impressive -- one can feel the water and the gentle ripples/waves in the foreground.
The B&W appears to be too heavy -- it may need a shaft of sun light on the
boat to make it stand out.
In both the versions, may be a few flying birds (in the left top portion of the picture) can make them more fine art pieces -- since the top portion of the photo is blank now with no details visible. Another alternative to consider is to fill the distant hills with a screen of fog/mist or light clouds.
I do not think of cropping out the distant hills since it would have deprived the pic of its context and more importantly it is the wide open space in the picture that gives the viewer ( or atleast to me) the feeling of being in the open, at the water front, enjoying a peaceful, calm, serene moment in time.
Just a few ideas -- not to criticize or belittle your work in any way. Your color picture of the sunken houseboat is really enjoyable -- all it needs extra probably is a little bit of cropping to make it a perfect frame on one's desk for a pleasing, stress-relieving scenic display.
Regards Krishna
Hi Paul,
Here's the original color shot:
http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/houseboat-color.html
Shel > On Apr 10, 2005, at 10:51 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
> > http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/houseboat.html
