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Looks like they could be in for a bit of a wait. The posture and demeanor of the men tells the story well.

The background pastel buildings are attractive and contrast with the primary colors up front, but they also distract me from the subject matter a bit. I would have prefer more separation between the subjects and background, or to have the background less focused perhaps.
 

They are already a long way out as well - when I was last there I coincided with high tide and people were swimming off the jetty towards the top right.

One could list a range of possible improvements to this, but none of them would get close to altering the essential rightness of the main plot.

I hope the fishing was worth the wait :-)
 

I can hear these guys muttering back and forth to each other. I'm transposing Ozarkian twang onto them, so this scene must be universal.
 

They don't look happy bunnies do they? Did they have the wrong tide timetable? I admit I would have steered clear and certainly not pointed a camera at them.

The picture does contain many stories and is fun(?)
 

Rex - I talked to them for some time before asking if they'd pose (they chose how to look). This is Tenby; they come from Cardiff (capital city of Wales) some two hours drive to the East (Welsh dragon next to the boat's name). They must be tough - I was wearing a wind-proof jacket, scarf and hat!

Christine - in some ways you might be right but I think there is a philosophical difference here. Taken at 28mm focal length, because I wanted as much of the boat as possible, that also enabled me to show the distinctive skyline of Tenby - in other words, this was not just a portrait. I think that any horizontal displacement would have altered the boat/people/skyline relationship. A vertical shift was not really feasible without losing something.

Matt - I'm not sure that "Ozarkian twang" would mean much to them, but your comment rings true.
 

Interesting scene, well told story, great composition.

I only find the red intrusive and distracting. But that's me.
 

Is the guy in red looking at the other chap's undone lace? It looked a little posed to me and John's follow-up confirms this. However, the expressions on the two fishermen are well chosen. The red dominates for me throughout the scene though not in a distracting way. If there was a spot of red buried in those distant houses it would be complete.