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This fine old smack was built in 1906 and is still sailed today. Here

she is on her mooring at Maldon on the River Blackwater.

Hello Mark, I like the bright yellow against the more somber hues. The red boat looks very good too.

 

Best wishes for Christmas.

 

Pete

Hi Mark

 

This is absolutely a nice and technical shot. The red boat is on the 1/3 proportion. The shot is limited to midium value hues wich goes with the overcast sky and imply probably a cold weather. everything is alright except perhaps the balance. I am not sure if you wanted to include that boat with the yellow interior. It has disturbed the red boat's balance and is a big distraction. I can't see how the boat can contribute to the presence of the your primary point of interest,so I go for cropping it out. It can eliminate the imbalance.

Hi Mark,

You have brought to life a fairly day to day scene on the east coast,congratulations. The yellow of the skiff in the foreground absolutely enhances this scene. If I would do anything different it would be to crop the bottom of the frame tighter to the skiff just to accentuate the rule of thirds slightly.

 

Regards

 

Tony

 

Hi Arash, I am gratefull for your comment. Every boat has a tender and I thought in this case as it belongs to the red boat I should include it. I thought it would draw they into the image and onto the smack itself.

Thanks mark for your caring to answer

 

you are right about your wanting to draw the viewer into the shot, but remember that these two boats are both on the right side of the frame and the leftside is very empty. painters say its as if the frame is inclining toward the empty space. The same applies here. the viewer's eyes is drawn toward the empty space. The yellow boat is warm in colorand near the edge. all these make it an incredibly heavy compositionally. The viewer's eyes is practically gets stuck there.cheers

Hi Arash

 

I take your point, I am interested to see how you would crop this. If you have the time please please reply with your suggested crop.

 

Regards

 

Mark

Although you may not have the chance of revisiting the place for another shot, but if you do someday, make sure you pick a different angle to put the yellow boat on the left side of the frame. just like this ( sorry to have altered your shot )

as with the crop, I am really hand-tied here as a tight crop puts pressure on the

frame and leaves out much of the nice foreground we have here ( if we want to crop out the yellow boat completely ).something like this.

Thanks Arash,

 

I see what you mean now, the tender on the left is a much better lead in. Thanks for taking the time to discussm I appreciate it.

 

Regards

 

Mark

Hi Arash

 

I took out the tender and the boat in the background on the end of the boom.

 

Regards

 

Mark

Although I mourn the loss of the colorful foreground now as I said before but now the composition has less strain for the eyes.

 

nice talking to you. I really enjoyed this interactive session.