New Joiners - Landscapes #550

This is awesome, especially for being taken on a phone. I really like the composition, with the foreground completely dominated by the lupins. The mountain lacks sharpness but realistically with a phone there's no way you'd get it all in focus and it still looks epic so well done!

Great mood in this with the low swirling clouds, I've got a couple of points to make that will help you in the future if that's ok. Try and avoid things intruding from the image edges, even small things such as the branch on the right can make a huge impact on your image. When shooting water, keep the water level so it's not sloping left or right. Was it possible to get down to the water's edge? Getting really low down to the water can emphasise reflections and really show them off too!

"Holy light", or crepuscular rays always look fantastic. Nicely caught, the only thing I'd possibly have changed would be to crop some off the bottom. I'm not sure that much sea adds to the scene, if you cropped say half of the water off I think it'd strengthen the composition :)

This has obviously taken a lot of effort to shoot and process and it looks great for it, there's maybe a small halo around the mill but it doesn't really distract too much. I really admire the effort that's gone into this shot, good job :)

I love seeing heather, especially tons of it carpeting the landscape. This has nice colours, and it's composed pretty well. It's a shame the sun wasn't out on the heather as this would have really given the colours a boost but it's still a really pretty photo.

The muted colours in this really suit it, I thought it was the Scottish Highlands when I first looked as it's a similar landscape. Being out in bad weather is great, it's so much more rewarding than getting out when there's no risk of getting wet! I'd maybe have pulled a grad over the sky in post and given it a bit more contrast and darkened it a little to enhance that angry mood but it still looks great how it is :)

I think this has the potential to be a really great shot, the colour toning on the sky is just that little bit too heavy. I've been here a few times and know that it can be tempting to try and create that mega morning light but sometimes less is more. The colours don't really match and I think if you'd added a more subtle tone it'd be a much stronger image. Having said that, you've composed it really nicely and the low mist looks fantastic swirling around the house and the layers throughout the photo look tremendous.

I like the thinking behind this. creating the layers with the telephoto. It's something I do when out in the mountains in Italy, it can have a really good effect on photos. If this was mine I'd take a tiny bit off the top, just so that the mountain peak wasn't bang on in the centre of the image but just above it. It's only a small change but I think it'd balance it out a bit more.

Not a shot I'd usually be drawn to, but on this occasion it's caught my eye and I just felt I had to include it in the top 10. The colours are fantastic and I like the creative use of the depth of field :)

I'm generally not a fan of fisheye photos, but this one's pretty cool. I like how you've tried something different from the norm as well. Did you try any in a portrait format? I think that'd look pretty cool up close to one of the sunflower heads!

I absolutely love this, it's framed brilliantly and the black and white conversion really suits it. I'm glad you stuck it out and kept visiting to get your shot, it's paid off and the fog really adds to the image as well :)

Honestly, moments like this are what being out taking photos is all about. I'm glad you guys stuck it out and waited, it's so easy to give up and call it a day when all you need is that tiny break. And look what you got for it, amazing light and a great view! I'd definitely crop this into a letterbox format as there's a lot of dead space at the bottom and it'd make a great panoramic image. The sky is blown out around the sun but to be honest who cares, what a great memory to bring home.

I like a good letterbox panoramic, plenty to look at and a good balance of sky and sea. You've done a great job of containing the highlights around the sun too. Nice soft colours and good movement in the water. Nice shot overall.