Photography tips

Composition

View through a round railing at the sunset-lit Reuss river in Lucerne

Key tips

  1. Incorporate a nearby detail like the spider web as a foreground element to add depth to your composition.
  2. Pay attention to the composition to ensure the lighting enhances the subject and emphasises the contrast between textures.
  3. Choose a wide focal length to capture both the proximity of the foreground and the distance to the tower in your composition.

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22 photographs with tips

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All subjects City Architecture Mountains Landscape Lucerne Pilatus Lake Lucerne Central Switzerland
A passenger ship cruising on Lake Lucerne during an orange sunset 45 mm · f/16 · 1/100 s · ISO 250 A single green tree stands on a meadow in front of Mount Pilatus under a clear blue sky. 45 mm · f/18 · 1/125 s · ISO 200 Close-up of complex ice crystals in winter daylight 45 mm · f/8 · 1/320 s · ISO 200 View through tree leaves of a passenger ship on Lake Lucerne 400 mm · f/8 · 1/800 s · ISO 320 Close-up of a blooming magnolia tree with pink flowers against a blue sky 30 mm · f/22 · 1/80 s · ISO 200 A straight wooden jetty leading into the thick fog over Lake Sempach. 15 mm · f/5.6 · 1/60 s · ISO 500 Snow-covered wooded hilltop rising above a dense layer of fog in Central Switzerland. 400 mm · f/8 · 1/800 s · ISO 100 A white swan in the water at the shore of Lake Sempach during sunset. 30 mm · f/6.3 · 1/80 s · ISO 640 View under a wooden pier at Lake Sempach with reflection in the water at dusk 15 mm · f/5.6 · 1/80 s · ISO 800 View along a wooden pier on the calm Lake Sempach during sunset 15 mm · f/5.6 · 1/60 s · ISO 320 A straight wooden pier leading into the calm water of Lake Sempach at sunset 15 mm · f/5.6 · 1/80 s · ISO 250 Wooden pier leading into the calm Lake Sempach during the evening 15 mm · f/5.6 · 1/80 s · ISO 400 Atmospheric sunset over Lake Sempach with a single bird on the water 28 mm · f/16 · 1/160 s · ISO 400 View through a metal bathing ladder over the calm Sempachersee at sunset 15 mm · f/22 · 1/60 s · ISO 400 A wooden jetty leads into the calm Lake Sempach under an orange sunset sky. 20 mm · f/5.6 · 1/500 s · ISO 100 A long wooden pier leads into the calm Lake Sempach during a yellow and blue sunset. 30 mm · f/10 · 1/200 s · ISO 100 A metal chair stands on the shore in front of Lake Lucerne with a view of Mount Pilatus in the background 30 mm · f/6.3 · 1/100 s · ISO 100 View from the Bürgenstock over Lake Lucerne and Mount Pilatus 15 mm · f/8 · 1/500 s · ISO 100 Side view of a brown bear at the Bear Park in Bern 400 mm · f/6.3 · 1/500 s · ISO 6400 A brown bear resting in the Bern Bear Pit behind branches 400 mm · f/6.3 · 1/500 s · ISO 6400 A brown bear lying behind branches in the Bern bear pit 400 mm · f/6.3 · 1/500 s · ISO 6400 Portrait of a brown bear behind bare branches 400 mm · f/6.3 · 1/500 s · ISO 6400

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  • City
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  • Landscape
  • Light
  • Composition
  • Camera settings
  • Perspective
  • Lucerne
  • Pilatus
  • Lake Lucerne
  • Central Switzerland
  • Sunset
  • Evening light
  • Blue hour
  • Snow
  • Rain
  • Night
  • Fog
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