Posted on by Katarh Mest

Scenic Cycle 4 Galleries

One of the coolest things about Scenic Cycle 4 is that because we don’t include characters, it allows for completely anonymous judging. This eliminates any potential complains about bias from the judges, reduces drama, and generally makes the contest more fun.

But now that all the rounds are over, it’s time for a big reveal of who submitted what shots each week!

This page will become the archive for the cycle as well. In the future, each round will be linked and I’ll include the critiques for posterity. For now, please enjoy!

Alastor Izunia

A screenshot from the video game FFXIV. This image depicts a series of floating islands covered with trees.
Verdant World
An FFXIV screenshot of an ARR dungeon. A dimly lit interior shows of a series of pillars arranged in a circle.
Wanderer’s Respite
A screenshot from FFXIV.
Fae’s Light
FFXIV Screenshot. A delicate night shot of a lily pond above the Sanctum of the Twelve, with lanterns forming a path in the darkness to the stairs to the building above.
Bonding Blossoms
A screenshot from FFXIV. The image shows a statue of Nald, acting as the back entrance to Forgotten Springs.
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Netizen James

A screenshot from the video game FFXIV. This image depicts a long stone bridge that seems to fade into a yellow mist in the distance.
Bridge to Adventure
A screenshot from FFXIV. Mok Oogle Island in the Sea of Clouds is in the foreground, with layered effects in the fog from the other islands behind it.
Great Moogly!
An FFXIV screenshot of an ARR dungeon. The image shows a cave with coral and a central stone pathway that heads off into the distance fog.
Cave of Wonders
A screenshot from FFXIV. The image shows the large horse monument in Kugane.
We’re Not Horsing Around
FFXIV Screenshot
Broken Dreams
FFXIV Screenshot. A classic impressionistic style image of purple water lilies floating above the ruins of an old bridge.
Bridge Under Peaceful Waters

Oaken Bookshelf

An FFXIV screenshot of an ARR dungeon. The interior of a bay shows a dusty ship in the distance.
Plunder Postponed
A screenshot from FFXIV. The image shows the Culinarian statue from Ishgard's Firmanent, with party balloons in the background.
Honoring the Repast
A screenshot from FFXIV. The image shows the hot springs of Camp Bronze Lake, including the surrounding stone walkways from the Nymian ruins.
Lominsan Tourism Initiative: Warmwine Sanatorium
FFXIV Screenshot
Peace
FFXIV Screenshot. The image shows a waterfall spilling over a cliff, with a rainbow forming from the water droplets as they filter off the morning sunlight through the dappled trees.
Dalmascan Archeology Expedition Folio Seven
A screenshot from the video game FFXIV. This image depicts a fairy tale castle in a lightning storm, with purple clouds and mountains in the distance.
Unseelie Storm

Zukira Phaera

A screenshot from the video game FFXIV. This image depicts a stone city built into the side of a cliff, with a narrow river in a gorge running off in the distance.
We have Scree At Home
An FFXIV screenshot of an ARR dungeon. Stone lined walls are lined with torches and puffs of green mist.
Ominous Observances
A screenshot from FFXIV. The image shows the large horse from the plaza in Kugane.
Onward
FFXIV Screenshot
My Nymian Sunset
FFXIV Screenshot. A grove of trees similar to mangroves is shown in purple twilight, with hanging lanterns, from the Sylphlands.
Shrouded and Aglow
A screenshot from FFXIV.
Dawnsinger

Damien Montclair

A screenshot from the video game FFXIV. This screenshot depicts a giant stone city jutting against a blue sky with mountains in the dstance, and a stone bridge connecting it.
New Horizons – Heavensward
An FFXIV screenshot of an ARR dungeon. Brilliant blue glaciers and frozen bushes line a snow crusted pathway.
The Warrens
A screenshot from FFXIV. The image shows Halone, the Fury, from the main chapel in Ishgard.
Halone, the Fury
FFXIV Screenshot
Answers
FFXIV Screenshot. A single white tree is displayed against a black mountain at night, with a crescent moon in the background.
The Wise Trees Stand Sleeping In the Cold
A screenshot from FFXIV. A dragon's skeleton teeters on the ledge in front of the mountains of Coerthas Western Highlands.
Dragonsong

Oudine Aubemarle

A screenshot from the video game FFXIV. This image depicts a desert at twilight with a low moon in the sky.
Nhaama’s Blessing
A screenshot from FFXIV. The image is of Lord Lolorito from Vesper Bay.
Westward Ho Lolorito
FFXIV Screenshot. The image is a volcano at night, with a scattering of stars and a crescent moon above it. Smoke clings to the jagged peaks.
Hell’s Lid ‘Neath Heaven’s Eye
FFXIV Screenshot
Bridge Out
A screenshot from FFXIV. Craggy islands in the Sea of Clouds float against a blue sky,
Vanu Va-View
An FFXIV screenshot of an ARR dungeon. A large hole in the ceiling allows a shaft of sunlight to filter through.
Wanderer’s Oculus

Escher Strange

A screenshot from the video game FFXIV. This image depicts a series of jagged mountains that appeared to be painted with striped colors.
Forbidden Candy Mountains
An FFXIV screenshot of an ARR dungeon. The image is in black and white, with stark limestone structures in the foreground and the outline of a ship in the background.
DOStasha
FFXIV Screenshot
Reaching to Greatness
FFXIV Screenshot. The scene is a bay with boats at night, and distant mountains in the background. Layers of fog and distant lights give reflections on the water.
Night On The Bounty Near Yedlihmad
A screenshot from FFXIV. The image shows Lord Lolorito from Vesper Bay.
Larger than Life
A screenshot from FFXIV. The image is top down, looking over the Sharlayan Hamlet.
Seconds Before Flying Into a Waterwheel

Hilda Garde

A screenshot from the video game FFXIV. This image depicts a series of floating islands in the sky covered in trees, butt focuses on a tall building in the distance.
Le New Horizon Picture
A screenshot from FFXIV. Six large statues are on display from the top of the Haplon in Ishgard.
You Never Said There Was a Limit To How Many Statues There Could Be
A screenshot from FFXIV. The entirety of the city state of Ala Mihgo is visible in a wide angle panoramic shot, with a cinema frame.
Sky High Ala Mhigo
FFXIV Screenshot
The Title Goes Here
FFXIV Screenshot. The screenshot is underwater, with a brilliant light blue background, but extremely colorful water lilies scattered on the lake floor.
Not Enough Blue
An FFXIV screenshot of an ARR dungeon. The image is a bedchamber, with a four poster bed that has been tattered with time, dust covered wooden walls, and a visible spider web.
Bed of Roses

Schan Starfall

A screenshot from the video game FFXIV. This image depicts a gray desert at sunset, with the corpse of a giant sandworm fallen on cliffs.
Into the Empty
A screenshot from FFXIV. The image shows Llymian from Aleport.
Safe Travels
FFXIV Screenshot
The Rising Ark
FFXIV Screenshot. A blood red alien moon hangs heavy in the sky above a modern city scape, with gleaming skyscrapers reaching toward stars warped with gravitational lensing.
Crimson City
A screenshot from FFXIV. The clear spire of the Crystal Tower pierces the early evening.
Slumberous Crystarium
An FFXIV screenshot of an ARR dungeon. A beam of sunlight filters down through a whole in the wall showing off tree roots.
Light in the Dark