New Joiners - Landscapes #528

I really like the use of the wide aperture here, it gives a really unique look to the image. I've chosen this as my winner because it's not a 'typical' style of a landscape image. You've tried something different and it's worked well. Nice colours too! Well done.

This looks like an incredible place! The light hitting the mountains is lovely, it really shows off the ruggedness. I'd maybe have cropped this sightly to remove the little bit of land in the bottom right, it catches the eye a little. It's not a major issue though, it's still a nice photo!

I really like this vista, and that sky is great. There's a couple of points to make, the most important is the use of aperture. You've shot this at f3.5 which has resulted in a lack of sharpness throughout, your shutter speed is really high so you could probably have shot this at f8 or f9 and still retained a fast shutter speed. This would give you a better depth of field with greater sharpness throughout. The other minor point is regarding composition, with the horizon straight through the middle the mountains feel a little lost. I'd have either tilted the camera down a bit to make more of a feature of that lighter colour foliage or tilted up a bit to emphasise the sky some more!

The light you've captured here is really really beautiful. I love the way it's catching the bark on the trees, it really makes the patterns pop out. I like the reflections in the water too. I'd have maybe lightened the shadows in the foreground a little bit, just to balance it out a little more.

For a phone shot, this is awesome. Fair enough if you'd used a DSLR or similar you maybe would have had a better resolution shot but this still looks good. I like the square crop, I think with the way the sky is and the different textures in the foreground the image really works well! Nick job :)

What a great vista, so many photographic opportunities! I'd love to visit here, looking at the full resolution image there's plenty of stuff to see and I can easily imagine spending a day or two wandering around here with my camera. The only point I have really is regarding the aperture, you've shot at f4 and your shutter speed is 1/1600th which is a fairly wide aperture for landscape images. If you'd stopped down to maybe f8 or even f11 you'd still have had 1/400th or 1/200th which is plenty to retain a sharp shot with a greater depth of field.

For such a simple image, this has a lot going for it. All the "rules" say don't put your subject dead centre but I'm glad you did. as it looks great. I think had the wispy cloud not been there the sky would have been a little overpowering but the streak of white does a good job of breaking up the blue!

Great water movement here, just the right amount in my opinion. Enough to give a sense of fast flowing water but not so much as to render it a blob of white. Looking at the full resolution image it's lacking sharpness across the scene which could be a number of things, either you've shot it handheld and not kept still enough or had it on a tripod but missed focus slightly. Make sure you nail the focus as without having it perfect it won't look great on anything bigger than a phone or laptop :)

Looks like a fairly calm day, the reflections are great. I'd have maybe liked to have seen it without the foreground foliage but knowing the spot you were stood at it can be difficult depending on the number of people. My only other critique is the blown out sky, the huge expanse of white draws the eye so I'd have maybe shot this a little darker to contain those bright highlights!

Great colours, well exposed and nicely composed. I love woodland shots, this looks like a lovely place for a wander. I wonder if a square crop of the middle would work so the 2 trees closest to the path would frame the walkway, cutting off the diagonal tree on the left and some of the rocks on the right? Still, a nice image :)

The Bass rock always makes a good image, it's just so prominent and iconic against an otherwise flat horizon. I'd maybe have cropped this 16:9 losing some off the bottom just to move the island away from dead centre of the image, the sky is nice and dramatic so I wouldn't encourage losing any of that.

Lone trees always have the potential to look fantastic, and when you get the conditions for it they just work so well. I love the simplicity here, no frills just a nice clean shot. I'm glad you made it black and white, less is more in these cases and the mono really processing helps with the feeling of isolation!

This is a pretty awesome view, the type of place that makes you want to visit again and again. A couple of minor points, the image is tilted to the right a little, I'd try and level it back up to get your water line straight. the easiest way to get a level with an uneven waterline on a lake is to go off the reflections. get your reflections vertical and everything else will be right. The only other point is regarding the branch on the left, I think had you stepped maybe a foot or so to the right to omit that branch you'd have a much stronger image! Still, it's a nice image, good strong colours and overall good to look at.