Lone houseboat, Columbia River
Jul 23, 2022 07:40:44 #
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Jul 23, 2022 10:21:17 #
StevenG
Loc: Long Island, NY
NickGee wrote:
Early morning on the Columbia, looking East. Mt. Hood in the background. The river flat as glass.
Nicely done!
Jul 23, 2022 10:28:59 #
NickGee
Loc: Pacific Northwest
Thanks all! Appreciated.
On a side note, I've been following the recent (nearly endless) threads about the "rules" of composition (I prefer the terms like principles, best practices, etc.), about the rule of thirds and so forth, and while I respect these principles and employ them typically, I'd like to point out that this image violates no fewer than three compositional best practices: (1) it does not apply the rule of thirds; (2) it violates the caution against the 50/50 horizon line; and (3) it places a leading line entering from the lower left corner (a subject of much discussion recently).
Believe me when I say I am NOT dismissive of compositional principles and best practices, but sometimes it just comes out differently.
On a side note, I've been following the recent (nearly endless) threads about the "rules" of composition (I prefer the terms like principles, best practices, etc.), about the rule of thirds and so forth, and while I respect these principles and employ them typically, I'd like to point out that this image violates no fewer than three compositional best practices: (1) it does not apply the rule of thirds; (2) it violates the caution against the 50/50 horizon line; and (3) it places a leading line entering from the lower left corner (a subject of much discussion recently).
Believe me when I say I am NOT dismissive of compositional principles and best practices, but sometimes it just comes out differently.
Jul 23, 2022 10:33:00 #
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Jul 23, 2022 11:10:39 #
dadamia
Loc: Portland, OR
Nice photo. But that's a floating home, not a houseboat. A houseboat has an engine and can move under its own power. There are many floating homes here in the Portland area on the Willamette and Columbia Rivers, but far fewer houseboats.
Jul 23, 2022 12:50:49 #
Isn’t that a Boathouse and not a Houseboat?
It has a look of permanency about it.
I like the photograph whatever you call it.
It has a look of permanency about it.
I like the photograph whatever you call it.
Jul 23, 2022 13:28:35 #
NickGee wrote:
Early morning on the Columbia, looking East. Mt. Hood in the background. The river flat as glass.
Jul 23, 2022 14:06:35 #
Jul 23, 2022 14:32:37 #
Jul 23, 2022 14:49:26 #
NickGee wrote:
Early morning on the Columbia, looking East. Mt. Hood in the background. The river flat as glass.
Jul 23, 2022 15:17:54 #
You are too technical. Go along with the program... If the photographer says it's a houseboat, It's a houseboat!
Jul 23, 2022 15:23:04 #
You must be very lucky or very skilled or both! I can't count the number of times I have driven the Oregon side of the Columbia River (HW 84) in both directions and have NEVER seen the river that smooth!
How did you do that?
Very nice photograph while breaking the "rules" of composition by the way!
And good for you for that!!
How did you do that?
Very nice photograph while breaking the "rules" of composition by the way!
And good for you for that!!
Jul 23, 2022 15:58:19 #
Nice--I like the vertical. Be careful, though, of centering the horizon, though you get by with it this time.
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