My attempt at a landscape photo:\

[Lindsie Nicole]

I don't really like the way it turned out. I'm definitely NOT a landscape person. Anything I could do to improve it in Photoshop? because I don't plan to go out and take more landscapes. hahaha

[Nicole]

Any particular reason you chose to skew the horizon? It looks off kilter by quite a bit, but in my preference, I prefer horizons on landscapes to be straight. It may be something that looks ok on portraits, etc, but I've never been a fan of it on landscapes. So my first step would be straightening the horizon. I tried it by putting the straight line under the house, and that improved it in my eye.

Also, did you do the sepia tones in processing or in camera? I'm not a huge fan of the colour. Sepia might work, but if you did it in post, then what did it look like in colour and was there a reason you chose sepia? I'd probably try to get a bit more definition in the trees and try to make the house stand out more, possibly by working to get the house more of a white and just pushing back the overall saturation. As it is, the house seems very close in colour to the grass.

Just my thoughts on it. You might well have reasons for those decisions

[Lindsie Nicole]

Thanks for your input. I was at a friends birthday party, i saw the house and I said to myself "why not take a picture?" so I did. haha.

I did the sepia colour in Photoshop only because it looked horrible in colour (in my opinion)... colour just wasn't working for me...

[Nicole]

Ok See, that does make it a little easier to offer some advice about how I'd do the PS stuff then

I'd probably just back off a bit on the saturation overall, then I'd use levels and a mask to brighten up the house. Here's a quick edit just to give you an idea what I'm meaning. I know it could be much better, this is just a quick demonstration to try to get my thoughts across.

[Lindsie Nicole]

Yeah ok... your edit is much better. I give up at landscapes. haha

Thanks! Lindsie