Hi Darren,
When most people look through a camera’s viewfinder, they see a scene – what is there is what they are going to work with. But when smart photographers look through a viewfinder, more often than not they are thinking of the canvas that the image is going to be presented on.
As they look about the frame they are asking, where will the horizon line go? Is there enough interest in the foreground? Is the sky too blank and what can I do to improve the balance of the picture?
For every question there is usually an answer and slowly through that simple process they eliminate or add whatever is needed to make a photograph stronger.
The main aim is to make the most use of that canvas. The main problem I
have with this image is the white, empty sky which adds nothing to the photograph. In short, it is a waste of canvas space.
What IS interesting in the photo though is the reflection in the water, particularly
in the lower right of the frame.
Now, this where good photographers think… less sky, more reflection. All you needed to do here was tilt the camera downwards a little… maybe zoom in just the slightest amount and the image would have been stronger.
Its still not too late to crop down the sky, but if you are going back there in the near future… my advice would be to have another go and see if you can get a stronger image.
Cheers,
Anthony