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This is another taken on the same day. I was using the buoy and chain to lead the eye into picture as i've read in the forums. Any constructive feedback would be much appreciated .
Hi John,
It's a shot that does lead to the leading lines technique. If you were being conventional, though, you'd move around more to the right and place the red buoy in the lower left of the frame and let the chain then drag across the shot to the boat in the distance. The way it is now, there's a lot of wasted space on the left - you could try to crop the shot to a vertical format.
Also, you might load it into your favourite digital editor and have a play with the curves to bring up the contrast in the shot and the texture of the sky.
And for the other shot of the boat/mast, i'd rotate it ~20-30 degrees counter clockwise, and boost the contrast a bit (maybe burn the shadows in the sky and dodge the highlights to bring up the clouds a bit).
Hope this helps,
Hugh
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