20 years ago today

An image from twenty years ago this time. This is on Jersey, a little piece of France that we own. 

See the traditional fisherman's Volvo outboard motor perched at the rear of his time honoured glass fibre moulded boat.

Despite the passing years, it is good to see that some things never change.




Composition notes: Rule of thirds for the distant village. Sweeping diagonal ropes to counterpoint the boats. The leading line of the jetty draws the viewer into the picture. It's all there. 

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