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To view the website where the image was found click the image. The original image draws your eye to the large mass if smoke rising from the water, this is because it contrasts to the other objects in the photo because you usually don't see smoke in the middle of the ocean when a boat is a common ocean object. Your eye is also attracted to the image becasue it is located on the lower left intersecting lines when using the rule of thirds.

In the image above I wanted you to focus on the smaller life boat. To do so I cropped out most of the smoke and placed the life boat on the lower right intersecting lines.