Thanks, Chris. I was standing on the end of a pier, and distracting elements to both sides limited the framing possibilities. I considered cropping off the left, but that cost too much sky. So this is what I got.
I think that judge was a fool. Unless you're in the water or way up in the air, the mast will cross the horizon. Boats are beautiful things to photograph anyway. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Wed, 8/10/11, Chris Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote: > On 9 August 2011 23:28, Rick Womer > wrote: > > > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13979292&size=lg > > > > (K7, DA 16-45) > > > > Rick > > > Nice moodiness Rick and the rendering is excellent for the > subject. > > I once entered a picture of a boat in a competition and the > judge said > "I don't like boat pictures. There's always a mast cut in > half by the > horizon". Forgetting the fact that judges shouldn't express > likes and > dislikes, when I see this one, I see his point a little. > Maybe if > you'd been able to get the masts more off-centre? > > Just a thought, Chris > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
