New Joiners - Landscapes #901

What an amazing piece of coastline. The rock stack - capped with trees and vegetation - makes a great focal point and the moody, misty conditions help the stack standout from its background. The foreground vegetation is a little distracting and messy, though - a cleaner foreground would have produced a stronger result I suspect.

One of the advantages of photographing Skógafoss at night is that you don't have to contend with all the visitors - and can achieve a nice, clean view. The shot is nicely composed and edited. The photographer has selected a clean snowy foreground without footprints. I might be tempted to clone-out the yellow sign near the foot of the waterfall.

Shooting toward the light can provide lots of contrast and drama. You can silhouette subjects too. This bird colony makes an interesting photo. But my main concern is the amount of dirt and dust on the sensor. The sky is littered with 'dust bunnies'. These can be removed using a Clone or Healing brush, but ideally get the sensor cleaned asap.

This really is an impressive vista which suits being captured as a panoramic. The photographer doesn't state how this shot was captured, but I'm guessing it is a stitch, with several individual images 'stitched' together during editing to create this result. The light play helps define the shapes and textures within this scene. It's a lovely shot that you simply cannot appreciate on a phone or small screen - I suspect that it would make a great large print.

This shot has got a lovely 'desert island' feel to it - and the partly buried tree trunk makes an interesting focal point. The stunning, turquoise water provides a colourful backdrop. It's a shame the sand in the immediate foreground is disturbed and messy - I wonder if the photographer could have got closer and used a wider-angle lens to exclude the footprints from frame. The horizon is very slightly wonky too, but this is quick and easy to correct in editing.

This is a lovely viewpoint and the warm sunlight really enhances the scene. The cloud is good too, providing a neat frame for the quayside. To my eye, the overall tone is slightly cool/blue, though - I would be tempted to adjust colour temperature slightly to 'warm-up' this photo.

I do love mountainous views like this with overlapping peaks receding into the background. The misty conditions have helped create lovely layers within this landscape. The black and white conversion suit both the scene and moody sky. A simple and effective composition.

A simple yet effective composition. Placing this lovely lone, shapely tree in the centre of the frame has created a bold and striking composition with a great sense of symmetry. The yellow landscape contrasts beautifully with the blue sky. Unfortunately, the file supplied is quite small.

Rainbow Mountain looks like an extraordinary place to visit and photograph. The saturated blue sky only adds to the colour impact of this shot. It is nicely composed and captured - well worth all the effort to reach this viewpoint.

This is a vibrant, verdant woodland scene. The still water provides an attractive mirrored image of the glade - and the dark tree trunks either side of the composition create a frame-within-a-frame that helps draw the viewer's eye into the scene. A thoughtful composition.

This is a well constructed shot with lovely layers and interest throughout. The livestock add a focal point and a sense of scale - and it's a very enticing landscape overall. The one thing this photo lacks is light, though. Warm, low sunshine would have provided light, shade, contrast and depth.

This shot is not in the no bucket because it's a poorly taken image, it's just in the wrong category. This is a nice enough close-up of some catkins - sharply focused with a clean background - but it doesn't qualify as a landscape. Sorry!

This is a really gritty, moody shot. I like the overall cool tone - and the strong shapes and lines within the composition are engaging. The elevated viewpoint produces a drone like result - and the photographer has done well to almost entirely eliminate reflections from the glass. An impactful urban image.

This is a punchy, autumnal scene. The little wooden footbridge helps invite the viewer's eye through the frame. The overcast conditions and attractive, diffused lighting suits wooded landscapes like this, helping photographers to capture naturally rich colours. A nicely captured shot.

I'm not usually a huge fan of including people in my landscape shots, but the climber works well in this instance - providing a focal point, interest, and scale. Given the direction he's looking, I might have placed him slightly further to the right, though. It's a stark, moody scene that suits conversion to black and white.