New Joiners - Landscapes #564

Congratulations on the number 1 slot with this beautiful image. It's nicely composed, exposed perfectly and processed well. The low mist has given this a wonderful feel, and the warm white balance suits the early morning atmosphere. You've done well to only let the sun peek a tiny bit so as to avoid big blown highlights.

I really like this, the minimalist look is fantastic. It's not often we get a photo with such a bold composition so cheers for entering it. I like the muted colours, I think this would work as a really contrasty black and white!

This is an out of this world vista!! It reminds me of travelling in the Dolomites, hardly surprising given the terrain. I like your composition, it's nice and balanced and doesn't feel crowded. I'd maybe lower the blues a little as it could do with being warmed up, but it still looks fab.

I can see what you were going for here, but you've missed the composition. There's an awful lot of dead space in the bottom and especially the left-hand side, I'd have zoomed a little to concentrate on the top right and tilted up so as not to lose the top of the mountains.

Crepuscular rays are really beautiful, they add so much depth to landscape images and so are always great to see. I think had this not had the yacht in then it wouldn't work, the boat adds a point of interest which works nicely. You've blown the highlights in the sky quite a bit, with a shot like this you can afford to shoot it a bit darker and lighten the shadows after, especially as you've shot it at ISO 100 so the shadows should be free of noise!

2 images in the top 10, can't grumble at that. I'll just echo my comments on your other shot, the low mist works wonders creating that lovely atmospheric feel and diffusing the light. I like the high cloud catching the sunlight here too.

A nice peaceful scene, no-frills no bells and whistles just a pretty chocolate box photo. Pretty well exposed considering the bright highlights on the boats. Composed well too, you've not cut off either the tops of the mountains or the hull of the boat.

I absolutely love this! It's got everything going for it, fantastic composition, perfect exposure, really really nice colours and the processing is killer. Waterfalls are difficult to photograph well, but this looks really good. Nicely done on timing it well to avoid the harsh sunlight too, those deep greens work so much better without sun blasting on them :)

Bluebells are a firm favourite of mine, they're amazing little flowers and make for beautiful photos. I like the way you've caught the dappled light coming through the trees. If this was mine I'd maybe darken it down a little, and boost the colours a tiny bit.

I really like this, the reflections are pretty good and I like that you've kept the near reeds in to give some foreground interest. Your exposure is nice and even, and the composition doesn't feel cluttered or busy despite there being a lot going on. Nice job

This is a pretty nice shot, I like the composition and you've caught it on a good day weather wise. I love the story behind it too, making a memory you can treasure in such a wonderful place is a beautiful thing.

I think this has lots of potential, but the colours are just too unnatural to maybe it believable. I'd tone them down as I'm sure you can still produce a nice image from this with some more natural looking colours.