New Joiners - Landscapes #632

What an absolutely gorgeous image. It's got everything, light, mood, reflections and most importantly it has mountains! I really really love this, Scotland has a special place in my heart as it's just so photogenic and this is a great example of that! Well done, a worthy winner :)

Lovely reflections, a nice simple image that doesn't need much to make it work. The vivid colours fading into the heavy cloud look great. I'd maybe look at cropping in a bit from the left to lose the branches encroaching in the top corner but aside from that, it looks spot on :)

Awesome reflections! This looks fantastic, I love the perfect symmetry and that light catching the bottom of the clouds is beautiful! The band of low mist turns the horizon level from a bland black line to a great looking feature.

Simple but effective, this works nicely and has no unwanted distractions. It's maybe a tad dark but I think given the type of image it is it doesn't really take away from the overall feel. There's a couple of dust spots that I'd clone out but only a small point to note.

This is great, especially for a phone shot. We are seeing more and more phone shots that make you think what's the point in a big camera? It could do with a little clockwise rotation to level the horizon out, keep in mind the horizon always need to be flat when it's an unbroken line!

Cityscapes aren't usually my thing however this is just beautiful. The light hitting the buildings looks fantastic against that colourful sky. The composition is strong and it's nicely balanced, the 2 spires of the bridge frame the picture nicely. Really nicely done.

This is cool as hell. I love top down drone shots, they just give such a unique perspective on things that you can't get otherwise. The colours are great in this too, I'd maybe crop a tiny bit off the bottom to make it more of a 2:1 letterbox format as there's a bit of dead space the unbalances the image a little. That's only a minor point though, I really like this shot.

Layers for days! This looks fantastic with the low mist giving the depth. Compositionally it's really nice, I'd maybe have cloned out the small log in the water and the small distractions on the edge of the frame but that's just a minor point.

I can see what you were aiming for here, I just feel it lacks a focal point and doesn't really hold enough interest to make the shallow depth of field be as effective as it could be. Keep an eye on your horizon too, water needs to be level. Maybe look for some foreground interest such as a lobster pot or even some barnacles that will help tie the shot together.

I like the mood in this, low mist always helps to create atmosphere and works a treat. I'd maybe have cropped this to a square format as there's quite a lot of dead space in the immediate foreground, I think you could lose this and still have a strong image.

Scenes like this are notoriously hard to photograph, with the bright light in the canopy and generally dark foreground but you've done a good job of containing the highlights. One thing I sometimes find works well with this type of shot is to lower the saturation a tad in the yellows and greens.

I think this has the potential to be a really great shot, there are just a couple of minor points to take into account. Keep an eye on your horizons, as this is sloping to the right quite a bit. If you level this up it'll make a big difference to the overall look. Also, just make sure your lens is clean to avoid the lens flare :)

Lovely composition, and subject, the processing is pretty heavy handed though. There's quite a lot of haloing around the high contrast areas and the shadows and highlights feel a little unnatural. I think with a lighter touch this can be a really nice shot :)

This looks like a wonderful place to photograph, I'm yet to visit Switzerland but every time I look at it I want to go more and more. This is exposed nicely, composed pretty well and has some nice reflections. The sky looks nice too, if I had a small critique I'd have maybe tried to miss out the tree bottom right and get the reflection of the big mountain in shot, but I understand that it might not have been doable!

I love this, it's not your conventional landscape and works really well. I like the use of the shallow depth of field to direct the eyes towards the hole, it makes an otherwise busy scene very focused and easy to look at.