The photographer is looking for thoughtful feedback on the image as a whole, especially around the areas noted below.
Feedback Focus: Artistic / Expressive
About This Image
In 1897, a schooner ran aground at Higgins Beach in Maine. No lives were lost, but the ship never floated again. Its remains are still at the beach, visible at low tide. The wood supports seaweeds, barnacles, snails, and mussels, all making a living at the edge of the sea.
Feedback Requested
Does the composition work? Are the colors compelling enough? Suggestions for improvement are welcome, whether in the original shooting of the image or in editing.
The subject is really cool, as is the back story, Elizabeth. Since this is a pretty much static scene, I think stopping down enough to get all the foreground in focus would make for a bit more compelling image. I could even see doing a two or three frame focus stack to get the entire remains in focus, though the ribs at the far end aren’t critical to me. I do like the angle you used to frame this and the composition feels solid, though I could also see swinging the camera just a hair to the right to avoid having the right of the two beams hit the edge of the frame.
Thank you so much, Dennis. The beach is near me, and the tide is low twice a day, so I will go back and give it another go with your suggestions about DOF and composition.
