Yacht sailing into the sunset

[Killakoala]

This large yacht hails from Rhode Island in the USofA and is two years into a round the world trip. It is a beauty of a boat too. All the mod-cons and looks sexy, as do two of the female deck-hands. Seen here departing Christmas island and heading for Cocos Island Group.

Pretty much a cliched photo but it is nice anyway. Reminds me of an image on an inspirational poster.

Shot at 400iso with the kit lens. Other details forgotten.

[Andoru]

Breath-taking! I love shots like that!

1 suggestion: level the horizon using PS before the crop.

[Link]

Nice atmosphere but pity we don't see the entire ship silhouette... Agree, you might have need to be right into the water to get such a perspective!

Link.

[Onyx]

That is an awesome shot! It does look like it belongs on an inspirational poster - the lighting is sweet, it's moody, it's clean, it conforms to the compositional thirds, it's PERFECT!

Except I must join in the straight horizon choir.

[Killakoala]

Thanks guys, funny thing is, i didn't even notice the horizon and that's usually one of the first things i sort out

[Sheetshooter]

Steve,

Highly evocative shot. I think you might be surprised by the shift in character of the boat if the horizon were levelled thus making the bow a little lower also, but that is my only thought about the horizon in this case. Not a major issue I feel, since I assume it was taken with your on a floating vessel also and the slight tilt conveys that sense to me. We humns can make a pretty fine gimbal mount in terms of flexibility but we have a whole mess of stuff going on in our heads what with inertia and movement and counter-movement that makes it well nigh impossible to level the camera .... and at sea (as you would well know) the last thing you want to do for the horizon is support the camera on a deckmounted tripod.

Well done in my book.

[sirhc55]

Excellent shot Steve

[stubbsy]

Steve - a great shot is, horizon level or not. I'd be more than happy if I'd taken this.