New to this, please look over.....

Ran out with my new sigma lens and grabbed this shot after work. Aside from making it BW i haven't done anything to alter it.

i was hoping you guys could share some thoughts on it, feel free to edit it.

Be gentle, this is my first week with my dslr. Thanks in advance!!

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The pic is a bit small to judge properly but here are a few comments:

1. Horizon should not have been in the middle...
2. The subject(which I think is the boat should have been off center)
3. The original image seems to have a bright sky so normal B/W conversion hasn't helped it. If you can, try making the sky a bit dark to bring out cloud detail...

All said and done, a very nice first pic ...Do take a lot of pics and keep posting...and if u have time read the following thread:

Landscape Photography Tips

From what I can see of the image, I like it. A larger pic would help, but anyway, that aside, a straight horizon would be more pleasing for me. I don't mind it being in the centre of the image, but as for the boat, yeah maybe off to the side a bit?

Thanks for the thoughts, really excited to go out and reshoot the image a few more times. I'll try and remember the 1/3 rule and get my subject off center. i had tried BW on this as the sky was really grey and washed out, I'm sure on a day with nice weather it would look much different.

I think this type of scene almost always looks better in color, but it's a good shot nonetheless. Perhaps a little bit of cropping from the top and right would help, but I think it's a great picture overall.