Only 2 this time.

Here are a few I took yesterday and today. They have not been edited. Thanks again.

Adam

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Will comment on second one, nice colours, nice setting, would crop bottom of pic to put sea horizon on bottom third..... rule of thirds.

Yes, the rule of thirds. I shot a few more like this with the horizon lower but liked the colors on this one better. Thank you for the comment.

Adam,

I am currently reading as many books on Photographic Composition as I can. The one I have open on my desk at the moment has an interesting quote, "The only real no-no in composing your pictures is to rely on, or be restricted by rules. The best and ONLY rule is NO rules!" (BTW, I don't totally agree with this.)

Your second shot has the horizon near the middle, and in this case, I think it works. The mountains in the top half seem to be balanced by the boats in the bottom half. It seems fine to me. Having said that, I guess neither of us should make a habit of it hey?

I like the colours in the first image. Good job.

The "rule of thirds" is merely a guideline... Meant to make you think about composition.

The second picture works because of the foreground objects.

The second shot is very good. I can't help think there was a better composition somewhere along the shoreline. The shot is not balanced- emptyness on the right hand side and a lot on the left hand side. I think your horizontal composition is good- and the colours are great. Go back and shoot some more.

Thanks everyone. The boats on the bottom are the only reason I let it slide. I see more practice on my horizon.

I like both images. #2 has more appeal to me than #1 because there seems to be more to it. #1 does have some good leading lines that draw you into the image but there is nothing to be drawn to IMO.

I do agree that the rule of thirds is more of a strong suggestion but it's for a reason. It generally makes an image more appealing. I still like #2.