I was walking on the fishing boat docks in Newport, Oregon and the only lens I had with me was a 24mm-85mm on a Canon EOS 5D Mark II. I took an overview of a boat hull so you can see what I saw. I set my lens at 24mm for this one.
I wasn't interested in the whole hull (love that word combo!), just one abstract section of it. So I zoomed out to 85mm (second photo). Although I sort of like this composition, I wished I could move in closer, but I was limited to the lens at hand.
Later, in Photoshop, I cropped the second image to a square format, which contains the "meat" of what I liked most about the boat hull (third photo).
I like the colors, the diagonal lines, and the vivid reflection in the water (reflections are usually darker and more saturated than what is being reflected).
©Carol Leigh
