New Joiners - Landscapes #807
Chris Saunders

New Joiners - Landscapes #807

August 2024

Entry 21451739
5th
12

Really nice photo with a great use of Shadows and highlight to pull out the details. I like how the winding road snakes through the image into the distance, which is then met with the cloud in the valley and more mountains in the distance. It's a really nice balanced composition with some great details and exposure control.

Entry 21452119
20th
9
Entry 21455115
29th
5

The composition on this image is quite strong and I can see what you've been working with on it. Where the image to do with some improvement is with the focus comma as the trees look like they could be a little bit sharper, the shutter speed should have been good enough to stop any blur if there is any wind and the aperture setting is good as well. I like the framing with the tree on the right hand side of the frame as this does help to give you a sense of elevation that you're shooting from.

I like your image that you have entered, it has some good strong details such as the focus being really nice and sharp and the colors are nice and rich too. Where I believe is room for improvement is with the edges of the frame, such as with The iceberg and the bottom right hand corner having that out of the frame I think good help.

This is a really nice shot that just looks cold regardless of where you look. I like how you've got the sweeping shape of the corner with the yellow line taking you through the center of the frame, and also all the other details such as the snow on the trees and the mist in the valley ahead are captured really nicely.

Entry 21458041
42nd
106

I really like the use of black and white for this image I love how much you have lost in the shadows, yet there's just a little bit of detail still popping out, this makes for some really nice powerful work. I also like how much of the cloud and the sunlight hitting those you've managed to capture, show and how much control you have over the camera.

Entry 21463197
7th
10

This is a really interesting composition, the horizon looks like it's slightly distorted from being shot at 10mm, so perhaps tilton the camera up a little bit could have helped with this. But what you've captured in the ground with the details in the green on the rocks and the water running off of them too really makes up for this, I also like the framing choice with the rock pool to the left hand side of the frame leading into the shot

Entry 21464674
18th
5
Entry 21465058
13th
3

Really like what you've worked with on here it's a great composition and really shows off the view that you were getting to see. The focus looks really good, the building, the people and the general landscape or all nice and sharp, but what I find distracting is that the temperature of of your white balance seems to be quite blue comma adjusting this word vastly improve the shot.

Entry 21465134
83rd
2

This is quite a scene with a lot going on in it that all adds to the charm. It's nice to see that the highlights and the sky have been preserved and also the mist in the valley at the same time and also the Shadows having not been lost in the process. To help the composition a little bit, the wooden structure the bottom left hand corner of the frame would be better off being all in or not in the shot at all, this would help improve the composition.

When I came across this shop it caught my attention because I just like the scene and also the bit of the story it was telling. It's great to see that you have used the silhouette technique to help with the exposure being so bright from the sun comma it can be worse sometimes trying to exclude deciding the shop as it can be quite bright and overpowering, but I think for your shot here it seems to work and you've got away with it. The details and edges of the ship and the buildings are all nice and sharp and I also like the little bits of reflections in the water.

Entry 21472999
27th
7
Entry 21474452
47th
2
Entry 21475349
28th
3
Entry 21476207
4th
10
Crowd
winner
Entry 21477869
1st
16

This shot looks really cool and it's now just another location of added to my must visit list, it's great when I image gives a little bit of inspiration like that. I like how you have include the cottage to help set the scene of the curve of the bay with the rugged rocks. The image fails a little bit under exposed to me and that maybe giving you the whole image of push upwards of quarter or half a stop would help, but still the image is really amazing.

Entry 21482954
51st
8
Expert
winner

This is an absolutely beautiful piece of work, I like the balance of the tree on the left and the right falling outwards and the shape and form the other trees in the middle of the shot. I like the effort that you've made to ensure that the four main bodies of trees and respective branches and leafs and not touching the other trees by making sure you are in the right position. You're useful black and white for this image also works well and complements the image to.

100 Images entered

95 Photographers

7,949 Ratings

This is a really moody composition, I like how you've exposed for the sky which is obviously the brightest part in the image, by like how you've also caught some of that light on the side of the mountain. The details in the frame look good although there's not a lot to lock focus onto, but you done a good job of that. I like how the river is coming in from the bottom left hand side of the frame and helping to take your eye through the valley

Entry 21486430
38th
3
Entry 21486703
79th
2
Entry 21486831
23rd
3

This is a really interesting perspective that you have shot and I love how you have chosen to show it in black and white, this to me feels like it's less distracting as I would have thought the town and bottom of the valley would have been lost in amongst all the color. The focus looks really good as does the exposure control to. I like how the bottom of the frame is really dark and the top of the frame is just naturally blending in with the exposure, showing where the light that's illuminating the valleys coming from.

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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 don't really well to get such a nice star trail it's great to see it completed. I also like how you've left in the light pollution from the satellite of aircraft, as I always feel these add to the image. The image itself does look a little bit grainy, I'm not sure why as normally it shoot with a lower ISO and slightly longer exposure, but the trees and rocks and nice and sharp in the frame making a shot work well.