My feeble attempt to emulate Edward Weston.
I'm not sure about "feeble". If the 'hotspots' are eyes, and the little shape on the bottom is a mouth, then you've got something pretty damn scary!
Mr Doylem if you would humour me for a bit, this was taken a few weeks ago near Oban. I waited about 5 minutes for the light (the kids were getting fidgety), I know you wait a few hours so apart from that, what else would you say was wrong (or indeed right!) with this? I'm not sure about the framing, I centered it between the two boats but think I should have centered on the big one. This is straight out of the camera.
I appreciate what you say about finding the time to take a particular shot (kids getting restless, etc). I need to get into a particular frame of mind to take anything other than snapshots: something that seems impossible if I have to consider anything (or anyone) else. Sounds kinda selfish, I know...
I don't wait hours, necessarily, for every shot. Maybe the point is that I'm
able to wait. If the light is good straight away, then I'll get my shots and try my luck somewhere else.
Maybe time is our one big luxury these days...
Your pic features a great location, though maybe the boats appear a bit small in the overall composition. Just my two-pennorth...