New Joiners - Landscapes #566
Lynseyoxton1979

New Joiners - Landscapes #566

October 2021

Crowd
winner

This is exceptionally beautiful. It's impressive that it's shot on a phone as well. I really like the composition here with the leading line of the tramline guiding you through the image towards the combine and tractor and ultimately that incredible sky! nice job.

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Welcome to Photocrowd’s ‘Landscapes’ contest for New Joiners! These contests are a chance for new members to introduce their photography to the community, and get a taste of how Photocrowd contests work. They can be entered by anyone within their first 28 days of joining Photocrowd. After 100 images have been submitted the contest closes and the Crowd will start rating the images. The Expert Judge will also be judging the images and writing reviews at the same time. All the winners, both Crowd and Expert, will be announced after 3 days of judging. Make sure you also check out our two other New Joiners contests - ‘People’ and ‘Animals’.

This brings back strong memories of watching sunset in the Mara in Kenya, amazing colours and huge wide-open vistas with only a few trees to break the horizon. This is well exposed, you've done a good job of retaining the highlights but not losing all the detail in the mid tones.

Entry 10716321
35th
6
Entry 10716797
60th
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Entry 10718178
11th
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Entry 10720056
23rd
5

I like this overall, however I'd maybe crop it 16:9 removing some from the bottom as there's a lot of grass that doesn't really add to the image. It's exposed pretty well, and it looks pretty sharp throughout which is good. Looks like a great place to visit as well!

Expert
winner
Entry 10722243
4th
19

I really like this, there's loads to look at but it doesn't feel cluttered. It's exposed well and the composition is spot on. I love the colours in the sky and the clouds catching that orange glow. Congratulations on the number 1 slot, well deserved!

Entry 10724001
3rd
16

One of my favourite places to visit in the world, the Isle of Skye is just magical and Sligachan is a wonderful place to explore with endless photographic opportunities! I like the framing here, capturing that big sky with the Red & Black Cuillin below and also the powerful water movement. Great job.

I do like this shot, however I do feel like the processing is a little heavy handed. It's very contrasty which makes it look dark. I'd possibly look to reprocess but reduce the contrast a bit. It's a pretty awesome landscape, I wouldn't mind visiting there with my camera!

Entry 10727566
14th
7

100 Images entered

What a super pano, it's nice and simplistic but still feels like it's got plenty to keep my interest. Usually, I'd sway away from a centrally placed sun but I think it works really well here. I like the pier leading in from the right and the clouds fill the space to the right to balance the image out :)

Entry 10728537
12th
21

I love the reflections in this, and the autumnal colour is really nice. It's a bit of a shame the sky is blown out / overexposed but then again I wasn't there so I don't know if it was a grey day or not!

Entry 10736117
42nd
2
Entry 10741039
39th
5

I love seeing rainbows, especially in a photo that is reasonably well framed. The tree in the middle catches the eye a little and is a bit distracting but there's not really much you can do about it, I know how it is when a rainbow appears it's a scramble for a composition before it fades!

The water in this is mesmerising, not too long an exposure to lose the detail but long enough to show a sense of power and movement. I like the composition as well, with the sea broken up by the rocks and headland.

Entry 10744174
50th
2

I like the way this is composed, the broken fence looks great and it seems reasonably sharp throughout despite being shot at f4. If you'd wanted to get the mountains as sharp as the foreground you could have used a narrower aperture of maybe f11. The blues are very heavy, I'd look at reducing the saturation in the blue as it looks a bit unnatural. Nice photo overall :)

Entry 10744939
10th
16

I live 25 mins away from here and am ashamed to say I've never been down despite seeing loads of good photos from there! I like the way you've framed this, almost surrounding the rocks with the tide and the water movement looks great. The white balance is maybe a tiny bit on the cool side but that's just a minor point in an otherwise lovely image.

Lovely pre-dawn colours, I love shooting reflections early doors as the water's almost always at its stillest. Was it possible to get any closer to the waters edge? The tree in the top left is a little distracting and the shadows in the foreground are a bit dark so if there was a way to get past these I think it'd make a huge difference.

Entry 10748456
13th
9

This is really really beautiful. I love the reflections and in particular I like that you haven't been tempted to either lighten the foreground or darken the sky. It can look super unnatural if you do that and by keeping it this way it looks spot on!

This is a lovely bright, happy image. It's got a real feel-good factor about it. The sunlight throughout makes a huge difference, and the nice calm water looks really beautiful. The composition is busy but still works, it's a small shame you couldn't get the top of the clump of trees on the left in the reflection but that's just a minor point.

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