Field Notes
Clear skies are often not what the landscape photographer hopes for and, generally I agree, they are something of a creative problem for my landscape photography. Here at the harbour in Margate however, an uncomplicated sky offers a clean, colourful backdrop to the painterly quality of the harbour lights reflected in the calm water and the two go well together. This ultra simple, almost minimalist, composition with so much sky and water in it defies the normal rules of composition but I like it; I think it mirrors the scale and character of the landscape and avoids any contrived attempt to force it into a more conventional composition.