I'm going to show you the winning photo from this week's landscape photo
challenge and this week we were looking at four grounds in landscape photos my
name is Tim shields I'm a landscape photographer and once a week in our
Facebook group we hold a photo challenge and a prize is awarded at the end of
this video I'm going to show you how you can submit your photos for the next
photo challenge which starts right now but first let me show you some of the
top entries in this week's photo challenge for foregrounds there isn't
enough time to show you all of them because there were so many submissions
this week but here are some of the top ones and of course I'm going to show you
the winning photo this photo was submitted by Lisa Queen beed it was her
first post in our Facebook group and I like this foreground element it's an old
tree or tree root and it speaks of the dryness of this area it's an interesting
foreground element and I like it a lot so great job Lisa the next one is from
leonid Schekman and this is an interesting photo because it's got some
it's just such an interesting building in the middle of it there's a leading
line going down the middle which is the river I do find that it is leaning down
to the left so the horizon line could use a little bit of straightening and it
would be improved if there was something in the immediate foreground but it's a
nice photo this one was submitted by Laura Muse
Beeson and what a fantastic photo this is I really like this chain hanging down
as the foreground element it's rusty it's old it's being affected by the salt
air she also used a very long shutter speed in order to flatten out the water
and we've got that movement in the clouds so great job on this one Laura
this one is from Rhonda Simon Mullen and I actually love this photo because it's
got a foreground element which is the three kayaks and it speaks to activities
and adventure and being out on the water so this is a fantastic photo I like it a
lot great creativity on this one this one is from Saraj corrala corrala
and obviously this is a long shutter exposure and there's lots to look at
here there's a leading line that goes down the left a leading line that leads
you off to the right but there's so much to look at that my eye isn't really
drawn to one thing that I should be looking at but still it's a great photo
and I like it this one is from Nelson Rudy AK and another great one from
Nelson great sunset I like the vantage point that he was at where you can see
these layer layers and rolls where there are different lights and darks that take
place from the foreground going out all the way to the background I will say
though that the foreground of this one is lacking something interesting that
draws my eye but it's a great photo this one is from Peter Oh II and fantastic
photo Peter amazing sky great foreground element mm-hmm you have a leading line
that leads the eye right into the center of the photo really good job this one is
from Paul Smith a classic landscape photo with a leading line going right
down the middle he's got a long shutter speed to smooth
out that water your eye is drawn towards the back of the photo just really nice
all around so it was a tough judgment call to decide on the winner and
although the essential element that was required for this particular photo
challenge was foreground I'm looking for as well the overall impact of the image
something where I look at the whole image and I say Wow
and I found that with Gordon Rollins photo this is a Wow photo to me it's got
a really interesting foreground in it which is actually a silhouette of these
rocks I love the fact that there's a photographer standing on the rocks
because it gives a sense of perspective and scale because without the person
there you don't know how big these rocks are I also really loved the fact that
the outline of the rocks is almost mimicking the outline of these
here and of course this sunset with these rays of light and the oranges and
yellows so warm it's just a fantastic photo so Gordon wins my set of signature
landscape profiles my entire collection and these profiles help you process your
photos and edit them in Lightroom and Photoshop faster than before and if you
take a look at a couple of these before and afters here here's Maureen Lake
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sunset before Paris sunset after if you want to check out these profiles you can
visit Tim's photos com and you can also download a free set so let's get to the
important part and that is the photo challenge for this coming week and we
are announcing here we go the next photo challenge which is leading lines now I
took this photo a few months ago at a place called Toro weep point in the
Grand Canyon and I really like this composition because it's got this
leading line that goes right down the middle of the photo and that is the
Colorado River so this next photo challenge is going to be I'm going to be
looking for leading lines in the photos that are submitted you can submit into
this contest and the deadline for submissions is midnight on Tuesday July
18th 2018 I will be announcing the winner the following day and in order to
participate in this photo challenge you need to go to join our Facebook group
Tim's photos comm Academy and once you are a member of the group you can submit
your photo of course for free and it's also a great place to discuss all things
landscape photography so thanks for watching I hope that you will submit
your leading lines photo into this next competition which has a deadline of
Tuesday July 18th so I will see you in our Facebook group thanks so much
bye-bye