New Joiners - Landscapes #649
Lynseyoxton1979

New Joiners - Landscapes #649

November 2022

Entry 14495263
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Entry 14495574
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Entry 14495856
15th
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Crowd and
Expert winner

An easy choice for the number one slot, this is a really beautiful image! The light is incredible, and that low cloud just looks magical. I've never been to the Tetons but it's somewhere I'd love to visit. You've composed this well, and caught some beautiful conditions so well done!

Wow, the colours in this are incredible. Autumn is definitely the best time of year for photography, there's no other season that compares to it for beauty. Nicely composed, exposed well and decent processing too. I'd maybe have cloned out the grey roof(?) in the centre but that's just a minor point.

This has tons of great moody atmosphere to it! The views from the Storr over Raasay are phenomenal, I always stop for a look on the way up. If this was mine, I'd give it a crop to make it letterbox format, the sky looks cool but there's a lot of it and it's just a grey band, the same with the sea, I think removing half of each cropping from the top and bottom would strengthen this photo immensely!

Entry 14511056
21st
10

I love the reflections here, I think if I could only take one type of photo forever more it'd be reflections! Nice subtle colours, sharp all the way through and composed well, there's not a lot not to like about this photo.

Entry 14511458
13th
11

I like the composition here, and the long exposure looks great. I think you've overprocessed it a little as there's a noticeable halo around the cliff top in the sky. It should be easy enough to rectify but despite it being a nice image I can't unnotice it!

Entry 14514634
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Entry 14517045
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Entry 14523103
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Entry 14524153
12th
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The Palouse is such a bizarre looking landscape, it's like the rolling hills in Tuscany but just on a much larger scale! I like the simple composition here, nothing distracting just hills hills and more hills. Nicely done, it's a cool image!

Entry 14524264
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Entry 14525088
7th
17

This is a lovely photo, the dappled sunlight in the valley helps an otherwise overcast and dull scene. I do think you could lose a bit of the sky, it's very grey and doesn't really add anything to the photo.

Entry 14529359
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97 Photographers

Entry 14504412
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Entry 14513283
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Entry 14531700
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What a beautiful image, not just the view but the way you've captured it. The light is great, it's composed well, its nicely exposed and its got plenty to look at. I like the mix of colour in the trees as well!

Entry 14533517
6th
20

Reflections are my favourite thing to photograph and this is a great example of some lovely ones! Nicely exposed, a great view and sharp all over. Pretty impressive especially for being taken with a phone. I'm consistently blown away by how good mobile phone shots can be now!

100 Images entered

I love images like this, where you've made a bold decision to shoot straight at the sun. It's usually my preference to bracket 5 shots for this type of image so that I can blend them and remedy a blown out sun, but to be honest it still looks nice. I'd maybe ease up a little on the vignette, it's a tad heavy and makes the lighthouse get a bit lost.

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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’.

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Entry 14496004
31st
10

I'm sorry but the processing here is way too strong, the colours have became unnatural and its far too contrasty. Try processing to a more natural look and you'll find it much more satisfying. A good tip is to process it then do something else for a half hour and come back to it with fresh eyes to see if there's any improvements you can make!

Entry 14519041
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Entry 14524875
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Entry 14526250
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Entry 14530095
9th
16

I love this, the atmosphere is fantastic and really gives the image a great mood. I love the Julian Alps, I've visited Slovenia a few times and always been blown away by its beauty. I particularly like the warm light scattered across the image. Nicely done

Entry 14534697
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Entry 14538235
50th
10

A lovely composition and view, and some nice light hitting the rocks in the foreground however its a little heavy on the processing for my liking. The vignette is too strong, lighten it a bit and it will make s huge difference! I love the light in this by the way!

Entry 14538983
27th
17

Nice colours, decent composition and good subject matter. It's a shame it's such a low res image as I'd like to be able to see all the details. It needs a little bit of counter clockwise rotation to straighten the lamps posts.

Entry 14540375
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