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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All subjects City Architecture Mountains Landscape Lucerne Pilatus Lake Lucerne Central Switzerland
View from the Pilatus mountain massif over Lake Lucerne and surrounding mountains in sunny weather 12 mm · f/16 · 1/500 s · ISO 500 View from the rocky edge of Mount Pilatus over Lake Lucerne and surrounding mountains 12 mm · f/16 · 1/400 s · ISO 500 View of Mount Pilatus from a ship during sunset 12 mm · f/4 · 1/1000 s · ISO 200 View of Mount Pilatus and Lake Lucerne through two ship bollards 22 mm · f/14 · 1/160 s · ISO 200 Mount Pilatus over Lake Lucerne framed by boat components 25 mm · f/14 · 1/160 s · ISO 200 View of Mount Pilatus in the background, with blurred palm fronds in the foreground 225 mm · f/13 · 1/320 s · ISO 200 Palm frond in the foreground with Mount Pilatus in the background 156 mm · f/20 · 1/640 s · ISO 200 Palm fronds in foreground with Mount Pilatus in the background under a clear sky 156 mm · f/20 · 1/640 s · ISO 200 Red aerial cableway gondolas towards Mount Pilatus above a summer meadow with flowers 19 mm · f/18 · 1/100 s · ISO 200 Alpine flowers in the foreground with Hotel Pilatus-Kulm and the mountain summit under a clear sky. 12 mm · f/18 · 1/80 s · ISO 200 People on the Felsenweg at Mount Pilatus overlooking Lake Lucerne and the city of Lucerne. 45 mm · f/10 · 1/400 s · ISO 200 Mountain station and Hotel Pilatus Kulm in front of a steep cliff with meadow in the foreground 12 mm · f/18 · 1/160 s · ISO 200 View of the Pilatus Kulm mountain station with yellow flowers in the foreground 12 mm · f/18 · 1/125 s · ISO 200 View of the Pilatus mountain station under a clear blue sky 12 mm · f/18 · 1/200 s · ISO 200 Wooden railing on Mount Pilatus in front of the evening horizon 15 mm · f/18 · 1/40 s · ISO 25600 Close-up of alpine flowers backlit against the dark silhouette of Mount Pilatus during sunset. 30 mm · f/22 · 1/60 s · ISO 2000 Alpine flowers in the foreground with the summit of Mount Pilatus at sunset 30 mm · f/22 · 1/80 s · ISO 5000 View of the Hotel Bellevue and the rock formations of Mount Pilatus at sunset 24 mm · f/22 · 1/60 s · ISO 2500 View of the Hotel Bellevue and the Pilatus summit at sunset 30 mm · f/10 · 1/80 s · ISO 3200 View of Hotel Pilatus Kulm with alpine vegetation in the foreground 30 mm · f/32 · 1/60 s · ISO 2000 View of the Pilatus-Kulm hotel with mountain peaks and flowers in the foreground 21 mm · f/25 · 1/60 s · ISO 800 Alpine flowers on the slope of Mount Pilatus overlooking Lake Lucerne 30 mm · f/22 · 1/60 s · ISO 400 Alpine flowers in the foreground overlooking Lake Lucerne from Mount Pilatus 30 mm · f/22 · 1/80 s · ISO 320 Alpine flowers in the foreground with a view from Mount Pilatus towards Lake Lucerne and the Central Swiss landscape 30 mm · f/22 · 1/60 s · ISO 320

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  • Lake Lucerne
  • Central Switzerland
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  • Sunset
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