By Greg Davies.
It was a foggy winter mid-morning in June by Port Phillip Bay at Port Melbourne. A light drizzle hung in the air. I was looking through a white haze, seeing muted colours and outlines in the far distance. It was an eerie and evocative atmosphere. Railings were reflected on the glistening pier. The view is from Princes Pier towards Webb Dock.
Princes Pier 1, by Greg Davies
It was a foggy winter mid-morning in June by Port Phillip Bay at Port Melbourne. A light drizzle hung in the air. I was looking through a white haze, seeing muted colours and outlines in the far distance. It was an eerie and evocative atmosphere. Railings were reflected on the glistening pier. The view is from Princes Pier towards Webb Dock.
iPhone 5S
Image cropped, sharpened and lens correction applied.
Don’s response
Capturing the quiet feel of a drizzly morning on the docks would be a challenge with any camera, let alone an iPhone. This picture is a testament to photographer Greg Davies’ skills as much as to the impressive state of modern cameraphone technology.
By choosing a subject in which details and colours are softened by the conditions, he’s working well within the capabilities of his camera.
While I think the wide angle view works reasonably well thanks to the line of the dock going across the frame, the distant infrastructure isn’t quite strong enough to knit the whole together.
Perhaps some experimentation with those interesting reflections created by the rightmost third of the railing…
