Cloned out a radio antenna on the roof of the hotel.
This is the Queen Lili'uokalani canoe race, well over a hundred 6 man canoes race at the same time. In this photo the woman’s teams are getting ready for race in the morning.
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I'd love to see this race. :) Looks like there are some blown highlites in this. We are also too far away to see the energy of the event. If you are using a dSLR, then I'd suggest a better lens. If you are using a point and shoot, then get closer. :) In this type of event, part of the fun is the energy. That said, it does meed the travel guide feel. 6
Can't see what is achieved by confining the interst of the image to the centre third of the composition here. It makes for uncomfortable viewing you see: as the eye moves through the subject area, one is constantly aware of the parallel space above and below, and one's eye is thus constantly drawn there - except there is nothing happening of real interest in either space - a very blank sky, and the reflections are not broken in an interesting manner, just seem very ordinary. As one's eye moves back up or down the frame, of course one is drawn to the other, opposite third of the image, where like wise there isn't much interest. the trick, the point of the 'thirds' composition is that whilst the eye is drawn away from the main subject, it is then returned to it, rather than to the other side of it, and it is that movement of area of concentration that helps the visual interest - generally, a better photo is one where the eye is required to move through the image, but which ensures it is not often allowed to find areas of little interest.
For this challenge, I would personally have cropped out a good deal of the water - given it's subject, this is not a challenge for experimentation.
Sorry to go on, but a lot of folks I guesss will make comments about centred composition, and this is an attempt to explain why, in this case, it's a bad thing. Your subject, however, is perfect for the challenge. A 5
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