Hi all, new here. A couple of shots...

ksjeeper

Hi all, been lurking here for a bit, thought I would post up a few of my shots and start looking for ways to get better.

Thanks in advance for all C&C!!!
#1
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44896230@N03/4242344544/&quot; title="IMG_1329 by mwestjeeper, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4063/4242344544_63dc403122_b.jpg&quot; width="1024" height="575" alt="IMG_1329" /></a>
#2
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44896230@N03/4127583301/&quot; title="IMG_3471 by mwestjeeper, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2750/4127583301_9dfa3de4bf_b.jpg&quot; width="1024" height="819" alt="IMG_3471" /></a>
#3
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44896230@N03/4128353524/&quot; title="IMG_2457 by mwestjeeper, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2654/4128353524_187995f6d3_b.jpg&quot; width="1024" height="768" alt="IMG_2457" /></a>

Ridgetop

For me, the second one is the best of the three. I don't like the lack of a foreground interest in 1 and 3. The rocks are amazing in themselves, but they aren't enough to maintain any interest in the picture and feel cut off from their environment. The second shot is a little bit better but I think something in the foreground to lead in to the amazing mountains would help the shot a lot.

acowan

While the shots look good technically (exposure, color, saturation, etc) the compositions are lacking. The subjects are nice but not stunning enough to stand alone. There's been many times that something small or big has caught my attention and I frame only that object later to find out that the photo is missing something. Not all landscapes have to be shot with a super wide angle so you have a big sweeping view but having two or three subjects in the frame helps balance it (for the most part, but rules are made to be broken in photography).