Critique request: Greetings, Each month my camera club has an intra club competition. The category is "Landscapes". I have attached two images I would like to submit. I welcome your...

bela1950 Loc: Massachusetts

Greetings,

Each month my camera club has an intra club competition. The category is "Landscapes". I have attached two images I would like to submit. I welcome your comments and suggestions. Your input would be very helpful. Are these images worthwhile?

Thank you

PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago

bela1950 wrote:

Greetings,

Each month my camera club has an intra club competition. The category is "Landscapes". I have attached two images I would like to submit. I welcome your comments and suggestions. Your input would be very helpful. Are these images worthwhile?

Thank you

Bela, Submit the second image with a crop out above the lower split rail. That puts the focus on the water. You can title it "Flowing"

CJsFotos Loc: Cambridge Ontario Canada

Your leading lines are great in the top pic , crop a little off the bottom to make lines more from bottom corner , picture leads you through the image love it!1 Take care!

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Bela, I'm with Stan on these two.
--Bob

bela1950 wrote:

Greetings,

Each month my camera club has an intra club competition. The category is "Landscapes". I have attached two images I would like to submit. I welcome your comments and suggestions. Your input would be very helpful. Are these images worthwhile?

Thank you

IDguy Loc: Idaho

Neither catches my fancy. Too much stuff in each.

I know sometimes with landscapes it is the whole scene that catches your attention. Alas, photos don’t capture that same feeling.

Try some different perspectives for your compositions. Consider putting a main subject at the thirds intersection.

For the first you might consider going down the step and holding the camera low. For the second moving right and getting just the whole waterfall. In that case put the top of the falls at a thirds line.

lloydl2 Loc: Gilbert, AZ

the second image has a much stronger subject (the water fall). However the bright sky steals the viewers eye and I agree that cropping it out will further emphasis the strong subject. If you are allowed to post process the water in the water falls could be brightened ever so slightly to add even further emphasis.

PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago

CJsFotos wrote:

Your leading lines are great in the top pic , crop a little off the bottom to make lines more from bottom corner , picture leads you through the image love it!1 Take care!

IMHO the leading lines in the first image lead your eye to dead trees.If you want to also submit the first image, crop out the dead trees in the background

carney2

Not thrilled with either, but of the two I like the fence/path leading lines in your first photo. I just wish they were leading somewhere more interesting.

Bob Mevis Loc: Plymouth, Indiana

Great job especially the first.

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

bela1950 wrote:

Greetings,

Each month my camera club has an intra club competition. The category is "Landscapes". I have attached two images I would like to submit. I welcome your comments and suggestions. Your input would be very helpful. Are these images worthwhile?

Thank you

#1 is more complex and visually appealing. Straighten the horizon before submitting.

Anhanga Brasil Loc: Cabo Frio - Brazil

I would like to see the first one in B&W with a little
bit more contrast.
If there is no rule about photographs being in color,
that would be my choice.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

For me there is just too much in each frame, and it's unclear what drew you to take the shots. If you are able, try lower angles and also look for less cluttered areas. Think about what is unique to the scene, what caught your eye.

In the below link, there are some "intimate" landscapes that might help you see smaller stories:
https://www.outdoorphotographer.com/tips-techniques/nature-landscapes/grand-landscapes-intimate-details/

You could also think less literally, such as in terms of shadows, textures and lines. Sunrise, sunset, after a snowstorm...all can add mood and interest.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

The foreground rocks (stair?) of the top image take away from that image. The sticks in front of the water fall take away from the bottom image.

IDguy Loc: Idaho

Example but I don’t get why it doesn’t show. Experimenting with ipad photoshop.

Attached file:
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bela1950 Loc: Massachusetts

IDguy wrote:

Example but I don’t get why it doesn’t show. Experimenting with ipad photoshop.

I was able to download with my android phone. I like your changes. The color is more pleasing.
Thank you