two boats

[eeyore]

Took this a week ago, and liked the tones shown in B&W. (Original was shot in raw. Converted to monochrome in DPP, then transferred to photoshop for additional PP'ing).

[X-ray-spex]

Re: two boats

Doesn't really do it for me ........... sorry. Nothing to really grab your interest ??

[codachrome]

Re: two boats

Nice image but there seems to be a lot of grey

[Woolley]

Re: two boats

I'd be interested to see the colour version. Doesn't work for me in B&W, not enough contrast.

[eeyore]

Re: two boats

Thanks for your comments, it always helps to get some second opinions. Yes, there is a bit too much grey! The reason it may not work in B&W is that there is a lot of greens and browns, so not so much contrast in the colour respect - which would be why there appears to be a lot of grey!

Here is a colour version, cropped... perhaps a bit better. There is more contrast in the colour I think! The feeling I want to convey is some sort of story about the boats, did someone just leave them there, who owns them... and so on.



and one more to show a different angle - perhaps this has more interest?? The blue net adds a contrasting colour!



again cropped, as I felt the background was just too distracting, and it is the boats, that should be focused on!

Any better???

[codachrome]

Re: two boats

Look better in colour

Coda

[Woolley]

Re: two boats

Better in colour. I'd rate it as a very good attempt at a difficult subject, but I'm not absolutely sure there's really a picture to be found however much you want there to be (and I've got loads that fit into that category!)

[eeyore]

Re: two boats

Thanks Woolley, I tend to agree esp, after looking at this for a while. I like the idea, but I think the white boat interferes with the white board in the background - thereby making the image somewhat flat. I think I will create a folder called 'great shots that don't work'. I think this would be a good example of that.