Urban landscape
by bjvermeulen

Comment:
Sorry to be harsh, but my scoring is:
2/2 ΓΆ€“ Subject suitability
0/4 ΓΆ€“ Technical & artistic skill = intesting colour but lacks detail/lack if focus makes it look very busy/confusing,
0/3 ΓΆ€“ Overall appeal = no interest or attraction
0/1 ΓΆ€“ Extra merit = no wow factor

Dam
by thefly

Comment:
Sorry to be harsh, but my scoring is:
2/2 ΓΆ€“ Subject suitablilty
0/4 ΓΆ€“ Technical & artistic skill = blurred & lacking detail, poor composition,/no focal point
0/3 ΓΆ€“ Overall appeal = no interest or attraction/confusing
0/1 ΓΆ€“ Extra merit = no wow factor

Flower
by mineru_forgardu

Comment:
Sorry to be harsh, but my scorring is:
1/2 ΓΆ€“ Subject
0/4 ΓΆ€“ Technical & artistic skill = blurred & lacking detail, poor composition
0/3 ΓΆ€“ Overall appeal = no interest or attraction
0/1 ΓΆ€“ Extra merit = no wow factor

Where is my landscape?
by helder

Comment:
I only gave this shot the minimum score for the following reasons: I do not consider it to be a landscape. The horse and fence are blurred and lacking detail. The composition is week and the picture as a whole is not "engaging". Sorry.

In the valley
by alithenake

Comment:
This is a stunning picture by any standards. The composition is excellent; using lines, focal points and colour to guide the viewer around the landscape. The image also has an amazing ethereal quality. My only advice would be to make posters and start selling them! 10 :-)

Sunset on the other side of the river
by HVGB_photos

Comment:
I think this picture would have been much stronger (and met the challenge better) if it had been cropped much lower, i.e. from just above the bright cloud on the centre/right. This would have added much more emphasis & impact to the main subject area.

Midwestern Icon
by Rook3000

Comment:
Even though this picture is 90% sky and only 10% land I think it works really well. The buildings do seem a bit blurred though.

Seatng for Six
by dpjerry

Comment:
I like the strong colours, but think the blurred trees let the picture down.

An Icelandic fire sky
by sissi

Comment:
This is a lovely shot with heaps of atmosphere and interest in the clouds. However I think it would have been enhanced further by cropping off the bottom two thirds of the dark foreground.

Circle of squares
by vjoz

Comment:
This is a simple but very effective photograph. The reflection of the sky in the manhole cover matches perfecly with the colouration of the damp road/path. My only concern is with the bright edge along the top of the picture, which I find distracting - it interrupts the even tone and calm mood of the rest of the image. (I also wonder how the photo might have looked had it been cropped square; creating squares within a circle within a sqare - not a criticism by any means - just a thought - as I guess it might have made the crop too tight. A really excellent capture - well done.