Photography tips

Image composition

An ibex standing on a rocky ridge on Mount Pilatus.

Key tips

Pay attention to a calm image composition at high focal lengths by intentionally placing the subject within the frame.
Choose a low shooting position to incorporate the flowers in the foreground into your image composition.
Focus on your image composition during sunset by using the jetty as a key design element.

Photographs on this topic

6 photographs with tips

The exact camera settings for each shot are shown below it - a starting point for recreating the look yourself. Click through to a photograph for detailed photography tips on that specific shot, under "Photography tips for this image".

All subjects Mountains City Architecture Landscape Pilatus Lucerne Central Switzerland Lake Lucerne

400 mm · f/11 · 1/800 s · ISO 400

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

The waxing half moon in the blue daytime sky over a rocky path on Mount Pilatus with wooden fence and snow

150 mm · f/11 · 1/400 s · ISO 500

A telescope set up on the nighttime terrace in front of the Hotel Pilatus Kulm with the mountain massif in the background.

12 mm · f/2 · 10 s · ISO 1600

Mount Pilatus with Hotel Bellevue in evening light behind an old wooden building

300 mm · f/8 · 1/125 s · ISO 400

Foreground with flowers on the shore of Lake Lucerne, with Mount Pilatus in the background at sunset

15 mm · f/6.3 · 1/200 s · ISO 100