Port Macquarie by the sea

[Chuck Shave]

Photo was taken and then cropped. I'm not sure which is the best crop. The sky or the sea.
Thanks

[cphoniball]

I like the second one better. The moon is relatively centered in the first but it's on a thirds line (or thereabouts) in the second, and the reflection in the water leads you up to it.

Nice shot, the colors are beautiful.

[Gulpa]

You should really aim somewhere in between

Check your other topic about the suggestion...

[i_am_beam]

I like the second one better too. It would be stagnate to have the moon directly in the middle of the picture.

[autofocus]

I like the composition of the first one as the line of docks / light houses, etc falls in the lower third of the image making for a more dynamic image. That same line in the second one seems to split the image (top/bottom) directly in half...

Vince

[PippaM]

I'm completely new to photography and DPS but here's my penny's worth: I prefer the first one two - I like the way my eyes follow up the lighthouse towers towards the moon. I agree with Vince that in the second, the horizon line seems to cut the photo in half.
PippaM

[pfgroa]

I think that in images of reflective water, the horizon looks better in the center rather than in the line of thirds. It makes for a vertically balanced photo. Also I think the first cut's off part of the reflections which work as leading lines in the second.