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Comment by rll07:
are ya sick of hearing it should be vertical? i like it maybe a bit too much stuff in the boat kind of makes my eye wander

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Comment by FranziskaLang:
challenge ~ met
composition (content) ~ i'm sure you get asked this a lot, but did you deliberately submit this photo on its side? i'm assuming you did, but i have to admit that i don't quite 'get' why. i guess it's interesting that, even when rotated, the water level is not straight, and significantly not, so i'm sure that wasn't an oversight either.
background ~ like the reflections in the water, as well as the different tonalities of it. would like it to be just a little more exposed in the bottom left, but i suspect that wasn't possible w/out blowing it out in other places.
camera work (technical) ~ good focus and colors.
digital processing (technical) ~ no digital artifacts or anything like that, so you did a good job.
my opinion ~ i'm puzzled (i think that already came through in my comments ;) will check out your comments on monday.
~~ gr8photos

Message edited by author 2002-12-13 16:34:50.

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Comment by ChrisW123:
Strange pic...Looks like it should have been rotated 90 degrees to the left?

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Comment by Gracious:
I don't really see the benefit of using this horizontal orientation. I makes me have to turn my head, and that is irritating to my neck. I'm assuming you did this by accident and will overlook it, though it is difficult.
This has a lot of potential. I see a well used craft, and nice reflections in water. Certainly meets the challenge. The wood on the bottom which I assume is a dock is a bit distracting. Perhaps showing a little more of it or cropping it out completely would make the composition more cohesive. I really like those reflections and wish there was more of it.
Anyway, best of luck in the composition.
Grayce

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Comment by goodtempo:
the angle of the photo is too much.

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Comment by chida2000:
i think this is horizontal when it is supposed to be vertical...as a result it is hard to vote this one.

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Comment by David Ey:
I just don't like the un-natural angle

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Comment by Natasha:
Did you forget to rotate this image? Would have been much more pleaseing to the eye if it were vertical. Nice lighting on the boat though!

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Comment by GolferDDS:
I wish you had turned this picture upright. The positioning throws me off.

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Comment by Jacko:
Some people just love risk :) I'd like to see the picture in the right angle. I find it a bit disorienting. Jacko