The Storm (BASIC editing)
by talikf

Comment:
Back to comment and bump: An amazing capture. Glad you put the editing comment in your title because this shot is almost unbeliveable. 9

Wine Country Barn
by xtian

Comment:
Back to comment and bump: Someone understands Expert Editing. 10

Dead Calm
by SJCarter

Comment:
Back to comment and bump: Not a traditional landscape but very well done. 10

The old crater
by Brin

Comment:
Back to comment: Very dynamic looking sky that compliments the terrain below very nicely. The post processing is well done and looks natural. My only complaint is that the crater seems to be a bit close to the lower edge of the image and would benefit from a little more breathing room at the bottom. 7

Alabama Hills and Sierra Nevada Mountains
by 2mccs

Comment:
Back to comment: You found a very scenic location for a landscape challenge but the composition of this image is a little busy. I find the scrub brush and large boulder in the foreground to be a bit domineering in the composition. You may want to try cropping them out to see what it does for the image. The contrast between the brown Alabama Hills and the snow-covered mountains is nicely captured but the overall contrast of the image could use a little boost. The image also appears to be slanting to the left a little bit but that could be just an illusion caused by the terrain. 7

Distant Snow
by Pooba

Comment:
Back to comment: You found a very scenic location for a landscape challenge but the composition of this image is very busy. There are two main subjects in this image competing for the viewer's attention, the vast expanse of desert with the mountains in the background and the dead tree in the foreground. The mountains are by far the more interesting of the two subjects but the leading lines of the foreground make the dead tree the dominate subject. And to honest, the dead tree isn't all that interesting to look at. For keeping the colors looking natural in an expert editing challenge, I gave this image a 7.

Unstable Apex
by Photologist

Comment:
Back to comment: You found a very pleasing landscape challenge subject with exceptional lighting. IMHO the composition of your image suffers from the square crop you choose. There is a lot of negative space at the top and bottom that doesn't really add to the composition. A more traditional landscape crop (4x6 or 5x7 ratio) would help considerably. I would suggest letting the slope of the rock formation on the left side intercept the lower left hand corner of the crop. This will provide a very strong, diagonal leading line to the boulder at the top of the formation. This image also looks a little soft. Did you remember to sharpen a little bit after downsizing the image for the challenge? 7

Tim

To dream of home...is to dream of green.
by DrAchoo

Comment:
Back to comment: You found an excellent subject for a landscape challenge; however, I find the composition just a bit awkward. First, the crop at the top looks a bit tight. From the sliver of sky that is showing I can tell you didn't have a wow sky to work with but that tight of a crop doesn't do the rock formation or the waterfalls any justice. This area needs a bit more breathing space to balance the image. Second, the still water at the bottom doesn't add much to the composition and diminishes the leading lines effect of the rock formations. If you had cropped closer to the rock formation on the right side of the image, then the leading lines effect would have been stronger towards the waterfalls. Although you indicate in your title that the green is part of your main subject, in actuality it is but a frame for the waterfalls. So anything you can do compositionally to strengthen your main subject will help this image. 7

Tim

Spring Forest
by Tom_Robbrecht

Comment:
Back to comment: I've bumped this three times as I've sorted through the entries and the depth of this image earns one of the three 10's I'm giving out in this challenge. Wonderful image and I hope to see it with a ribbon.

Tim

Idyll
by Structor

Comment:
Back to comment: I've bumped this three times as I sorted through the entries and the depth of this image earns one of the three 10's I'm giving out in this challenge. Wonderful image and I hope to see it with a ribbon.

Tim