No magic here, Derek, but here's my take on it...as you see I have gone for the colour version as I love mud (brought up at Maldon on the mud where our sea salt often comes from), added the touches to the water and so forth... Jeff
(This post was last modified: Nov 19, 2014, 12:32 by Freeman.)
Hi Derek - My take on your image is that the far background is too busy and especially where it is vying for attention at the top of the boats mast, so I cleared this just a touch. Also I think the timbers look better ending in the corner of the frame and just a touch less foreground.
Peter
If I may say all the versions made me look as it were, though I must say Philip's black and white is a cracker in my eyes with the way the light is treated and the way it retains the tricky background but reduces it from a feature to relatively low level context. Also I do prefer the wider view used in the various versions. Ed - yours is genius as so often (love it!) but you left various bits in the water and the bit of light on the mast - was that intentional - what is your thinking there? Regards all, I learn every time, Jeff
Thank you for all your comments and different interpretations of the same image, all of which were interesting. I am a great advocate of mono so I find myself drawn to Philips, but I am sure you all have your own favourites.
Derek.