johnfarrar

Beautiful light and place. Does the picture lack a central point of interest? Canisp (if it is Canisp) and the trees aren't quite strong enough to pull the eye from Suilven and the rainbow on opposite sides. Much better picture than I took when I was there a few Novembers ago!

Superb: strongly emotive capture of a storm. Have you tried darkening the left-hand foreground a little to keep attention on the tree and central rock/waves?

Hi Kierston - this is nicely seen and composed, and the selective focus on the fungus (a Clavaria?) is just right. The one thing I would have done differently would be to remove that out of focus twig just in front of the fungus. Keep shooting!

Not only is this a wonderful photo - but your patience reminded me of the Nat Geo photographer and the half-shorn sheep (google Cary Wolinsky half shorn sheep). The framing and background in your pic are spot on.

Very good, very special; the background is just right to set off the curve of birds, and it gives a satisfying sense of place.

Ian - lovely image, especially with the water in the foreground giving a lead-in. Question - is the colour in the clouds, which has no parallel in the beach and so looks slightly odd, due to the Hi-Tech grad (mine has a purple cast). Second question - a Fuji! What happened to the Pentax 6x7? (PS like your pics in the '17 JMT diary).

Christoph - as ever, a well-seen and composed picture from you. I've just tried a rather drastic crop that 'unroots' the image and gives some ambiguity; see what you think.

Christoph - this is a beautifully seen, composed and exposed picture. My one comment would be, can you tone down the highlights on the leaves on the sapling, and on the areas at top right and bottom left; they distract a little from the mood.

Brent - nice image and so clearly a good subject for Orton! I've had limited success with Orton and landscapes, but when it works it can be excellent. In my hands at least it can darken highlights, so I often brighten them again (or increase overall contrast slightly) after applying Orton.

I like this a lot; it's a very different take on web pictures and makes the web look both beautiful and - to passing insects! - dangerous.

No, not too much. For two reasons - the pebbles, and the diagonals from the clouds, their reflections, and the swell. An example of where the eye is a much better guide than any 'rule' about halves!

Ian - just lovely, and interesting to see the red of the Torridonian sandstone bleached by the light. The wooded island is just right!

The sky and the light are great; would it have a little more impact if the bottom 25% were cropped off? The 'figure' would then be more prominent.

A lovely quiet image that shows how cutting the frame in half horizontally can sometimes work beautifully. I also like the absence of pure white and black.

Skiddaw to Blencathra? Lovely light and great use of the inversion.

A bit special - fantastic light, faint double bow, and a 'below horizon' part of the bow. Well worth the climb!

Superb - a beautifully composed and exposed image. There are two small near-white areas (lichens?) on the left foreground rock which could be darkened a little - they pull the (my!) eye away from the water.

Rick - excellent; well seen and executed. Personally I'd prefer it straight, without the frame line. Best wishes, John

Yes, a beautiful image, the softness really adding to it. Have you tried cropping just a little off the bottom?

Nicely seen, interpreted and titled!

Rick - the detail and texture in what I assume is a retted leaf, and in the Xylaria, are fantastic. The composition is good. My only suggestion would be to tone down the distant highlights at top left, so they don't attract the eye away from the fore- and mid-ground so much. Best, John.

Michael this is lovely. Have you tried cropping a little off the right hand side? The way the head sits among the lilies is a nice touch.

This is excellent - and it's unusual (and really works) to give fungal gills a high-key treatment. Wish I'd taken it!

Great picture of a great hill! Agree with Scott except that I quite like the bush on the right - gently suggests things beyond the frame. Assume you used a ND grad as the reflections of the blue sky is maybe a little bright relative to the sky itself.

Well Slavomir it was worth it! An excellent composition and light that captures exactly the wet, windy west of these islands.