New Joiners - Landscapes #502

A nicely taken image, but for future reference it would be great if you can rotate the image for viewing purposes, there should be a feature on your phone or editing app to rotate this 90 degrees. Like I said though, it is a nice image with nice colours so I have awarded it a commended.

This is a nice simple sunset/sunrise scene with strong silhouettes. It's nice to see the colours have been left very natural, although I'd have liked to have seen a little bit of detain in parts of the shadow, maybe lifting the shadows might of worked here? Overall though its a nice image and I like the inclusion of the figure within the scene.

Another beautiful sunset / sunrise image which was entered into the competition. I felt with this one is was one of the strongest compositions, with nice foreground interest and good placement of the tree. A really strong overall image, congratulations.

This was an instant favourite in the competition for me as soon as I saw it. I love how the image has been framed and the cityscape in the mist adds to the atmosphere. The choice of mono is an excellent one and the contrasts work beautifully.

This is a pleasant image, but I feel it has had too much of a saturation boost. I believe the colours would have been more pleasant if you had only tweaked them slightly. I feel this would have been a commendable image with less saturation added.

This is a nicely taken woodland image and worthy of a top 10 place. If I can i'd like to offer a little critique on the editing on the image. Overall it has a nice feel but I have a small issue with the blue area where the light rays enter the forest. This looks a little strange because of the warm orange glow of the mist. Other than that it's a nicely taken shot.

Another firm favourite when viewing the entries for the competition. I think this was the only panoramic entered and it's certainly a beautiful one. The image itself have been very nicely composed and the light is very nice within the scene, congratulations on a lovely shot.

What a lovely scene. This was another image that I pondered over for some time and it was really close to my top 10. I like the composition here, but I feel a crop with less sky might be beneficial to the scene.

This is a beautiful snowy woodland scene with a great composition and lovely balanced processing. This is another image where it's clear to me has been taken by an experienced photographer. The choice of aperture to produce such a clean starburst from the sun is perfect and this produces a lovely focal point within the the beautifully chaotic woodland.

I love a good blue hour scene, it's my favourite time of day to shoot. This image has the beautiful cool tones that blue hour brings along with a lovely atmosphere. Very nicely done indeed. Just be a little wary of the dust spots in the sky, you should be able to clone these out easily in most photo apps.

A lovely image of Pen yr Ole Wen with a good use of leading lines and choice of shutter speed. This was an easy choice to put in my top 10 and I would guess that the entrant is already an accomplished photographer.

What a beautiful sunset! This was another image that stood out when viewing the entries. The colour is striking without having a saturated look which isn't easy to achieve when shooting such a vivid scene. I also like the simplicity of the scene, but if I could make one improvement it would be to crop the the left side a little so the boat (dark object) on the edge of the frame isn't included.

What a stunning scene! The Canadian Rockies would certainly be high up on my bucket list and I'm sure many other photographers as well. This is a nicely balanced scene, well composed with the river leading in from the right hand side. Congratulations for making the top 10.