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[highlander]

Hey, i am new to photography. I made some shots in mountains - as for me they looks very nice. But can you please look at them and review as professionals? It's important for me :) Thanks for your time! Here are some of my works http://www.shareyourarts.com/show.php?username=highlander

[Marko]

Welcome to the forum!

Here is an honest critique - These mountains are very impressive, but as photographs there is more going on that you need to control. In the three photographs that show the sky, the sky is too light and is therefore distracting. If I were reshooting these, I'd wait for better light OR I'd use some type of filter to darken the sky. The darkening of the sky could also be accomplished using photoshop, and would make these shots stronger.

Shot 1 has no sky but it is lacking in contrast. It's a cool shot though.

By far my favourite of these shots is shot 4 - It still needs a bit of work (sky, blue colour cast) but it is a strong photograph.

Hope that helped and hope it wasn't too harsh,

Marko
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[tegan]

Considering the interesting content, your shots lack impact and "punch". They don't grab the attention of the viewer.

I don't know your technical details, but the colour is pale and lacking in richness and saturation. The sky as Marko pointed out is overexposed. A polarizing filter and_or a graduated neutral density filter would have evened the exposure in some of these shots and improved the colours and tonal range.

Some of these shots would have been better with side lighting. The back lighting in many, gives them too flat a look as well, and it made a silhouette out of one.

Post processing would help some but you need to learn a fair amount about digital colour correction to work with some of these shots and of course postprocessing can only do so much.

I know it sounds like I am tearing your photos apart but the reality is that no one becomes a great photographer overnight and even the pros are still working at it, after several years or decades.

Keep at it. :) :)

Tegan