Walkway by the Lake

Not sure if this is a landscape in the strictest sense. It has people and I think I read somewhere, that 'landscapes' don't have people but, in any case, it's what I have and, hey, it's not a still life, so there is that.

[Mallory]

Such a peaceful scene

[KoalaGardens🐨]

great line!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Well, if you did read that I'd have to disagree with the author who wrote it. As long as the people aren't the focal point of the picture, I think they often add scale to a landscape. So, this looks like a landscape to me and I think the people add to the story of "where the pathway goes".

[John Falconer]

You need people in most landscapes.

[Joanne Diochon]

@olivetreeann @johnfalconer I’m referring to this section of the post here that introduced the week of Landscape in this FOR challenge
“ National Geographic photographer Jimmy Chin offers this definition, “Landscape photography is photography that occurs in the great outdoors. It is separate from what we know as nature photography, which is a broader category that encompasses all portraiture of the natural world. Usually, landscape photography captures an impressive natural scene—an imposing mountain range, a serene, sprawling field, a river roaring—untouched by human presence (besides the photographer’s, of course).”

MY photo above has evidence of human presence both in the presence of actual humans and in the presence of human created structures in the scene.

I’m happy to regard this as ‘landscape’ but I fear Jimmy Chin would NOT concur.

[Chris Cook]

I think Jimmy Chin's definition is too restrictive, it completely excludes urban landscapes for example. Or even traditional landscapes that include humans, or animals, for scale. I think your image would fall under the urban landscape category and is completely acceptable for the challenge. Its a terrific image by the way. Nice detail and tones and a good composition. I might have pulled down the highlights in the sky ever so slightly to emphasize the clouds a little more.