Thanks for your comments - the light that day was magical - the print gives a good sense of that - I just hope that the scan give a hint of that.
This is essentially full frame, and the cropping was dictated by the busyness to the (unrevealed) right of the scene. I'm curious, what do people think about the "unbalanced" composition?
Unbalanced in the sense that to the left of the last boat there is open space i.e. an expanse of water to the edge of the frame?
I have to use a ? because it hadn't struck me as unbalanced until you mentioned it. I simply thought it conveyed the accuracy of a line of boats and then open water. I took it to be a seascape shot with boats rather than a "boatscape" with quayside.
If it is what I have assumed it to be then I don't think it is unbalanced.
I am also confused about your use of the term "unbalanced". I'm not sure what you are referring to. I think the composition is excellent as is the lighting and choice of subject. Good eye!
I guess "unbalanced" doesn't correctly describe what I am trying to say. I'll see if a few longer phrases succeed, where a single word does not.
The lack of symmetry is what bothers me - the weight of the image seems in some ways to draw my attention to the right edge, but I think that the strongest part of the image is toward the centre, or centre-left.
It may be that my perception is influenced by my memory of the original scene, and how I struggled to get a photo from a vantage point that satisfied me.
stunning piece - right place at the right time doesn't always capture the magic but this shot did. The subdued colour does it for me. Often shots like this are full of so much colour you don't know where to look. This one leads the eye.