Digital SLR Photography-Landscape photography continued

Continuing with Digital SLR Landscape photography, here is another great article on the subject.

Advance Landscape Photography Tips and Techniques

A landscape is really a section or part of scenery as seen from one viewpoint. Landscape is the subject of a landscape image. Typically, people and animals aren't shown inside a landscape, unless they're relatively small within the image and also have been contained in the composition to exhibit scale.


A landscape is really a section or part of scenery as seen from one viewpoint. Landscape is the subject of a landscape image. Typically, people and animals aren't shown inside a landscape, unless they're relatively small within the image and also have been contained in the composition to exhibit scale.
From a purist perspective, they are probably correct, since a landscape is a picture of the land and its aggregate natural features. However, if natural scenery dominates an image, it can probably be accurately termed a landscape, even though there may be a farmhouse in the distance, a city skyline on the horizon or a road or path in the foreground.
Shoot close to sunrise and sunset to achieve more balanced exposures. Shooting during the harsh daylight produces very contrasty light and is difficult to capture details in both the shadow and highlight areas. If it's one thing you take away from this guide it should be this!Compose an image to exclude more and include less; remove any element that does not add to the image. Simplicity is often the key!
Scale can often be important to the understanding of a landscape, and can be achieved by including an object of a known size in the scene.The quality of the light is perhaps the most influential attribute of a successful landscape. Waiting for interesting lighting that is moody, dramatic or diffused usually pays off in a memorable photograph. Top landscape photographers will often return again and again to a location until lighting conditions
are just right.


At Landscape photography  ensure that your camera's flash is turned off when shooting landscapes, unless you require it to brighten a foreground object. Flash in a dusty, misty or
foggy scene may cause flare by reflecting off the droplets of moisture or dust particles.
Use a tripod to ensure sharpness, especially in low-light conditions.
In very low light, be sure to select a fast film speed or a high ISO sensitivity setting in your digital camera that will permit proper exposure and good depth of field.
Shoot in RAW format for maximum quality if any post production editing will be performed later. This is really a big deal!
Switch to manual focus and focus one-third of the way into a scene and do not use the smallest aperture of the lens (i.e. f/22). Instead use at least 2-3 stops up from the smallest opening in order to achieve sharper images.

  john herry
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Digital Landscape photography is one of the most popular choices in photography.  There are so many beautiful scenes to capture!  

Here is a photograph shot in early spring of a barn in Northville, Michigan, using Depth of Field Aperature.. 
The foreground and the background are in focus, though the main focal point is the white barn. 

Hope you are enjoying the beautiful weather, and find a wonderful place to photograph scenic landscapes!

Ellen