New Joiners - Landscapes #798
Chris Saunders

New Joiners - Landscapes #798

July 2024

Entry 21043042
14th
9
Entry 21051263
23rd
11
Expert
winner

This is a really strong image with some great details and I just think everything is really balanced in the shot. The editing really works too. The timing of the shutter speed is great as this allows the water to move, but the person and all the foliage to remain tack Sharp to help strengthen everything within your work. I also like the balance of the tree holding the frame on the right and some of the ferns as they come in on the left along with the rocks, these are just all nice things to discover as you look through the image

100 Images entered

Entry 21047044
24th
28
Entry 21054801
41st
9
Crowd
winner

I really like this image as soon as I saw it, with the curve of the bay and the water crashing in that, and the foliage in the foreground full of detail making a real nice structure for this image. Then you have the nicely captured tones of the sunrise that you've preserved the details of the good exposure.

Entry 21063227
4th
11

I'm really drawn into the amount of detail in this photo, there's a sense of scale with the buildings looking so small against the sides of the valley that the water flows through, and if that wasn't enough there's also the moody sky that looks like a storm that is moving overhead. The colour grading on the image is also nice with the blues and greens preserved well and also with the bit of golden light at the end of the valley.

I really like this image, the wide field of view has really paid off to capture as many of the rocks in the foreground with the water crashing over them, and these have not been lost in Shadow and also still a relatively sharp as well. Then the balance of the waterway going through the photo to its vanishing point really helps to pull the viewers eye through the image and appreciate the scene that you've captured.

I really like this piece work has a nice strong characteristics such as the grain within the image comma making it like a shot and film, perhaps it was. But I like the scene with the cows grazing in the rolling mountains with the green grass filling the foreground on the frame. The exposure is done really nicely and the balance of the cows as the subject matter works really well to.

I really like the amount of depth you've got within this shot comma as I was looking through the entries this today really well. I like how you balanced the valley on either side and got one third of the sky and 2/3 of the land, but to captured the light hitting the valley floor and it illuminating the buildings as they are shows that you have good exposure control of the camera, this is a really strong piece of work thank you for sharing with us

Entry 21070418
59th
3
Entry 21073985
34th
3
Entry 21074946
27th
2

This is quite an interesting shot, I like what you've done the depth field and the foreground at the same time I'm also finding it a little bit distracting because there's some real nice characteristics in the fence, the rusty corrugated iron, the cattle and the building behind them I think would have been nicer to filled the frame, but still everything is in focus where it needs to be and the exposure is also done really well.

Entry 21077195
36th
3

I really like what you've done with the composition on this shot, it has a good potential. A part I find distracting is that the focus on the rocks and the mud and the foregrounds is out of focus and the image starts to pull into focus ones on the rocks, I would have thought that setting the focus maybe a third of the way in on the rocks on the right would have helped to have got a better balance of the focus throughout the shot and made the whole image in general feel sharper.

Entry 21078849
67th
1

This is another really nice image there's been balanced well with a lot of the sky which is a big selling point with the work comma by also like that there is this peer in the water which is full of character as it is partially flooded, this starts to set a bit of a story to the location and it's just really interesting.

This is a nicely balanced out image time trying to get everything positioned well. It is nice how you have captured the steps in the distance on the left with the water in a way bringing itself and the viewer through the image up to those. A little bit I found distracting is on the rock of the front of the left there's a few bits there that the highlights just seem to be a bit unnaturally bright and distracting on there, but this is quite small trivial thing.

Entry 21086619
2nd
14

This is such a gorgeous scene and instantly while looking at it I just want to go and explore this location, so it's great to say that your work has accomplished what is should have set out to have done by selling a location. I like the balance of trees mountains and water against the sky I think you've got that balance just right. I really like their details that you've retained in the clouds particularly the top of the frame, but I do find the sun burst at the top of the mountain a little bit overpowering and it is detracting from the image a little, but everybody's different and shoots and different ways.

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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’.

99 Photographers

9,451 Ratings

Really nice seascape, with a good use of the leading line in the top right with the pier taking you into the center of the frame, and I also like how you've positioned one of the arches on the bridge to frame around some of the land of the distance, this is quite quirky and works really well. The use of the longer exposure has also added another nice dynamic to the image, a bit I do find distracting is the top left hand corner where the amount of light seems to be quite bright.

Entry 21077415
38th
5
Entry 21081080
57th
2
Entry 21083004
49th
4
Entry 21083214
35th
2

This quite an interesting image and it definitely stood out while I was scrolling through all the entries, I think you might just be the sense of scale of the person on the water's edge and the ruggedness of the mountain. I really like that when you then pay a bit more attention you can spot the house in the distance with some cars passing by there's so small you barely notice them and this gives further sense of the scale of the mountains that you've captured on this occasion.

This is a really nice composition that you've got on this shot, but it could be tidied up a little bit. From what I can see in the frame perhaps taken two or three steps to your right you would have got rid of the boat which you can just see on the right hand side of the frame comma and then also keep the boat which is in a distance away from the main one in the foreground full stop using well to capture the sunset and the colors in the sky comma unfortunately the boat is really underexposed and finding that a little bit distracting. But these are small things that can be worked on and a bit of practice you'll be well away making some great work.

I really like the simplicity of this shot just capturing a moment in time on what I guess is your mobile phone. The memories as we go into these adventures a great just to capture and you've done this quite well with the reflection of the water which is pushing the color throughout the frame. The clouds that have hidden the sun work really well and just adds another great quirk to this image.