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,

Wishing you all A Happy New Year in 2026

Meltdown

Here's a few snaps from my phone from a walk in the snow last week.
You can see on that south facing slope it had all melted away. In the meantime there's a sprinkling of a little new snow there, but still much less than usual for this time of the year

Up on the Hi-Line

The Hi-Line is the nickname for the Northern most railroad in the US across Montana, North Dakota, etc. taking the harvest from the "fruited plains" to market. It crosses the fertile Northern plains where the land one sees wheat, corn, soybeans, sunflowers as far as the eye can see dotted with small towns. As one drives US 2 that parallels the Hi-Line you pass through small towns build around grain elevators where the harvest is trucked in, sold and loaded onto rail cars for its trip East.

This was a step back in time for an old ranch brat who grew up in Western Kentucky bucking hay, chasing cattle and enjoying a "skinny dip" in a farm pond after a hard day on horseback.

On last day of year.

Having snowboarding week in Livigno, Italy. Last day of year greeted us with some clouds in valley, otherwise it's been clear sky and sun. Photos with phone, didn't take camera with me.

[quote="@AlanSh"]
I went for a nice walk yesterday around a small dam in the area.

The dam itself. I thought making it a gritty B&W made it look more 'industrial'.

Nicely done in the style befitting of W. Eugene Smith. Smith always talked about his is photography being a lot like Jazz using minor keys to express emotion or as he put it - bright the light out of the dark.

Mt. Rainier - Here is a "local shot" (in the neighborhood) - somewhat similar to a picture I posted back in November. That image was taken at sea level, whereas this view is elevated (just a short walk up a narrow footpath). The airplane is on final approach to SEA. Rest assured, I've tried to expand my range. I took a drive yesterday (New Year's Day) to see a waterfall... but when I got there, the park was closed. I will try again... and this week, it is another "local" (very local) shot. Yes, the mountain is in the middle (first pic). I tried to frame it differently, but there was a utility pole and power lines to contend with. So, I moved down the trail a little bit (away from the utility pole) and took a 7 shot panorama for a wider view. At full size, over on the right-hand side, you can see the Point Robinson lighthouse and the VTS tower. The first image was processed with Capture One (a little more blue and punchy by default) whereas the pano images were processed with PSE (easier and quicker to deal with multiple files).

There's always a good and interesting back story posted with your photos.
I like that!

Gritty and industrial is a good description for your B&W dam photo!

From the two "into the sun" shots, I prefer this one. The other one is a bit messy in comparison.
Maybe a square crop, by chopping off some fron the bottom could work too? It would simplify the composition and emphasize the nice branches in the sky.

[quote="@cpm"]
Mt. Rainier - Here is a "local shot" (in the neighborhood) - somewhat similar to a picture I posted back in November. That image was taken at sea level, whereas this view is elevated (just a short walk up a narrow footpath). The airplane is on final approach to SEA. Rest assured, I've tried to expand my range. I took a drive yesterday (New Year's Day) to see a waterfall... but when I got there, the park was closed. I will try again... and this week, it is another "local" (very local) shot. Yes, the mountain is in the middle (first pic). I tried to frame it differently, but there was a utility pole and power lines to contend with. So, I moved down the trail a little bit (away from the utility pole) and took a 7 shot panorama for a wider view. At full size, over on the right-hand side, you can see the Point Robinson lighthouse and the VTS tower. The first image was processed with Capture One (a little more blue and punchy by default) whereas the pano images were processed with PSE (easier and quicker to deal with multiple files).

I like the first shot best.
That tree, bottom left, and the distant peak gives a good feeling of depth to the shot.

Sounds like a fun time!
Those clouds of fog in the valley look good.
Maybe you could crop the pano to show that great feature alone?

East Passage - I'll add this one to the thread (taken about an hour ago) since I'm hoping I'll get another landscape shot between now and next Thursday the 8th, hopefully! :-) Not much wind for the sailors, but it a very nice/calm day (January). Three quick shots stitched and cropped. I say "quick" because... panos and water... that's a tough assignment (speaking from experience). Not much of a composition, just a picture to help me remember a nice day standing outside enjoying the boats. Also noticing some IQ issues at the left extreme of the frames @ 120mm (24-120 zoom) that for some reason I hadn't noticed before (although I did just notice it the other day with the 80-400). Most pronounced on the left, so I cropped-off a little bit on that side. I remember having to hold the camera (with the 200-500 mounted) "by the body only" about a week ago (fairly abrupt, as I dropped my keys on a dock and didn't want them to fall into the water... and also didn't want the lens to hit a railing) -- it happened fast. So maybe I tweaked the lens mount and the "plane" is off just a tad? Hmmmmm.

That's great. I'm sure you are having fun. Our ski areas are just now opening. I hope to get up to the mountains before the end of January.

That's a nice shot. You are providing some inspiration for me to retire - so I can take some road trips to places like this! :-)

Nice pic and perspective. I like trains and dams (and similar things) - the B&W treatment gives it just the right feel.

A couple from this fall. C&C welcome.