I spent a few hours last weekend wandering around the beautiful harbour in the equally beautiful little town of Crail in the East Neuk of Fife. I've already posted a couple of images here and here.
On the second of these, Dave said he couldn't work out what Kylie did. Well, here is the answer - Lobsters. In fact that's Kylie beside her friend in the background.
Right - enough background. Let's get to this image.
This is far, far busier than I would normally do. I liked it as I was setting it up. I wanted a strong narrative that connected the boats with the lobster pots ... and both with the harbour and the sea. So, I suppose one question is - Does it tell that story? And the second question has to be - If it does, does it do it well or poorly?
I liked how the line formed by chain at the edge of the harbour, was mirrored at the other side by the ropes on the boats.
But as I was processing it, I felt: 'It's too busy. There's too much in it. It's too contrasty'.
But, as I've spent the week coming back to it, I feel it does what I set out to do and does so not too badly. But since I'm maybe trying to convince myself, I'd like to read what you think.
Canon 40D, EF 24-70 f2.8 L @ 24mm. ISO100. 1/90@f11