KY 995, "Crusader", Anstruther Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is the fishing harbour of Anstruther in the East Neuk of Fife, a pretty little village with some very nice fish and chip shops on the sea-front and an excellent and very interesting Scottish Fisheries Museum.

The blue boat is an under ten metres trawler, "Crusader", whose registration mark, KY 995, denotes she was originally registered in Kirkcaldy. You can read just a little more about this vessel and see a picture of its building here. You can also read a lot more about Anstruther and its surrounding area on the wonderful Undiscovered Scotland website here.

This particular day, I had gone with some of the family in the hope of a trip on the May Princess to the Isle of May off the Fife coast in the hope of capturing some pictures of puffins and other sea birds, but the weather was dull, intermittently wet and very windy, and, unfortunately, sailings were cancelled that day. So we contented ourselves with a walk around the harbour, a visit to the fisheries museum and a feast of fish and chips.

Shot in RAW and converted and edited in PSE6.

All comments/critiques/advice welcome!

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scyntilla (1275) 2009-10-16 0:58

Hi John,
Despite the dull weather, it seems you have managed to catch a beautiful light. I liked the clarity in your photo. The red roofs and the bright blue of the boat look very attractive against the gray sky.
Petek

graffer (1764) 2009-10-16 9:30

Hello John,

A very colourful scene - sharp, clear and perfectly exposed.

Composition:

The pile of crab/lobster pots with the orange innards, dominates the foreground, occupying the lower third of the picture. There is a good triangle in front of them too. The eye is led from there towards the blue fishing boat, then on to those attractive red-roofed houses.

There is a strong diagonal formed by the edge of the quay behind the pots, and another gentler one in the line of wash in the water.

The blue boat sits on the "powerpoint" at the upper right intersection of thirds, which rightly gives it pride of place in the picture.

There is a very attractive old black and white sailing vessel moored at the further side of the harbour, and there is interesting detail in the windows and doors of the background buildings.

Instead of one of my compositional analysis WSs, I'd like to propose an alternative crop, which slightly reduces the dominance of those foreground pots, and possibly improves the balance of the composition.

See what you think.

Kind regards,

Peter.

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bartekp (885) 2009-10-18 1:07

Hello John,

Nice harbour, how many red roofs there, it looks diffrent than near me (Aberdeenshire).

It's good idea to show wonderful Undiscovered Scotland!!!

Regards
Bartek

Glint (3076) 2009-10-18 5:57

Hello John,
a very well balanced composition. I like the colour palette with the contrasting blue Crusader perfectly placed.Interesting foreground detail of the pots.
best regards,
Bev

Photo Information

Copyright: John Cannon (tyro) (2668)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-06-06
Categories: Daily Life, Food, Transportation
Camera: Canon 20D, Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 XR Di-II LD SP AF, HOYA 67mm HMC SUPER UV(0)
Exposure: f/10.0, 1/100 seconds
More Photo Info: view
Map: view
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2009-10-15 16:16