Sailboat

[Dave_2_@hotmail.com]

What do you think? Is this image too simple or what could make it a winner?

-Dave

[rylan]

loving the blue sky and water! good work!

[erikzen]

I love the colors - very rich.

If I had to find something wrong with the shot, there's something about the composition that takes away from it. There seems to be a lot of space that doesn't really call you in. It would be hard to crop the shot differently though. I like that the subject is off to the right. If you cropped the bottom you would lose the sail's reflection. I would be temped to crop off some of the left hand side but I can see that it is natural to want to keep that land mass in tact.

All in all I think it's a very nice picture. I'm not sure there is much that could be done to make it "top notch". All in my very humble opinion, of course.

[jkriminger]

Nice colors and exposure. I'm seeing this as trying to get the sailboat in lower right third..maybe moving right and shooting up a little?..nice reflection..did you get any portrait orientations, with more sky?

[Lori11]

Beautiful color, I love the reflection if the sails.

[Dave_2_@hotmail.com]

Yeah here is the Portrait version. To get the sailboat reflection I had to be right there on a dock. There were alot of distracting objects if it was zoomed out any more.

[Frog]

I like the portrait version better.
I would have suggested moving right in the original but if you were on a dock that might have been an unpleasant experience.

[gracie_r]

That is a tough call between the landscape and portrait shots. I like the look of the portrait one, but it is a pity to lose all that beautiful water! Definitely not too simple in my opinion. I like them both.

[SmartWombat]

I think the shadows need lightening a bit to bring up some detail.