Taken near Point Reyes National Seashore. I found this boat sitting "parked" on this sandbar and thought this was a perfect "stationary" object. I thought giving the boat a little room in front would emphasize the fact that it was "stationary".
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Oh, yes. I've taken this image myself. Ankle deep in mud and other things. As a matter of fact, I think my image is in a Challenge somewhere but it certainly didn't fare as well as yours.
Good finish! As I said before, the tones in this picture work well.
Thanks Mpeters and everyone else who liked my image. I thought it was good--a little surprised though at my finish--wasn't expecting this high of a finish--there are truly some amazing pictures out there.
@kemptonreporter--I agree that this was the wrong time of day--but I couldn't do much about it. It seemed to do ok anyway.
With regards to the comment being off balance...for future reference I was wondering what made it off balance--the extra space in front of the boat, or the leaning of the boat.
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