New Joiners - Landscapes #774
Chris Saunders

New Joiners - Landscapes #774

March 2024

Entry 19751373
62nd
9

Thank you for entering the competition with this lovely image. I love the nice balance of sky over land within your composition, this works well for the fact the land has not got a lot going on with it but the sky has, coupled with the fact you have caught that moodiness in the clouds has helped your image stand out from the others

Entry 19751471
13th
12

Another image with some lovely tones that are helping to set the scene so well. Your attention to the shape in the river has paid off well as it fits in the frame perfectly and feels nicely balanced.. Room for improvement would be to just watch the focus of the image, as to me it feels like its a little bit soft, this will help your shots no end.

Entry 19756978
17th
15
Entry 19761926
20th
8
Entry 19776363
18th
10
Entry 19781388
8th
20

Thank you for entering the competition with this lovely image I like this closeup landscape you have captured, the moss and rocks with water flowing through it is nice to look at and the details are nice and rich. I am not sure if this was a larger are with more waterway, but you have done well to focus on this are and it works very well with non of the glare being over exposed.

Entry 19786269
87th
17
Entry 19788700
14th
48

Thank you for entering the competition with this lovely image. I really like this sunset image, you have done well to not have any of the highlights go over and to not lose the grasses and mountainside into shadows. I also like you have gone for a shutter speed to keep the wildlife in focus too.

Thank you for entering the competition with this lovely image. Another image with some lovely tones that are helping to set the scene so well. Yor attention to the shape in the rive has paid off well as it fits in the frame perfectly and feels nicely balanced.. Room for improvement would be to just watch that sun highlight at the top of the frame, it would be worth trying to exclude that in the frame.

Thank you for entering the competition with this lovely image. They say things in 3 balance well for a shot and this is the case for your image here. That coupled with the nice and even spacing on either side of the shot and the tack-sharp details has left you with a stunning shot. The cloud texture also works very well.

Another image with some lovely tones that are helping to set the scene so well. I really love the golden hues of the trees. Also the flow of the water on the rocks in your choice of composition works very well too. Room for improvement would be to double-check the focus in the background as the trees look very blurry in the image, this could be created by the wind, but it looked overall soft

Thank you for entering the competition with this lovely image I like the cold tones in the shot as this balances well with the mist on the water and snow on the trees. The image flows well, but to help improve, it is worth looking at getting the explorer correct on the highlights such as in the middle of the frame, as this is quite bright and ove4powering, also watching out for the watermarks that can be seen in the sky will help improve your work

Entry 19789349
92nd
2
Entry 19791160
5th
24

Thank you for entering the competition with this lovely image The eye-catching part of your image is the person walking in your footsteps through the shot, but the lovely shapes in the dunes that are helped with the light and shadows is also working well. Everything is nice and sharp and you can really appreciate the remoteness of the shot you have taken

Entry 19792589
50th
7
Entry 19794829
91st
3
Entry 19798134
10th
13
Entry 19802312
57th
7
Entry 19802899
55th
6
Entry 19803171
28th
12

Thank you for entering the competition with this lovely image I like what you have seen within this image and you have done well to spot it. The tones in the trees and mist on the water make for a great scene. But just be mindful of the other factors with the image-making process like the focus, as the trees look very out of focus in parts and also there is a bit of chromatic aberration creeping in on the far right-hand sides of the trees.

Entry 19805014
54th
4
Entry 19811862
3rd
20
Expert
winner
Entry 19814855
16th
18

Thank you for entering the competition with this lovely image.

Its stand-out features such as the golden light and details that have been preserved in the highlights made it stand out so well, everything that should be in focus and I like the general flow throughout the image. The trees in the foreground work well to also balance out the image

100 Images entered

93 Photographers

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9,244 Ratings

Entry 19810743
46th
8

Thank you for entering the competition with this lovely image. Really nice to some black and white work being entered and all the relative details being well done in the shadows and highlights, I also like the width of the view you have gone for, this really helps to give an idea of the location you have photographed. The only criticism from myself would be the hedge on the left of the frame, it would be nice to have that all the way in or out of the shot to help improve it.

Entry 19813925
11th
16

Thank you for entering the competition with this lovely image I like a moody sky shot and you have done well with this one. The shot ist self is of a rather amazing-looking location. For me, I would say parts of it look a little over exposed, particularly the highlight at t the top middle of the frame and also the foreground valleys. Maybe toning these down a little will help, but the other aspects such as the focus and the composition you have done exceptionally well.

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’.

Entry 19811561
12th
15

Thank you for entering the competition with this lovely image I like the location of your image and the golden light that fills the frame in abundance.The grasses look nice and sharp at the bottom of the frame and then they get lost in the light running to the middle of the shot.

The sun is a little overpowering in the sky in the image and it would be good to consider ways to set up a composition excluding this direct brightness that takes over the image.

Entry 19822515
81st
2
Entry 19825061
70th
1
Entry 19825751
31st
9
Entry 19826085
79th
6