
I absolutely love this, it's a spot I've visited before and will revisit time and time again on workshops. The whispy cloud looks fantastic, as do the muted colours and bold composition. The mountains look so imposing and always make for a great shot. Well done on the number one slot, a lovely image all round.
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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’.
I admire the effort that's gone into your composition and the subject matter is pretty good but you need to work on your settings. The aperture is very narrow when you could have shot this at f11 and the shutter speed is very low resulting in blown out highlights. Try upping your shutter speed and shooting at a wider aperture and this should help with camera shake and overexposure.
Nice reflections, looks like you had some fantastic conditions. I'd maybe have tilted the camera down a bit to centralise the horizon, the reflections are danger close to the bottom of the frame as is and although they're not cut off, there's an awful lot of sky at the top that could be sacrificed to balance out the image!
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