The Weekly Landscape Thread

This weekly thread, starting on a Friday, allows us to showcase our Landscape photos and get some feedback.
Opening up discussions, not only on content, style, composition & techniques, but also on the emotion in the image, and of course about the place itself.

It’s easy to participate

Post an image or short essay with a title and description. To make it easier to view in the forum, all comments should include the original title and at least one of the original images as a quote.

Thread Guidelines:

1. This thread is for sharing and developing our Landscape photography skills.
2. Entries can be a single image or a short photo essay (2 to 10 connected images that tell a story).
3. Give your entry a clear title and perhaps also explain why you took it, or the story it tells.
4. Provide constructive feedback on others’ images/essays.
   Try to go beyond simple praise or dismissal and explain why you like it, or what caught your eye.
   ”Likes” are encouraged too.
5. Negative feedback and suggestions are also OK (be polite, honest, and constructive).

Giving feedback is just as important as receiving feedback, both help to improve our artistic and technical skills.

What is a Landscape photo?

This means different things for different people. For me, it includes a wide range of photos taken outside,… from wide sweeping vistas to smaller details found along the route. Seascapes, landscapes, cityscapes, woodland shots, landscapes at night with some stars, and lots more are all OK. They could also include man-made objects and people or animals outside, but they are not usually the main subject. Show us, with your photos, what Landscape photography means to you.

Motivation

I love to go hiking in the natural world and capture photos along the way. It keeps me fit (physically and mentally) and provides some beautiful memories. Processing those images when I return is fun too, it often helps to enhance what I saw.

Downloading and reposting

It’s often challenging to verbalise comments about images. Instead, it’s sometimes easier to “show.” Unless the original poster specifically states otherwise (in each original post), participants are free to download, alter, and repost images in replies to express their analysis and critique. The reposted image may remain permanently or be removed after a short period. Downloaded and altered images shall not be used for any other purposes or uploaded elsewhere.

Enough said,… Go out, enjoy the open air, take some photos. Bring back the memories and post them here in the Weekly Landscape Thread 😊
...looking forward to seeing your images

A foggy walk in the Mühlbach area

Last weekend, we went on two walks, and the one thing they both had in common was fog. I drove up to 1500m above sea level, which put us right in the middle of a cloud.
On the first walk, we set off and couldn’t see a thing—an almost total whiteout. But as we kept going, the fog slowly began to lift, and finally, the sun broke through.
The second day, though, the fog stuck around, never really lifting. But, nevertheless, managed to capture some photos that tell the story of fog and the landscape being slowly revealed.

The first day

The whiteout, the fog made it somewhat darker too

If you look closely you can see 2 other hikers

The first landscape with the mountains behind still completely hidden

A few moments later in the same place and the fog has started to disappear fast

Now you can see them

The fog blowing away, revealing the scenery

We even have some shadows in the sunshine now

The second day... no such luck with any sunshine today.
The buildings we passed were only just visible in that misty world

Here's a seascape, Gulf of Mexico at Gulf Shores, Alabama. Sunsets are glorious there in winter, and the beach is often deserted. My favorite time to be there.

The Disappearing Railroad Blues

Since there is a winter theme - here is one from the vault. Somewhere near Telluride Colorado. On a cross country ski outing packing lunch and my camera and tripod we discovered this scene. We had about 8 inches of fresh snow overnight. The train had long been gone.

Taken in March 1984 with a Mamiya RB67 on Kodak PanX developed in Rodinal 1:100 partial stand