Photography tips

Foreground

View of the Water Tower and Chapel Bridge in Lucerne through a decorative iron railing

Key tips

  1. Use a decorative element in the foreground to guide the eye toward the main subject.
  2. Select a small aperture like f/18 to keep both the foreground railing and the background sharp.
  3. Use a small aperture like f/18 to achieve consistent focus from the foreground to the background.

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24 photographs with tips

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All subjects City Architecture Mountains Landscape Lucerne Pilatus Lake Lucerne Central Switzerland
Frost on trees and grass at Lake Sempach in dense fog 28 mm · f/6.3 · 1/80 s · ISO 320 Wooden jetty leading into the foggy Lake Sempach 15 mm · f/5.6 · 1/80 s · ISO 320 A wooden jetty leads into the foggy Lake Sempach with reeds on the right side. 26 mm · f/5.6 · 1/80 s · ISO 250 Glass sphere placed in front of a vertical, shaded rock face 30 mm · f/6.3 · 1/60 s · ISO 200 A wooden pier leads into the calm water of Lake Sempach during the evening twilight. 15 mm · f/5.6 · 1/80 s · ISO 400 View of a wooden pier at Lake Sempach during twilight 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 Reeds on the shore of Lake Sempach at sunset 24 mm · f/5.6 · 1/80 s · ISO 100 View through a metal bathing ladder over the calm Sempachersee at sunset 15 mm · f/22 · 1/60 s · ISO 400 Sunset at Lake Sempach with a reflective water surface and a post in the foreground 30 mm · f/32 · 1/25 s · ISO 100 Wooden pier leading into the calm Lake Sempach at sunset 19 mm · f/16 · 1/80 s · ISO 320 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 jetty in the calm Lake Sempach at sunset 26 mm · f/10 · 1/100 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 Portrait of a brown bear at the Bern Bear Park 400 mm · f/6.3 · 1/400 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 A resting brown bear behind branches in the Bern Bear Pit 246 mm · f/6.3 · 1/640 s · ISO 6400 The tower of the Bern Minster behind bare branches 128 mm · f/16 · 1/40 s · ISO 400 View of the Bern Minster over the roofs of the old town of Bern 110 mm · f/5.6 · 1/500 s · ISO 250 Dome of the Federal Palace in Bern against blue sky 64 mm · f/13 · 1/640 s · ISO 400 Swiss Parliament dome and statue in Bern against blue sky 83 mm · f/13 · 1/640 s · ISO 400 View from above over the rooftops of Bern old town with the Federal Palace 18 mm · f/7.1 · 1/320 s · ISO 100

Related topics

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