Boats in an Irish Harbor

I would appreciate ratings and critique of compostion. would you hang

a large print of this on your wall? appreciative as always, kevin...

...I think it would benefit from having much deeper color saturation. Also the white interior of the boat on the left seems a little washed out. This could be a wall-worthy shot if the colors were more brilliant.

pretty much what Kyle said

Other posts are correct--not a lot of color saturation. Also, the composition is a bit jumbled. You may like the effect, but it doesn't appeal to me. My guess is you shot the boats on an overcast day--or perhaps the scan isn't good. Try on a day with better light. I go back and shoot things over and over.

my immediate thoughts were just what everyone else has already said.... maybe reshoot with the warm evening sun hitting them if that is possible?

well, i think an elargement with instructions to the printer may result in a better print (without the blown out white, and more color saturation).

 

unfortunately, no one has volunteered the airfare from Seattle to Ireland, so no reshooting of this bad boy.....darn.

Saturated colors can be great. But dry or subtle colors allow the composition to be the highlight. Plus the goal is to shoot the actual scene and I'm guessing Ireland has a lot of softness to many aspects of the environment.

 

I like feeling the grey sky in the hues of the scene without it being in the shot.

It is nice to see a shot with diffent development settings. This shot is ok with the subdued colors here. You can also have the shot reprinted with increased contrast. This will help brint out the colors a little more. (Photoshop is nice for this. I don't have enough time and $ to work on end with the local shop developing the perfect print.)