On the Waterfront

Some random person (as my kids would say) standing on the rocks overlooking Lake Ontario...

I think I overburned the top right-hand corner, but I'm not sure how to fix that... Much practice is clearly needed :)

Other than that, I think this works in black and white... colour version is on flickr if anyone is interested...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/northy44/7627041704/in/photostream/

[Kerri]

Beautiful

[cheryl]

Love the sailboats on the horizon. yes, it works in b & w

[☯ Sarah ☁]

Nice shot, def works in B&W :)

[Bobbyj]

wonderful horizon and waves!

[ladyjane]

Great in B&W - that's a whack of boats on the horizon!

[Livia]

I think Random Person adds to the shot! Beautiful composition and tones. 8)

[Jase]

At least this one is straight :P Good example of why the rule of thirds dosent always have to be used and love that little vignette. Love it, fav-a-roo

[Simon]

Lovely b/w Northy well captured

[Kate Klinck]

beautiful!! I love the lines and the b&w works really well with this shot!

[John]

Great capture, she looks like she is wearing a bathing suit from the 1900's

[Humphrey Hippo]

Love the bands in this & how the random person breaks it up. I prefer it in the b&w.
Top right - the dodge tool can be used to lighten areas a little. In Lightroom you could use the adjustment brush to get a similar effect. Or cheat & crop it. ;)

[Marie]

I prefer the coloured version. It gives a better perspective and layers to the composition :)

[Peter de Graaff]

Looks like there are random sailing boats out there

[Lisa Pouncy]

I love the line of boats on the horizon and that single figure looking out. Great shot xx

[Colleen]

Great!

[Karen]

Awesome shot!

[Aleksandra]

Wonderful view and a great shot!

[ShanneW]

interesting you went for the b&w here

[Ariel]

Hi Northy! Your challenge for the Get Pushed theme, if you wish to accept it, is...

To find and photograph something with bright, bold colours. I'm thinking something that could belong to a particular ethnic tradition that has a bit of a design to it. Let me know if that's going to be difficult (=virtually impossible) where you are and I'll think of something else.

[Disha Parekh]

I love the composition!

[Lyn]

beautiful in b&w and how lovely of the worman to wear white!

[Alison Tomlin]

Cool candid. Make you wonder what she's thinking.

[Andreas]

Looks great in B&W, too much disturbances in the colour one. Love the fifty-fifty split sky/ sea

[davide]

beautiful B&W. great composition too

[Michelle]

I love your use of space on this.. Beautiful shot

[Monika]

I think the burn adds a bit of atmosphere here, if you really wanted it gone you could just clone it out (even in picmonkey)
terrific shot!

[☠northy]

@carmel "bright bold colours"??? as in more than one???? oh the horror!!! j/k ;p i have no clue yet what i will do but as i live in a large cosmopolitan city i have zero excuse for refusing this challenge :)

[Caryn]

Very nice...it feels very eerie to me....I like it!

[☠northy]

@cmc1200 Tx! Yeah - I get what you mean about eerie... I almost captioned it "the French Lieutenant's Woman"...

[Edie]

The framing on this is great. Gorgeous photo.

[Stacey]

I like how the person looks so tiny against the expanse of the landscape (or waterscape I guess).