, ask yourself what is it about the scene that captivated your attention. Is it the calm water? If so, compose for more water, less sky. Is it the ships? Then give them more attention. Is it the sky? Then compose for more sky, less water. Etc.

For example, I'm a water guy so would emphasize the water in this shot. Also the sky above the clouds/fog isn't very appealing. So eliminating some of the blue sky and giving the closer boat a bit more water to float on would be an improvement IMO.

[Dave Humphries]

Also the sky above the clouds/fog isn't very appealing. So eliminating some of the blue sky and giving the closer boat a bit more water to float on would be an improvement IMO.

I think we need a fair bit* of blue above the fog/clouds to show them for what they are, or the scene may look rather dull (I appreciate you did say 'some' and adding more water keeps the horizon in a similar distance from top/bottom).

* to be precise


I agree about really studying the composition before pressing the button - and even after - for example, if the focus was the ships, water clouds+sky and that bird flew across the scene, I'd chimp and re-shoot immediately to capture without the bird, which saves a PP job, or avoids the issue of cloning away reality for those 'more sensitive' to that aspect of PP.

Others (e.g. me) might take the shot anyway - and if factors conspired; e.g. lens availability and impossible viewpoint changes, I'd take it with the knowledge of what I intended to do in PP to make it better - such as extend canvas, selectively clone fill, and so on. Just as a landscape artistic would apply their 'license' to a such view.

Cheers, Dave

[LePetomane]

For me the boat in the foreground distracts me from the rest of the photograph.

[lovelife65]

Thanks for all the really helpful feedback. Agree with all the points made. All very helpful points, and agree 100%. I looked back at the image and realized I didn't take the time to compose properly (thus the over crop of the water to remove branches in the way, etc.). Also now agree that the ship in front detracts from the image. Originally I did not see the bird in the image... .
I also noticed a couple of spots from the lens and or sensor, so I removed those.

Touched up contrast as well.


I think maybe this one works better???



Happy Holidays

[NorthernFocus]

Much mobetta

[Wavelength]

Yes, it has improved even more