Still working on my personal photo book but wanted to post this. Unfortunately, I took this at f8 so the water reflections have little star patterns which gives it an overall hazy look. Next year when I return, I'll shoot this with a different aperture. (After posting this, I'm also not crazy about the bridge arch shadow going through the top of the boat.)
I agree with your converging line incident. Sometimes it is easy to get focused >snicker< of what you want composed that "you see, but you do not observe", as Holmes told Watson in A Scandal in Bohemia.
How open of an aperture are you thinking of?
Overall I love the composition. Great job.
Thanks much! It's a fair distance so f2.8 or 3.5. I was mostly interested in the composition and waiting for the boat to enter into the middle of the frame. The boat was moving fairly fast so it is more an issue of timing.
You have done a good job of isolating the boat against the backlit water. Removal of the shadow may help this as you suggest, I'd like to be able to compare if you remove.
One possible issue I see myself is the specular highlights on the water lower down in the image.
The bright area draws the eye down from the subject and I think could be toned down a bit using a radial filter.
Aas with Jennifer it would be good to see your book online.
I agree but I'm not sure if I want to put that much time into the photo. Also, see my response to Jennifer above.