Photography tips

Focal length

Mount Pilatus massif in Central Switzerland surrounded by fog in the evening light

Key tips

  1. Use a fast shutter speed or a stable base when shooting at a long focal length of 400 mm to prevent motion blur.
  2. Select a medium aperture at high focal lengths to capture the subject clearly.
  3. Use a fast shutter speed with long focal lengths to prevent motion blur caused by the magnification.

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All subjects Mountains Architecture City Landscape Pilatus Lucerne Lake Lucerne Central Switzerland
A ship sailing on Lake Lucerne during an orange sunset 45 mm · f/16 · 1/100 s · ISO 250 Night view of Lake Lucerne from above with light trails from ships and city lighting. 12 mm · f/4 · 1.6 s · ISO 1000 Side view of the paddle steamer Gallia on Lake Lucerne with a forested shoreline in the background 270 mm · f/13 · 1/160 s · ISO 200 A passenger boat and a small motorboat on the blue shimmering Lake Lucerne. 259 mm · f/8 · 1/640 s · ISO 100 View from above between rooftops over Lake Lucerne with the Stanserhorn in the background 141 mm · f/6.3 · 1/800 s · ISO 100 Sailboats on Lake Lucerne at sunset in front of the Lucerne coastline 100 mm · f/5.6 · 1/400 s · ISO 100

Related topics

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