Boat With Ladder

[SueB]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2100/2216115606_dbd59c3946.jpg

I'd like to get some suggestions on this image re exposure, crop,etc. I've been asked to submit several images to a local restaurant and this one has me running in circles.

SueB

[oriolhdz]

Hi SueB:
I like the photo for the following things:
1.- Composition
2.- Lightening
3.- Sharpness
4.- Watter detail
5.- Color
What I think it could make it better would be to try to clone the green rope and to blur the background (stairs and poles) as it calls for attention too. Maybe a nice frame would help too.
Thanks for sharing it!

[jiminyClickit]

SueB,

Those circles you're running in: what are they telling you might be an issue? I'm asking you to suggest what doubts you have.

What kind of restaurant?

[peeperita]

it's rare that i leave critique that's no more than a pat on the back, but this image is so calming and pleasant......i just want to go there.....

and yeah, i even like the rope....

thanks for posting

peeper

[jonnyquest45]

i too like it i. might and a bit of a vignette to the photo to get the line of the ladder not to lead out of frame. but it is a good photo. congrats

[SueB]

Is the white in the bottom right too distracting.
Is it too much ladder and pier and reflection above the boat.
Is the background too dark.

I think its on of those things that I've looked at it so much I just can't SEE it anymore.

[Goat Boy]

I feel like there is two different white balances. The one on the boat and the one on the back. I think you should level them out a little. Thats it. Other than that I like it.

[jiminyClickit]

SueB,

The impression that boat is being lowered on giant orange ropes, might be lessened if lower reflection were darkened a little. If that color were less similar to boat color and less bright than actual timbers, boat might be better presented. It's well shot, just has a suggestion of visual illusion easily moderated through PP.

The white LR is distracting, and could be experimentally darkened, contrast lowered. Is that something on dock?