New Joiners - Landscapes #701
Lynseyoxton1979

New Joiners - Landscapes #701

May 2023

I love Slovenia, and Bohinj is a really beautiful place! You've got some lovely reflections there and the weather looks to have been fantastic :) I like the composition, the panorama works really well and its pretty evenly exposed considering the difference in the sky from left to right :) Nice job.

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This is pretty cool, the sky looks fantastic and I particularly like the sun star - keep that up! It's composed well, sharp throughout and has good colours. It't not too often you'll see a sunset that stunning in Scotland so you've been lucky!!

usually I don't like photos that are shot straight at the sun but when it works this well it's hard not to like it. The wave in the foreground is a great shape and the processing is really nice too! Well done :)

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For a shot straight at the sun this is surprisingly well exposed, phones nowadays are clever things and make a good job of a difficult exposure! It's composed well, there's nothing distracting and the colours are nice. All in all it's a pretty decent shot :)

You've done well getting this from a moving balloon! It reminds me of the Tuscan landscape in Italy, it's very similar. You've caught some lovely light, and it's processed well too. I'd be pretty happy if this was my shot :)

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This is a beautiful photo, the composition is fantastic and the colours work really well. I love drone shots, they offer such a unique perspective on the landscape. The river winding through the image looks really good and leads my eye to the mountain. Lovely job and well done on the win.

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A nice simple composition, but it works well. You got lucky catching the lightning! I'm glad you hung around with your camera rather than just calling it quits and going home! I guess if I was being super picky 'd have maybe gone forwards a little to cut out the tree on the left but I wasn't there so don't know if it would have been possible!

This looks like a scene out of Lord of the rings, or King Kong! I love the rugged mountain and low cloud clinging to it, it looks amazing. I think it could maybe have a little more contrast throughout but that's only a minor thing, it's a lovely image.

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I like that this was taken 30+ years ago and still holding it's own. I love the patterns in the sand and it's nice and contrasty throughout. It's a pretty simple composition with no frills and it just works effortlessly.

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This is an awesome view, especially for a daily hike! I'd love to live somewhere like this, I'd never be home! I think this might work better if you cropped some sky off, not loads but maybe the top 5th of the image? There's a fair bit of blue sky that dominates the image and I think cropping a bit off would show off the rest a bit better. I'd also maybe warm the white balance up just a tad.

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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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You've done well to get a sharp image at 1/3 without a tripod! I'm glad though as it's really nice. The colours are great and it's composed pretty nicely, the reflections are good and there's nothing distracting in the frame. Nicely done :)

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I think you're right, this is a very picturesque lake and well worth spending some time photographing. You've composed it nicely and there's a lot to keep the viewer occupied. It would have been nice to have had the sun out but there's not really a lot that you can do to change that!