Photography tips

Perspective

View through a shaded passage towards the Lucerne Water Tower

Key tips

  1. Look for architectural details like a railing to use as a natural perspective framing your main subject.
  2. Pay attention to perspective by positioning your subject against a clean background like the clear sky.
  3. Find perspective: Choose a viewpoint that uses a calm element like the cloudless sky as a background to isolate the subject.

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All subjects Architecture Landscape City Mountains Lucerne Central Switzerland Pilatus Lake Lucerne
Close-up of a blooming magnolia tree with pink flowers against a blue sky 30 mm · f/22 · 1/80 s · ISO 200 A straight wooden jetty leading into the thick fog over Lake Sempach. 15 mm · f/5.6 · 1/60 s · ISO 500 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 View under a wooden pier at Lake Sempach with reflection in the water at dusk 15 mm · f/5.6 · 1/80 s · ISO 800 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 Side view of a raven's head with a small piece of food in its beak against a blurred water background. 400 mm · f/8 · 1/500 s · ISO 1600 Portrait of a brown bear at the Bear Pit in Bern 400 mm · f/6.3 · 1/640 s · ISO 6400

Related topics

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