"Not Alone."

[inthedeck]

Any comments more than welcome.

Taken 2 years ago, in Newport, RI. At the time, took a 20D with a 70-200mm f4l at 200mm. Nice place. Lots of boats:!:

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j124/inthedeck/20D_IMG_5215.jpg

[inthedeck]

Wow, I guess there's not a lot of interest in this one. Is it not a good shot? does nothing for anyone? etc. Leave some comments, even if negative. I would appreciate that more than the silence.

[Cerbera]

Shame nobody has replied as its a nice shot. Although some how the contrast between the dark sky and the water is a tad over powering for me. But i do like the caption also :D!

[kmorgan]

Hi, I'm just seeing this this morning. I think it looks over sharpened. I tried adding a cooling filter and gaussian blur at 0.3.

Kevin

[inthedeck]

Thanks Kevin. I didn't really do any sharpening, in the picture...as the sun was really bright, and created these waves as seen, with a silvery look.

I appreciate the corrections...but the blue seems a bit strong,

Cerbera, thanks, I appreciate the comments. The sunlight, as mentioned was very bright, and it was hazy to boot. So, not much color in the sky, except a greyish tone. Thanks for the reply...much appreciated.

[thirteenthstep12]

I like how sharp the water looks, it kind of looks like foil. Beautiful shot.

[inthedeck]

Thanks Jo. I appreciate the comments. Much appreciated.

[TByrne]

The composition here is dead on with the shoreline riding on the upper horizontal power line and the boat popping out of the upper right power point. Somehow though, I am confused by your image. I want to know why you've partially burnt in the sky (including the tip of the mast which pokes into it). And I want to know why there are so few pure blacks, or flashing white reflections. I sense that you clearly intended this carefully revealed wash. And as hard as I search for the secret, it won't come to me. You've taken on one of the greatest challenges here... object-on-water-at-noon-day... It's an exposure nightmare, and yet you've pulled out a fascinating composition. Still, I wish you'd let the contrasts rip a tad more.

Thanks for sharing...

Ted

[inthedeck]

Thanks Ted, I appreciate the comments. I will have a play with the contrast, etc. in the sky. Basically...it was taken during high noon...and was intended to be this way, as you mentioned. I will have to resize the original, for you to see...one of these days. You will see that there wasn't much that I did to it, except convert to B&W, and adjust the levels a bit.