Pleas C&C landscape photos

Some photos that i have recently taken, I think they are pretty good, but please give some advice, im always looking to learn how to improve.

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pic one im not into the fence post
#3 too close
#4 too far
#5 not enough detail in the clouds

Thoughts:

I like #1, but the fencepost hurts it. It's a pretty big distraction when everything else is a (very nice) silhouette. I would also try shooting this at a different time when there is more color in the sky.

As for the rest, try playing around the relative placement of the elements in your frame. alternatively, the single tree silhouetted against a pink sky could be interesting.

I would clone out the post, and scoot in a bit to your subject. Composition is a big thing, the tree smack in the middle of the picture is not as appealing, especially when it is this far away. I can't help but feel that these would be better much closer to subject. I would try to saturate the sky a bit, on the first one. The last 2 would be neat but again there is not enough detail in the clouds to really make it a keeper, again the distance thing here too. It seems like you have a bit of dirt or dust on your sensor, the spots are in the same place on every photo, which is a bit distracting.

Keep shooting though, there is potential in these pics.

Nice country pictures.

David

#2 is the best for me. Almost nuclear bomb looking.

Dust on sensor big time!

Centering the subject does not work well for these. Dust bunnies are a major distraction also.