I liked the pun on boat/boot. The movie is on my all-time favorites list. It's a WW II submarine flick. When I saw, on the night of the 5th, that a nice snowfall was starting, I realized that with luck the boot would coat in such a way as to seem a conning tower plowing through a sea.
I left the boot out overnight. Shot it in the morning, hurriedly, before snowmelt began and before I let the dog out to pee. I had to crate her as I shot through open deck door.
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The idea was that the boot would emulate a conning tower rising from the sea, that the snow would emulate the wake surging over the hull, etc. Thus the angle; it closely duplicates an angle in the movie. I had hoped the horizontal band of snow would "suggest" a stormy sky.
Exposure: This is a well exposed B&W with good tones. You can see good texture in the snow. (There is a small band of it that looks like it may be burned out, but there's enough texture in most areas so a few small areas are not a problem. Though flat lighting makes it easier to shoot in the snow, flat lighting means there's no added "drama" or interesting shadows.
Subject: This could be more interesting, perhaps even a more "military" style boot evoking imagery more similary to the movie.
Composition: The composition follows the rule of thirds. I think it looks better, however, to crop out the band of snow at the top of the fence--that competes for attention. I also think there might have been more interesting angles to approach this from--perhaps including a bottoms up view (which might mean than any boot would do).
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