Dune Rd. Sunset

Very subtle beauty to this image. There is so much more detail to be seen in the larger image; I'm really glad you provided it. I really like the ripples in the water that flow away from the camera and pull the viewer's attention to the horizon. The ripples add a sort of soft dynamism to this placid scene. I also think they support the horizontal layers of your composition. Not your fault your clients don't have more discerning eyes.

Luke, I appreciate the composition with the delicate grasses and the slight movement in the water in the foreground. This is consistent with the overall serene atmosphere. A pleasant image!

Technically, I think some sharpening for web presentation would be favorable. Furthermore I could imagine a bit more saturation and midtone contrast especially in the lower half, at least viewing on my monitor.

Peter

Very nice capture Luke! Composition, ripples a slight reflection of the really nice sky. All is beautiful. Before I made any comment I was looking at your gallery. I see that you are mostly focused on fauna. Very nice gallery BTW :) Now I understand the irony in cloning the birds haha
I would tone down the sky a bit in PP as it is a bit too bright and takes tod too much attention from the lovely scene. Also it would increase details in the clouds. Toning down the sky could be easily replaced by a GND filter. Also, if you are interested in PP specifically for landscape I would suggest take a look at http://goodlight.us/writing/tutorials.html (sorry mods if this sounds like a commercial but it is well worth to mention for Luke).
Also, as Peter mentioned some sharpening would add to this on line presented capture. Web sharpener script made by Andreas Resch (yet another commercial lol) http://www.andreasresch.at/upload/WebSharpener.zip does the trick excellently.
I hope that helps Luke :))

I'm a bit torn on this one. I love the top half, but an pretty ambivalent about the bottom half. I might consider cropping the bottom half out, and boost contrast a little in the sky. Just my take on it, of course.

I really like this Luke. If you wanted to play around with it a bit more, I would suggest brightening the bottom 1/2 just a bit and also experimenting with some increased contrast . . . particularly to accentuate the brighter parts of the grasses. It works pretty well as-is though and I can understand your disappointment about it not being chosen for the book. The moon is a wonderful element in the scene and I think the shot is very well composed.

I agree with the others. Very nice capture, real pretty! My main suggestions would be a) more contrast, especially for the clouds and water ripples, and b) sharp as possible, but watch out for jpeg artifacts.

I think this is great. It is so serene and the subtle pinks in the clouds just add to that serenity. I especially like the foreground ripples, they add a lot of interest. I agree with Craig about the larger version offering being so much better to look at.