Landscape Photo Competition 2014 No 1 : Entry Number 434

Judges Comment

Well you are almost there. The tree silhouette is great and you have used the lines and shapes of the branches and leaves very well, they contrast nicely with the pastel shades of the sky. I like your high angled composition and the layers of cloud that you have nicely exposed. However the blacks are too black, both on the ground and in the tree. If you were to print this those dark areas would be unattractive pools of black ink with no detail. It is very useful when taking a photo, but also when developing a photo on the computer, to look carefully at the histogram and to respect both the whites and the blacks.