dpullum wrote:
Well, yes, but that was the whole idea of high ikey. "High key photography is a style of photography that uses unusually bright lighting to reduce or completely blow out dark shadows in the image."
https://www.masterclass.com/articles/how-to-shoot-high-key-photography
This photo has accomplished that; this is a good example of a high-key photo. I would, however, do a crop to eliminate the distracting far shore, cropping to the point just below [eliminating] the dark line upper right. Additionally, I would bring in the left side about a quarter. Doing so we have the dark lines and the line of the boat. The lower right rocks are the solid contrasting anchor for the photo, but I would clone out the top rock lump. Removing that lump terminates the rocks vs having them continue and not allowing us to see the rest.
Crop is one of the most valuable tools that we have... it brings the story to a brief but clear statement.
Well, yes, but that was the whole idea of high ike... (
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Thanks for looking and the suggestions. Cropping can sometimes be so subjective but I will certainly go back and look into your ideas.