This is another seashore photo from Northern Scotland. It was taken in 2006 with a Canon 350D (I know, archaic) + Canon 17-55IS.
This time the subjects are the boats around the centre of the frame. Boats always make an interesting scene because they evoque the sound and smell of the sea, the stillness of the water (this isn’t a long exposure), and they have interesting symmetry due to their reflections.
To make sure that the boats are obviously the subject and to make the shot a bit more interesting, I placed myself where the top of the wooden ladder on the pier framed the boats, left and right.
I also tried to make the background shore and the stone pier frame these same boats, top and bottom.
Finally, I tried to put the shore line, the pier, and the ladder legs on third lines to balance the frame.
To balance the brightness and colour of the sky and the sea, I used a light ND grad.
I would have preferred to have the boats a bit more centred. But if I moved up, I lost the framing of the ladder, and if I changed the angle I lost the pier in the foreground.
In terms of processing, I didn’t do much apart from readjusting the levels a little bit.
#Photography #PhotosExplained #Analysis