Landscape Photo Competition 2015 No 3 : Results

Judges Comment
This is a beautiful and peaceful minimal composition with lovely balance, both left-right and top-bottom. The depth of field holds the viewer’s eye, the lines and texture keep us looking. The flat light makes soft tones and colours thanks to your perfect exposure, the cloud detail slowly creeps out bringing depth. It is a great shot, so simple and very clever - the fence posts nail it. Well done you win this round.
Photographers Comment
Thanks SO much! My name is Víctor Alonso and I'm a spanish photographer based in valladolid, Spain. I took this picture a couple of months ago in Tudela de Duero (Valladolid) with a canon 5d mark II and a sigma 70-200. I used adobe lightroom to process the raw and achieve the tone and color I wanted.
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Judges Comment
You have captured the wet and misty atmosphere of a walk in these woods just beautifully. The tonal range is complete, shadows and highlights perfectly real. The square format works well too. Beautiful work, congratulations.
Photographers Comment
Thank you - I am thrilled. My name is Robert Robertson from Melbourne, Australia. The photograph was taken with a Sony Rx1r on Mt. Macedon, Victoria - huddled under an umbrella in rain and mist. Post processing was done on Adobe Camera Raw with some desaturation and a little dodging and burning.

Judges Comment
The sunset, the sea, the beach, the sand and stones, the lovely warm light, this is all so real…You have captured all the ingredients of this scene within this wonderfully simple shot and you have written a whole story with just a few stones. Very nice :-)
Photographers Comment
The photo was taken just after sunset on the North Shore of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts with an Olympus OM-D E-M5 and a Leica DG Summilux 1.4 ASPH lens. I couldn't get my tripod as low and level as I wanted it to be, so the camera was resting on a flat-ish stone with a 2 second shutter delay. Processed in Lightroom 5 for highlights and shadows. Thank you very much for acknowledging my submission among so many fine images.

Judges Comment
This is stunning and a wonderful interpretation. We see so many pontoon shots but this is both original and beautiful. I love the long exposure, all that space and the pastel colours. Well done for taking this one step beyond and managing your shoot so well.

Judges Comment
Another clever photograph where a desolate scene of snow and cloud has become a picture of peace and beauty. You have really caught nature at its best by keeping this simple.

Judges Comment
So much drama here and the whole palet of colours and tones. Well done for being right there and for framing this beautiful and graphic composition. Stunning work !

Judges Comment
Your style is noticeable and separates you from the crowd, your technique is precise, your composition peaceful and perfect. Well done for another cracking shot…
Photographers Comment
Thank you again. My name is Robert Robertson from Melbourne. This photo was also taken on Mt. Macedon, Victoria, using a Sony Rx1R - which is a brilliant little camera - and post processing with Adobe Camera Raw - again with a little de-saturation.

Judges Comment
You have caught the power of the sea and the beauty of the gulls' flight. Nice timing and a nice complementary and fading backdrop.
Photographers Comment
Bill Bullard, Hermanus South Africa, July 2011. Nikon 700 with a Nikkor 500mm lens. Hiking west along the cliff path on a late winter afternoon with the mountains of the Kogelberg in the background.
www.williambullard.com

Judges Comment
A subject we see often but you have done very well finding this less than usual viewpoint over Machu Picchu. A superb mix of light and dark with the sunny spell perfectly placed. Well done…
Photographers Comment
Thank you to the judge for picking my photo! It was captured at the top of Machu Picchu Mountain after a strenuous 1.5 hour hike. All morning the the clouds rolled through Machu Picchu and right when I reached the summit, I was able to get this perfect spotlight on these awe inspiring ruins.

Photographers Comment
Hi everyone! My name is Janne Kahila and I'm a Finnish travel and landscspe photographer. This one was taken from the awesome Lofoten islands in one of the greatest viewpoints I discovered. Check out my website to see more!
jkahilaphotography.com

Photographers Comment
Hi, I'm Evgeny Dubinchuk - landscape, nature and travel photographer from Russian Federation. On the photo you can see a triangular ice hummock shining in sunlight of the sunset. The photo was taken on frozen lake Baikal in winter of 2015. I used Canon 5d2 with Canon 70-200 f/2.8L IS lens
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Photographers Comment
This scene approaching a forest was captured a couple of months ago whilst out walking in Flensma, in the Småland area of Sweden. I used a 50 year-old 35mm Summicron (f/2.0) mounted on a Leica M9. I used Silver Efex Pro in Lightroom for the b/w conversion.
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Photographers Comment
Thank you very much. my name is Robert Robertson from Melbourne, Aust. This photo was taken near Stanley, Tasmania, using an Olympus EM1 with a 25mm Panasonic Summilux lens - and post processed in Adobe Camera Raw.

Photographers Comment
Bill Bullard, eucalyptus wind break near Pierce Point Ranch, Point Reyes California, March 2007. Nikon 200 with Nikkor 28-200mm lens. Hiking the Tomales Point trail in the early morning fog. B&W conversion using channels technique in Photoshop.
www.williambullard.com

Photographers Comment
Hi, everyone, I am Tou Kun. I am a international student from Macau, studying in Umass Dartmouth right now. So glad to know that my photo have been marked as Excellent. By the way, this photo captured in Northern China, Baekdu mountains, Which is the volcanic mountain range between Jilin province and North Korea, prominent in Manchu and Korean mythology. Thanks God! see more photos: https://500px.com/wangtoukun facebook : https://www.facebook.com/wangtoukun
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Photographers Comment
My name is Tony Hitchinson and I got my first DSLR in August 2013 this was the start of my passion for photography and now I go out as often as I can when work and family life allows. This photo was taken at Bushy Park in West London in April. I arrived late and thought I had missed the sunrise but seems I was just in time. The Shot was taken with a Nikon D7100 and a Sigma 10-20mm lens,