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The buoys are your subject, Larry, but, as is often the case in harbours, the background is very fussy.
I wonder if there was a different angle from which you could achieve a less cluttered background, perhaps with more water?
You chose to concentrate on the lines of buoys rather than photograph the whole fishing boat, and that's a good idea, but in my modification I have chosen to go in even closer, filling a large portion of the frame with the buoys. Even with some of the background still in the frame, the buoys dominate, and the background simply gives context.
I straightened the image using one of the vertical bars, brightened, and adjusted contrast.
I very slightly reduced saturation, but I do like the bright red.
Pamela.
I wonder if there was a different angle from which you could achieve a less cluttered background, perhaps with more water?
You chose to concentrate on the lines of buoys rather than photograph the whole fishing boat, and that's a good idea, but in my modification I have chosen to go in even closer, filling a large portion of the frame with the buoys. Even with some of the background still in the frame, the buoys dominate, and the background simply gives context.
I straightened the image using one of the vertical bars, brightened, and adjusted contrast.
I very slightly reduced saturation, but I do like the bright red.
Pamela.
There's a really nice juxtaposition of subjects here, and I really like the contrast of hot red and cool blues. But making that work demands a sense of structure to the image. There's rather too much going on in the frame - Pamela has shown the way with her crop, I would crop even tighter. You don't need to include every last detail to tell the story - give enough information for the viewer to imagine the rest. Less is generally more!
When an image includes buildings, it's a good idea to make a check against the grid a part of your editing routine. The vertical nearest to the centre of the frame needs to be true. So look at those houses in the background...
Moira
When an image includes buildings, it's a good idea to make a check against the grid a part of your editing routine. The vertical nearest to the centre of the frame needs to be true. So look at those houses in the background...
Moira
