Image description
The Pilatus Kulm Hotel below the summit, embedded in the rocky landscape, while fog rolls over the ridge on one side.
- Date taken
- August 14, 2016
- Resolution
- 5'184 × 3'456 px (17.9 MP)
- Shutter speed
- 1/320 s
- Aperture
- f/10
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 33 mm
Photography tips
How this image was taken
Using an aperture of f/10 allows for deep focus, keeping both the hotel and the surrounding rocky landscape in sharp detail, while the fast shutter speed of 1/320 s prevents motion blur from the rolling fog. The low ISO 100 combined with this aperture ensures high image clarity under bright daylight conditions.
- Choose a stopped-down aperture like f/10 to ensure consistent sharpness from the foreground rocks to the hotel in the background.
- Use a sufficiently fast shutter speed when weather conditions change to crisply capture both the structure and dynamic elements like fog.
- Select a composition that places the architectural subject within the context of the alpine landscape.