
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!
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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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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!