New Joiners - Landscapes #578
Lynseyoxton1979

New Joiners - Landscapes #578

November 2021

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This is a fantastic image, I really like the ethereal feel of it. The mist gives it a dreamy appearance. It's composed nicely and the glassy water works well. There's plenty to look at and I'd happily have it on the wall. great job.

This is a pretty epic vista, one you'll not forget seeing I'm sure. The image is very blue overall, I'd be tempted to warm it up a bit and also crop some of the sky out. I think it'd work better as a 16:9 crop or similar ratio. I'd love to go there, it looks amazing, what a great memory to have :)

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Entry 11171684
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I really like this, lovely composition and the mood is spot on. The vignette helps to draw the eyes through the image and that winding walkway looks great. Good shout on including the figure, I think without her the image wouldn't work as well. Nicely done.

A nice simple mountain scene, I often find that cloudy days work better for shots like this as blue skies can dominate your attention. I like the larch trees in the foreground too, they help to give a real sense of scale to the mountains.

I like the relative simplicity of this, there are no bells and whistles it's just a nice straightforward image capturing a moment between you and woody enjoying the outdoors. It looks like a great place to go for a walk. The composition is balanced well and for shooting straight into the sun it's exposed pretty good too.

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A nice sharp image of a great location, Nice colours and you've done well to contain the bright highlights. One thing to consider when shooting architecture is converging verticals. Try and shoot a little wider to give yourself some flexibility to straighten the verticals in post-processing.

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This definitely makes me feel wintery, just looking at it makes me feel cold! I love a walk through an autumnal wood, and even more so when I've got my camera. I'd maybe have boosted the saturation a little but aside from that it's a pretty nice shot.

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I love the colours in this, they're bold and contrast well against each other. Hawaiian weather sounds like Scottish weather, rain and sunshine within 15 mins of each other! Glad you stuck it out as this shot was worth hanging about for :)

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What a great view, I love seeing lakes from up above you really get a much better perspective than at ground level. I think the cloudy sky suits this image, although you could maybe have gotten away with cropping a little of it off as there's a lot of it!

There's some nice light hitting the trees for sure, I'm not usually a fan of forest scenes but this one's nice, there's a good amount of separation in the trees and just enough colour to give it some interest. Nicely done

I quite like the composition here, but there's a couple of areas that could be improved on if you don't mind me mentioning them. Your horizon is sloping to the right quite a bit, when shooting seascapes it's really important to get the horizon level. The processing is a bit harsh, there's an odd colour cast to the overall image and it's very contrasty. Try and approach with a more subtle touch, sometimes less is more.

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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’.