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    Another Lifeboat...

    This image shouldn't work!

    From my house to Brixham (the town seen here) is four miles and Shannon Class Lifeboat 13-03 'R.J. Welburn' was in the middle of the Bay so around two miles distant. The shot was taken using the long end of a 70-300mm zoom on a 7D and then a big crop taken from that. With the subject (the lifeboat) so small and heading out of the frame with a large expanse of nothing in the middle it shouldn't work yet I find it strangely compelling. I've sat on the shot for nearly three years reluctant to share but it's just resurfaced so I thought I'd see what others think.

    IMG_3130_RAW-01 by John Leah, on Flickr

    Incidentally, it was new on-station at Exmouth just up the coast less than a week previously and had made the trip to Torbay on a shakedown run.

    Cheers,
    John

    #2
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    I like it too, John, there is definitely something about it. For what it is worth, and I accept that it may already be quite a crop, I would take a little off the top - the sky and that long building don't add anything and they pull your eye away from the lifeboat and the lovely line of coloured houses. Is there any more on the sides that you could have kept in to make it even more letterboxy to accentuate the sense of travel?
    Canon EOS 7D
    EF-S 10-22mm 1:3.5-4.5 USM, EF 24-105mm 1:4 L IS USM, EF 50mm 1:1.8, EF 70-300mm 1:4-5.6 IS USM
    Luminar 4, Aurora HDR Pro, Silver Efex
    flickr: http://flic.kr/ps/LXWuy

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      #3
      Re: Another Lifeboat...

      Yes - take out the sky me thinks - and see what happens

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        #4
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        There is a narrative to the image, the security of the houses and harbour in the background and the lifeboat separated and heading out of the scene to who knows what.

        More striking without the sky as the eye homes in on the lifeboat and houses but not drawn away to the sky.

        It is a compelling image.

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          #5
          Re: Another Lifeboat...

          OK folks, I'm convinced, it does look better without the sky

          I've reworked the original (it's looking slightly different as the original was DPP while the replacement is LR):

          IMG_3130_RAW-01 by John Leah, on Flickr

          Thanks to all for looking and commenting

          Cheers,
          John

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            #6
            Re: Another Lifeboat...

            like the rework John works for me.

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              #7
              Re: Another Lifeboat...

              Thanks haydn

              Cheers,
              John

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                #8
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                Works better for me, John, thanks for trying and showing.
                Canon EOS 7D
                EF-S 10-22mm 1:3.5-4.5 USM, EF 24-105mm 1:4 L IS USM, EF 50mm 1:1.8, EF 70-300mm 1:4-5.6 IS USM
                Luminar 4, Aurora HDR Pro, Silver Efex
                flickr: http://flic.kr/ps/LXWuy

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                  #9
                  Re: Another Lifeboat...

                  Thanks Alex

                  Cheers,
                  John

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                    #10
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                    Sorry, but the 1st image works better for me as it gives the background a more of a 3D look to it

                    Tom

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                      #11
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                      Thanks Tom I appreciate you saying that and it's just as valid and welcome as a



                      Cheers,
                      John

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