New Joiners - Landscapes #697
Lynseyoxton1979

New Joiners - Landscapes #697

May 2023

Crowd and
Expert winner
Entry 16373158
1st
22

As soon as I saw this I knew it was the winner, what a spectacular view. Kudos to you for trekking to the viewpoint through the night for it, it really was worth it. It's composed well, exposed nicely and shows off a beautiful part of the world. I'd be chuffed to have this in my catalogue. Well done :)

Meet the expert judge

Entry 16380749
28th
4

100 Images entered

Entry 16368758
45th
6

I quite like the composition in this, and the subject is good but the colours and processing let the image down. It looks like you've applied some form of HDR software or similar but it's resulted in a very unnatural looking image. I think with a bit more careful processing you could have a god image here.

Entry 16369145
18th
8
Entry 16369690
4th
16
Entry 16370071
59th
5

I've been here to recognised it as Slovenia instantly, it's such a beautiful place and the colour of the water is just incredible! We walked to Slap Kozjak along the river and it was so beautiful. This brings back nice memories for me so thank you. I like the composition, the river leading through the image works well and I quite like the stormy sky too!

Entry 16373770
41st
4

There's some lovely colours in those trees, I'd have liked to see you get a bit closer to the water for the reflections as the rocky foreground doesn't really add a great deal to the image. I'd be tempted to crop some of it out as those trees deserve to be the centre of attention!

A lovely simple image, that looks like 70's/80's film shot. It's composed nicely and I like the retouching/processing. It's a shame about the telephone wire but there's not really much you can do about it. The dappled sunlight throughout looks good too!

Entry 16382141
32nd
15

Alpenglow is one of the best things to photograph, the red light on the mountains looks fantastic! We see it quite a lot in the Dolomites and it's always a treat. The foreground is maybe a tad dark but at that time of morning it's difficult to balance it unless you have filters etc. Nice composition though, I like the hint of the river and the whispy patches of low cloud.

What a striking image! At first I didn't really know what I was looking at but once I clicked then it makes sense! I really like this, top down drone shots always work well especially with such an interesting subject. The contrast in light on the rocks looks immense, I really really like the composition too!

Entry 16388907
25th
12
Entry 16403096
2nd
18

I like this, it's creative and mysterious. It's composed nicely and has just enough light to show off the landscape and keep that lovely atmosphere. I like that you've got down low to the ground, it really gives a nice perspective on the forest.

I love the colours in this, it's really calming and surreal. It looks as if it's tilted to the right a little so I'd maybe give it a bit of CCW rotation and crop in a bit from the left top to remove the brightest bit of the sky. There's also a dust spot on the right that needs removed!

Brief

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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’.

98 Photographers

10,154 Ratings

Entry 16399079
72nd
3

This has been on my list of places to visit for a fair while, it just looks like a mega place to shoot! I'd maybe crop this to a 1:1 ratio as the sky distracts from those epic cliffs a bit. Also keep an eye on your horizons, they should be level when shooting water :)

Entry 16405747
46th
5
Entry 16407048
15th
10

Well, I'm glad you kept putting the effort in to get this shot as it's worked really well. The long exposure looks great. I really like the composition too, it's balanced and the colours look really nice together. A great example of how persevering can yield fantastic results. Well done :)

Entry 16413000
69th
1

I like the long exposure effect here, the water looks surreal and works nicely. The black and white conversion is a bit flat though, I think it needs a curve adjustment to bring some contrast back. I'd also crop it 1:1 to remove the right hand side as I think the left hand side makes a much stronger image! hope that's alright feedback!