Thai Boats BW

walking along the beach in KohTau and took this snapshot. I was quite

impressed with the outcome. presented in b&w as the sky and sea

were both a pretty neuutral grey colour, even with a polariser in play.

what do you think ? what could ihave done better ?

I like the overall atmosphere and maybe the composition, but I'm noticing that the rule of the 3rds is inverted, IE, usually the first third would be the sea with the boats and the two thirds the sky, clouds etc! I maybe don't know much about the rules of composition, but my first impression was that the picture was cut from the upper part!

PDE

To be honest I did have some shots with the "normal" rule of thirds comp, with the boats lower in the frame and more sky but  I didn't get the nice reflection off of the wet sand and also the sun behind the clouds is just above the edge of the current composition, and it was just to bright to get a decent overall exposure. I also wanted a bit of negative space at the bottom of the frame. the only way to do that was keep the camera high and shoot down, which obviously cut off the majority of the sky.  thanks for looking and commenting.

Yes, yes Dylan, I understood your motive and the "regularity" of the composition depends on what is in the center of the attention and I think here it is the boats and men in them and their work! If you see it that way then you won't notice and even think of the rule of the thirds.

PDE

Beautiful bw and elegant silhouettes of boats!