Natalie Mayer, judge: The only image of the finalists which deviates from the classic landscape scene, a fantastic camper's-eye view. Boom! I feel a couple of subtle changes could have really improved this shot, though. The items on the table are placed kind of strangely – I'm sure this is just how they happened to be, but it is distracting. Perhaps just the mug and spoon could have been left, the viewer doesn't need to be distracted by the foreground. The eye should go to the table first, for the reference point, then straight out into the distance to share the marvel of the photographer. Photograph: Simon Nazer
Natalie Mayer, judge: I love the fresh greens and blues here, and the lovely cold feeling that the image portrays. Personally, I'd have broken the rule of thirds when framing this particular scene – the sky feels like dead space and I'd have liked to see more of the water and perhaps even the edges of the lake. I'd also have liked the photographer to have waited for the water to be perfectly still for a sharper reflection ... those details make a good shot a great one. Photograph: Sophie Carr
Natalie Mayer, judge: Unlike the more 'abstract' themes we run some months, landscape photography is a photographic genre all on its own. I chose this image as the winner as it's a real classic of the genre, a technically spot-on image of a gorgeous subject, photographed in beautiful light. I don't suppose the photographer just happened to be here at this moment, I imagine he thought it through in advance and placed himself there just in time for the light, tripod in hand. Lovely job. Photograph: Andrew MacDougall
