Hotel Schweizerhof Lucerne on a winter day

Photography tips

How this image was taken

For this shot in cloudy winter weather, an aperture of f/10 was chosen to achieve a deep depth of field, while the 12 mm focal length captures the expansive urban scene. The shutter speed of 1/200 s combined with ISO 500 ensures a sharp rendering of both the building and the street.

• Choose a small aperture like f/10 so that the scene is in focus from the street in the foreground to the architecture of the hotel.
• Use a short focal length in the 12 mm wide-angle range to emphasize the spatial effect of the street in front of the hotel complex.
• Pay attention to a sufficient ISO setting during snowfall or cloudy light to obtain a correctly exposed scene without motion blur, while maintaining a short shutter speed of 1/200 s.

• More on aperture
• More on wide-angle
• More on depth of field
• More on exposure