Somewhere over Greenland or Canada ©Chris Hulett

It's not like I had a whole lot of creative control over how I could

take this picture... I was on a BA 747 from London to Seattle

shooting through the glass with a 28mm lense on a Contax G2.

Basicly I'm wondering what people think of the wing being in the

photo. Is it a distraction? Does it add perspective? Make it look

'touristy'? I could possibly remove the wing in p-shop, but then

the photo is damaged goods. So, is there any marketable value

to this photo with the wing, or with the wing removed, or is it just

crap?

Personally I like the wing, it adds context to the piece and the composition is great. I don't think it would have worked if you had placed it anywhere else. Yes, it would have been a great image if the wing wasn't there, mainly because of the image colour and the ice formation, but the wing is almost expected and therefor adds another element to your image. As for marketing it would be a great stock image but as with all stock sales you never know who might need it or when. Another small thought is it would also make a great card to send to family for the holiday season. There's so much that can be done with it.

 

Good luck.

Whenever people ask about commercial value of a photo, I'm inclined to consider it a crap. Sorry. Otherwise I could say that I don't like it, with or without the wing. Try to remove the bluish cast first and ask me than.

By the way, photographing through glass reduces image quality. Next time, open the window.

 

Cheers

although I don't think the other passengers on the plane would been too crazy about rapid decompression at 30,000 feet so I could get a pic... Perhaps I should also clarify my question to all you great photo.neters. I'm not really looking to sell this image outright, so maybe my use of the phrase "marketable value" isn't appropriate. I'm just wondering if the image is cheapend (sp?) because it was so obviously taken from a commercial flight. Thanks to all who have taken some time to check out my work.

I like the composition and idea on this, I think I would work on the colors a little more, but I don't think this is bad, it's just a little odd.