Photography tips

Leading lines

Historic buildings and church tower top in the old town of Lucerne in clear daylight.

Key tips

  1. Choose a position that utilizes the leading lines of the facades to guide the viewer's eye towards the church tower.
  2. Choose a vantage point that utilizes the leading lines of the tracks to guide the viewer's eye toward the trains.
  3. Use the leading lines of the railway tracks in your composition to guide the viewer's eye through the rocky pass.

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All subjects Architecture Mountains Lucerne Pilatus Central Switzerland
Historic buildings and church tower top in the old town of Lucerne in clear daylight. 45 mm · f/22 · 1/80 s · ISO 160 Two red Pilatus railway carriages traveling on tracks under a stone bridge 45 mm · f/6.3 · 1/125 s · ISO 400 Tracks of the Pilatus railway lead through a rocky mountain landscape 42 mm · f/6.3 · 1/200 s · ISO 400 View from the Pilatus cable car over a dense coniferous forest and misty mountain peaks 12 mm · f/7.1 · 1/200 s · ISO 200 View from a dark rock tunnel towards Hotel Bellevue at Pilatus Kulm. 45 mm · f/7.1 · 1/250 s · ISO 200 View from a shaded alley with cobblestones towards a historic building and tower in Lucerne. 28 mm · f/32 · 1.6 s · ISO 100 View through a street in the old town of Bern towards the Bern Minster under a clear sky. 50 mm · f/7.1 · 1/400 s · ISO 100

Related topics

  • Architecture
  • Mountains
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  • Composition
  • Light
  • Perspective
  • Lucerne
  • Pilatus
  • Central Switzerland
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