SIgns of Decay
Photography
Contributor: David Steele   
Monday, 21 January 2008

Back end of boat called Emulator

There was something about the colour and texture of these that made me stop and look. I ended up spending quite a while at this particular boat because it has so many interesting little sections. Far more appealing than the slot machines!

I like this shot but I'm disappointed with the over-contrast dazzle at the top of the image. (Note the bright cyan halo around the thin struts as they meet the white sky.) I'll have to work on a way to neutralise that digitally.

Would you have chosen that frame? Consider how it might look without the top and bottom couple of inches. Say if we lost everything below the rope and above the cargo net. Would it help to zoom in on the subject like that, or would we lose context?