Canada/USA ferry crossing

[trainermick]

Please take a look and let me know what you think. This is uneditted straight from the camera

[Shebang]

Welcome, trainermick! That looks really cold -- WAY worse than ours here -- which will be gone when it hits about 60 this weekend.


Here's my rookie two cents:

I like the the color and composition of the water/ice. What if you barely cropped out that dark edged ice front and center, and cropped out some of your sky to move your horizon to the 1/3rd spot so to maybe place more focus on the water? Also the horizon line looks a little high on the right side to me.

I'm anxious to hear what the experts here say. There are many here who are helpful (and pleasant at the same time.)

[jetrim]

Welcome to the forums.
This shot has some potential with a bit of post processing work, but as it is, it has a few problems. First really important thing, unless you are using it as some dramatic or artistic statement, make sure your horizon line is level (this shot needs to be rotated 1.5-2 degrees to the right. The other thing that bothers me is the lighthouse being dead center of the photo. I suspect it was the intended subject of the shot, but it actually works to divide the photo in half. Lastly, I would suggest that shebang has a very good point about the horizon being too centered vertically. If you want to emphasize the ice, crop out some of the sky, if you want to emphasize the lighthouse crop out some of the ice. It may seem counter intuitive but you can make a much bolder statement by showing the viewer less of the scene.