New Joiners - Landscapes #677

This is a lovely image, well worth the top spot. The Langdales are a magical place and this is a great advert for them. The dappled light in the foreground and that blast on the pikes works really well. It's a no nonsense composition and just works. Nice job.

A nice enough image but either the way it's processed or the way it was shot has made it look over saturated and lack resolution/quality. The composition is ok, I like the colours reflected in the water but I'd have another go at processing it as I think there's a nicer image in there to being out.

What a beautiful place, I like the layers in this and the way you've framed it. It's maybe a little blue but I know when it's hazy like that it's difficult to avoid. Maybe a polariser could help here to cut out some of the glare. Still, it's a nice image and worthy of a top 10 spot :)

Kudos for taking the opportunity when presented, it's frustrating when you have a bout of bad weather so you gotta take your chances! It'd have been nice if you could have cut out the tree in the top left but without being there I don't know if it was possible.

I like the colours in this, and the low mist really adds to the atmosphere. It's composed pretty well, it is leaning to the right a bit though. It needs some anti clockwise rotation to level it out, it's not too obvious but once you look at the trees and waterline you will notice it every time :)

I love this, for a phone shot it's great. No frills, just a memory of a nice walk. You've caught some amazing reflections too. One tihng to try in future, see if you can get your phone right down to water level as it'll really emphasise the reflections!

You've done a great job of showing off the reflections here, I love that you've got down low to really show them off in the wet sand. Nice sky too, I'd maybe crop a bit of the left as there's a tree poking into the frame that's a little distracting.

What a lush sunrise, there's something special about being up and out while the world is still sleeping! I think this is composed pretty well, usually 50/50 horizon doesn't work but this looks pretty good. make sure you keep an eye on the horizon though especially when you are shooting water as it needs to be perfectly level :)

Pretty good for a point and shoot camera, it looks sharp enough and the colours are ok for early morning. I'd maybe try and compose with the boat in the bottom left if it's possible, it's always good practice to have something looking into the frame rather than out of it :)

I really like this, as you say it's nice and clean. No distractions, just a no nonsense composition. I'd maybe think about cropping it to a 16:9 as there's a fair bit of sky and sea that could be lost without spoiling the image.

I love this, it's a simple but strong image. Bags of atmosphere and drama in the sky and the U bend in the road frames the whole image really nicely. Id be interested to know where it is, it looks a bit like the Mangart pass in Slovenia.

What a beautiful cityscape, the buildings lit up against the dark sky just look tremendous. It does really work as a letterbox format as you say, there's no need to add unnecessary sky or foreground when it works this well.

This has some absolutely beautiful colours and textures in it, I love the way the wet sand mirrors the colours in the sky. I like the way it's cropped too, it makes the imge feel balanced and there's nothing to distract from it.

I think there's definitely potential for a really strong shot here with a little more processing. It could do with being warmed up a little and I'd probably add a vignette to help lead my eyes through the image. I like the composition, the path leads through nicely and the trees look great especially all the leaves on the ground.

First of all let me start by saying that shooting centre jour is a very difficult thing to do so it's always going to be a night mare to expose. In this instance I wouldn't use an ND filter but would exposure bracket instead as you have, but I'd shoot 5 shots all 1 stop apart to give me that range to get the sun close. It's always going to be overexposed but rather than shooting it at f4 if you close down your aperture to say f18 you should get a nice sun star which will look nicer than just an overexposed sun! Kudos to you for getting up so early to go and bag the shots!