Comments on composition / crop

[04Stang]

Been taking pics for a while now and really want to master landscapes, this is one of my favourite shots from a recent trip to Keswick, took it earlyon a foggy morning so have played around with hue and sat to get an almost B&W feel.

I'm struggling with the composition on it, the boat you can just make out is to far to the left, should I clone it out or crop square?

What do you think

[silversnapper1]

Personally, I think that the boat should be left in, it adds and alsmost mysterious element to the image.Have you cropped the image already as it would be good to see the boat on the top left third. What I would clone out is the extra bit of rock in the foreground, bottom left.

Steve.

Having looked at the blue version in your gallery, I would adjust the depth of tones in this image to match similar contrast levels, so that the buoy is more visible.

In my opinion - If you are thinking of adjusting the bottom left corner where the rock catches the eye, try cloning in a bit of the shore line so that you have a smoother lead in line (still keeping some of the natural curves) from the corner of the shot; which will help to establish 'the invisible frame' and provide an almost parallel line to flow with the 'invisible line' running along the top of the posts along the lefthand side of the jetty, that in turn naturally lead the eye onto the boat.

It's a nice composition in my opinion.

[TerryGrealey]

Great job, I'd leave it just the way it is .

[pburness]

It's a nice image.

I'd crop the gravel/shore from the bottom though.

The brightness at the top of the image allows the eye to creep up and out of the frame, while the boat is not pronounced enough to hold the eye.
If you remove the gravel/shore from the bottom, then the balance of the light is better and the jetty leads your eye to the boat as they are the only major things left in the composition.

Phil

[AndyStevens]

I agree with silversnapper and would remove the stray rock bottom left. I'd also be tempted to boost contrast a bit and burn the boat in - as Phil says, it's not really pronounced enough to keep your attention, make it a little more obvious.

some minor tweaks to make a good shot better

Cheers
Andy

[DigiDiva]

The boat, though ghost like, distracts me and takes my eye from the jetty.

[04Stang]

Thanks for all your comments, there all appreciated, I have spent some time trying out various edits on this such as continuing the shore line to the left edge, removing the boat altogether and going for a tighter crop on the boat with the jetty at the edge.
This is my favourite, slightlty tighter on the crop to remove the 'rock' and then a bit of dodge 'n burn on the bouy and boat



I still think the boat should be a little darker but it wont go without it looking out of place.

Richard