GHOSTLY Wreck
by dmadden

Comment by CNovack:
Love the focus of the composition. The shipwreck is certainly a wonderful object of interest and focus. Love how the surf provides an 'errie mist' (the longer exposure really benefited this shot) for wreck and it complements the title very aptly. It makes the ship 'ghostly' and it really sets a mood for this being an errie scene to witness. And it is not just the surf 'mist' that helps set the mood of entering a supernatural world but the pale blues and purples hues. Now just as the long exposure time benefited the composition of the shot it also created a distracting element - namely those city lights that look like the shore off in the background is burning. My first thought is that you could have changed angle to avoid the majority of the light but then that would mean you would have to have taken this as a sraight on shot with us seeing the side profile of the ship. Here you have it at an angle where the front of the ship seems to be sailing right for us - this makes the shot more dynamic and interesting. So, the only other thing I can think of is to crop it closer to the back of the ship and maybe clone out some of those elements.

GHOSTLY Wreck
by dmadden

Comment by neophyte:
Beautiful colors and comp. Eirie Photo. Misty look is incredible and subject is interesting. 10

GHOSTLY Wreck
by dmadden

Comment by nordicgirl:
Uhhh...impressive...love that soft water effect.

GHOSTLY Wreck
by dmadden

Comment by KarenNfld:
Very nice, great use of shutter speed to soften the water.

GHOSTLY Wreck
by dmadden

Comment by Jaded_Housewife:
those are always so interesting and beautiful but you made it even cooler with the foggy ghostly feel. 8

FIRE STORM
by dmadden

Comment by Kemptonreporter:
I like the way the branch curves in with the flow of colour.
Neat capture!

GHOSTLY Wreck
by dmadden

Comment by hotpasta:
excellent image, love the softness of the water...the lights in the bg add great colour against the blue

FIRE STORM
by dmadden

Comment by LoveSpuds:
Wow, what a great sky. The silhouette itself is a little boring if I am honest. Its a shame you couldn't find something more interesting to silhouette against this fabulous sky, perhaps a person on the hill in the distance there instead of this messy bush. A missed opportunity for me I am afraid.

GHOSTLY Wreck
by dmadden

Comment by Blackbox:
With 600+ photos in this challenge it's gonna be tough. The thumbnail version of your photo really caught my eye. I still like it a lot but I think it would have been better to have selected the ship itself and darkened it a tad more - especially the crane part. I love the blur of the water which does give it a ghostly appearence.

GHOSTLY Wreck
by dmadden

Comment by pineapple:
Scuttled on a sandy shoreline. The rusty subject would be hard to resist photographing.