New Joiners - Landscapes #890

A great long exposure shot of the Northern Lights and Icelandic landscape. You've done a good job to exposure the scene correctly with such a long shutter speed. The focus and details are spot on and the noise reduction is impeccable. A well thought out and considered composition and exposed image. Great work!

The chaotic and dramatic stormy sky really makes the warm coloured and lit geometric building stand out boldly. The reflection in the pool of water compounds this effect. I love the shot and the exposure and colours, my only nit-picking minor suggestion is a tiny crop of the right side to make the spacing of the water and edge of frame the same. This would also even out the blocky hedges on either side. With such a symmetric composition, it's the little things that stand out. Only a minor point on a wonderful shot!

I love the pastel coloured sky matched with the muted colours in the shadows and neutral sand. A gentle and calming scene with a good composition, balancing foreground and background elements. The focus on the foreground adds a depth to the photo, allowing the defocused sea and sky to let their colours speak for themselves. A gorgeous little scene captured well.

A great use of the manmade boardwalk to provide a leading line into the scene, drawing the eye into and up the mountain. The tree on the left helps hold in the frame on that side. You've got a good balance of foreground, midground and sky as well. A lovely shot that puts the viewer into the scene.

A wonderfully layered image packed with detail and depth. The off camera light hits the jagged peaks in just the right way to add contrast and details, while also adding little pockets of brighter snow for the eye to jump to. The ridge lines create layers off to the distant horizon, while the closer face of the mountain bring the viewers eye back to the front. A great shot of these alps!

I really like the colour palette of this photo as it works well with the subject matter. The central feature of the old castle definitely draws the eye, while the grazing sheep elevates the structures sense of being so ancient it blends in with it's surroundings. While the wider angle aspect of this photo shows off the coastal location more, I think a tighter central crop would give the image a higher impact, more fine art look to it.

A lovely panoramic view with a good composition, balancing out sea and land with a warming sunset. There are some technical issues with the phone cameras ability to stich the panorama together, but these don't take away from the wonderful light and expression of the natural beauty in the landscape. Great work!

The eye is immediately drawn to the highest contrast portion of the image, being the two people. The viewer then explores their surroundings to find a fascinating landscape of flattened dunes and pockets of water. An unusual and desolate landscape, giving the presence of the people a sense of isolation. The cyan colours in the sky and water complement the neutral tones of the sand.

A gorgeously captured sunrise photo. The fiery colour gradient of the sky plays nicely with the cool tones and textured surface pf the water. The silhouette of the pier is well balanced with the orb of the sun, while the birds add a sense of life and movement. Well done!

You've done a great job to match the tones and contrast with the mood of the location. The stormy clouds add a great backdrop for the lighthouse, making it an even more prominent feature of the photo. The red roof contrasts with the rest of the image, bringing the attention to the squat building that seems to be hunkering down against the elements. A great representation of the location.

You've got a great eye here to see the wonderful light bringing out the curving edge of the ridgeline. The shape of the curve combined with the texture of the snow provides enticing subject matter. The three people hiking up the slope have a good amount of contrast with the snow to be just visible. I can see you've composed the shot with intention to centre the hikers and keep the ridgeline within the frame. May I suggest trying a slightly different crop, by bringing in the upper right corner to just in and under the dark rock there, centring the brighter curve and offsetting the hikers. The very right of the frame is darker and doesn't add too much to the scene anyway. I believe with this simple adjustment you'd have a much more visually impactful photo. Still a magnificent capture!

A really lovely scene, well composed to include lush vegetation, sunny lakeside townships, and a stand out rainbow that gives the whole scene an idyllic feel. The rainbow is definitely the icing on the cake, but even without it the photo is well exposed, drawing the eye towards the lake without overpowering the rest of the scene, allowing the viewer to explore the distant mountains and few houses scattered on the closer hill. Well done!

There's something about a really good colour gradient that is simply captivating. A nice blend of warmer to cooler tones through the sky, and scattered mix of the two in the smoothed out water below. The slightly layered mountains and crescent moon add an expansive scale to the scene. Providing an open calmness and landscape element to what is really a celebration of colour.

A lovely colour palette in a beautiful sunset seascape. The light from the sun is composed just right to create a sense of natural glare and nature aversion to looking directly at the sun. The subtle light rays bathe the sand and accentuate the rippled texture. The little detail of the bird in flight is perfectly positioned between sea and sky and adds a element of life to the shot. Well done!

A scene that is well suited for a black and white treatment. Lots of big shapes with strong contrast. There are a couple of things that could elevate the shot. An overall brightening of the scene so the sunlit face of the dune is more in the highlights region rather than a mid grey, while also lessening the vignette. The persons backpack does well to help them standout against the darker dune in the background, and the shadow cast on the ground adds even more scale and depth. You've got all the elements here for a really great shot.