Photography tips

Leading lines

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

Key tips

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

Photographs on this topic

3 photographs with tips

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All subjects Architecture Mountains Lucerne Pilatus Central Switzerland

45 mm · f/22 · 1/80 s · ISO 160

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