Sailing Lake Merritt

Tyron,

First of all let me say that the lighting situation was a difficult one to work with, a very light colored boat and bright sail with the dark water. In this case it caused the faces of the people on the boat were underexposed just a little too dark. Spot metering may be the solution next time (meter on one of the people. Either that or have an assistant swim out towards the boat holding a reflector for you (just kidding). But the thing that really hurt this capture is the fact that you composed it with the sail being cut off. This might be something that others wouldn't see as a problem but for me it just kills the over all look of this picture. I'm thinking if you would have turned your camera to the portrait position (sideways) you would have been able to compose this shot with the entire sail and not lost any of the rest of the image.

Keep on keeping on and keep posting.