Scotland - Culduie Slipway

Took this with the new Sigma 10-20mm
Comments welcome

Very nice pic, but i will say that maybe you could lighten it a bit on the right side of the pic otherwise its a very nice pic, the weed in the water adds a bit of foreground interest.....

This is a beautiful photo but my eyes keep going back and forth between the sky and the water and the poor boat is stuck in the middle of this visual tug-of-war. I would suggest cropping from the top to about right below the top of the highest tree. This would help this picture in a couple of ways by:
- Removing the horizon from dead center (yes, the dreaded "rule" of thirds...)
- Forcing the eyes to start from the bottom of the picture and naturally leading up to the boat
- And finally, putting a bit more emphasis on the cool textures you've got here with the plants in the water.

Overall nice first post, with a beautiful scene and I'm looking forward to seeing more!

Opinions are like butts, everybody has one. Here's mine: The sky is so perfectly exposed, it left the foreground a little dark. Can be easily fixed with Shadows/Highlights without damaging the sky. Having the horizon in the middle doesn't bother me, as I'm not big on the rule of thirds. However, if you choose to crop, I'd crop from the bottom and right side, keeping that wonderful sky.

Yep, and that's what makes photography such a great hobby!!

I think I would crop it so that you keep the sky and lose a little of the foreground, and lighten the trees on the left and the right side with layers and curves. Otherwise, it's a beautiful scene!

Lovely sky, lovely water!
It works well for me.

Oh Yes, that is on fine image

I do agree that some of the foreground is a little underexposed and that the eyes strain a bit to see the little boat.
Many thanks for the positive comments, constructive criticism is very welcome.

I like it. It has something interesting to look at wherever you look. The clouds and sky are great, and I like the boat in the center and the water plants in the foreground. I might lighten up the left side so you can see more detail in the rocks and trees, but it doesn't bother me that much.

Very nice! Welcome to the forum!

Very nice. Thanks for posting this real world use of this lens. It amazes me that a lot of people are poo-pooing the lens because it doesn't produce straight lines when shooting a brick wall. Your shot is very nice, and shows very little, if any distortion. Keep up the good work

A magnificent shot!

The compositional balance - the quality of the water - the receding depth of the weeds. Also a pretty good advert for Sigma's wide-angle wares..

Wow that's very nice.

I really like this. As others have said the dark areas may be too dark, but I'm okay with it. A lot of "stuff" in the image making it almost too busy, but not quite because of the empty solitary boat in the middle that anchors it.....just my opinion.

If anything I'd like to see the blue sky a bit darker (polarizer??) and the shore a bit lighter. You might try shadows/highlights as Stan suggested and see what happens. Or leave it as is. It's a fine shot!

KAC