Image description
A yellow marked pedestrian crossing at the Lucerne lake basin with moving traffic and changing daylight. In the background, Lake Lucerne and the mountain panorama are visible under a cloudy sky.
- Date taken
- September 9, 2025
- Resolution
- 3'836 × 5'114 px (19.6 MP)
- Shutter speed
- 1/4 s
- Aperture
- f/9
- ISO
- 80
- Focal length
- 12 mm
Photography tips
How this image was taken
With a shutter speed of 1/4 s, you create a deliberate motion blur from the moving traffic, while the aperture of f/9 ensures consistent depth of field from the pedestrian crossing to the mountain panorama. The low ISO of 80 supports high image quality without unwanted noise.
- Use a longer shutter speed to capture the dynamics of moving objects like cars.
- Choose a mid-range aperture like f/9 to render both the foreground and background in sharp detail.
- Utilize a wide-angle focal length of 12 mm to emphasize the pedestrian crossing as a leading element and to frame the vast view of the lake.