Derwent, Peak district

These were taken earlier today on a morning walk along derwent Edge in the Peak district just before the it tarted raining and I got drenched . All comments are appreciated

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Love the first one! It has a great sense of reality, whilest being in some kind of candyland, haha. You've managed to keep the saturation and still have a beautiful atmospheric perspective. Naturally I'd freak out, if I was caught in the rain with my precious camera.

For the second one, I think, one would have to be there or having been there to understand the feeling of it completely. It feels a bit cropped to me and it may just be one of those situations where design and feeling slip into a bit of a conflict. I'd probably have tried to warm up the foreground to create a bit of extra depth and a more painterly touch.

I'm by no means an expert, but I really like your shots and felt like there is a bigger idea in the second one somewhere.

That #1 is awesome; great composition, color, lighting, shadows and foreground interest! #2 just isn't doing anything for me.

Would you forgive me, if I made a visual suggestion... because I just can't resist. The second image has a painterly quality to it, so why not take it there, even if ever so naughty.

I thought there were a few distracting things that pinched the composition a bit and broke the areas in a bit of a harsh, croppy way. One thing was the large tree at the left upper end of the break triangle of trees.

The flat colors were competing with the perspective in a bit of a unfortunate way for my taste, while the image seems to scream for some push.

I really, really hope you're not angry with me, if I post this tiny suggestion for you here. If so, I will delete the attachment immediately, of course. I just think you have something great in some way here, which is hiding...

(My god I hope this is not some kind of big "NO NO" on this forum to post modifications of someone elses pictures. If so, please, slap me and I won't do it again!)

...did I mention that I just did a sloppy, quick and exaggerated take on it. Just an idea, really...

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No problem Taron, All comments and criticisms are welcome. Gotta admit the second pic is far from my best, although I do think it could work with the right lighting (i,e strong side lighting). The first pic is definately the best of the 2. I shall endeavour to return and try and prove my theory at the right time of year . . . (december - febuary sunrise by my calculations!). Certainly I'm not offended by re - works of my shot - I welcome them. Welcome to the forum Taron!

Thanks, Baldy! You're the first to welcome me, too! Thank you very much for that, too!

It's sometimes a bit frustrating to always having to think in terms of "the best", while especially landscape photography has something different to offer, in my opinion. It shouldn't be like that in any aspect of life, walking around and trying to judge every wonderful moment, whether it's "the best". It's scary sometimes to realize that people are getting deprived of time, seemingly forced into rushing through everything as opposed to taking a moment and explore what might actually give them something beyond the spectacular. It's not that I don't understand, but well...
...as I see it, when we decide to shoot a picture, it's not rare that this decision comes from a personal sensation that something beautiful has been offered to us. To recognize that beauty may require parts of the journey towards that point, but to capture all this in a single picture may well be impossible most of the time.
When I view an image like your second one, I remember locations that gave me a sense of awe or joy, but they just couldn't fit inside a frame properly or convincingly. Yet, it's all there. That's probably the high art of photography, to know how to reconstruct or put together all required elements to let the picture explain itself best even immediately. And I'm miles away from that, even if I tried you couldn't pick up my smoke signals, you're already so far ahead.

Anyway, sorry for the shortstory up there, haha, but thanks, again!

From a novice like me the first one looks very good. Looks like the colours ahve been tweaked in Photoshop but still an excellant shot.