At Work (by the jetty)

A picture from my older archives to share with you… Taken with my first serious digital camera, the Canon Powershot G3.

This was taken more than a year ago at Changi Jetty in Singapore. I am not very sure whether if the jetty is still in use as the last time I went, construction of a new modern jetty terminal was already taking place, which is a pity for photographers wanting to capture similar rustic scenes of jetty workers at work.

A decisive-moment picture, I managed to catch this man pulling on the ropes while trying to manoeuvre his boat out of its berth. I like the touch of warm sunlight on the man’s face as well the red t-shirt he was wearing. I think this helps to focus the viewers’ attention on him as the main subject, while the arrangement of the ropes helps to lead the eye across the picture. I realise that there is a man at the top right that some people might find distracting. However, I think that the man is hardly a problem since he is very subtly lit and wearing dull colours. Cropping away the man might not have worked here as it would have disrupted the lines and geometric-pattern arrangment of the boats evident at the bottom right of the picture.