Every Month we will take an image or two to pieces. We will discuss what makes or breaks the image. The image under the scalpel this month was taken by one of our students, Robert Culshaw from the Isle of Wight in England. He had sent us a series of images for one of his projects. This is one of his entries that we have chosen for analysis with his permission.
Sailing ships are always good subjects for photographs.
Modern day vessels cannot match the detail of wood and sail on the sea. Not only are they good subjects on the sea, as the ship here is depicted, they also offer an endless opportunity for graphic close up images of various details about the ship. Framing the subject is a common technique used by photographers. This image is a very good example of this. Other examples of framing would be to use doorways, archways, windows and even overhanging tree branches.