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Close-up of a yellow pansy flower in front of the blurred wooden structure of the Chapel Bridge in Lucerne

Key tips

Use settings that ensure a fast shutter speed to avoid motion blur on the flower.
Adjust your settings to ensure a shutter speed that allows for a sharp, shake-free image when shooting handheld.
Balance your settings between ISO and shutter speed to clearly render both the light show and the architectural details.

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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 City Mountains Architecture Landscape Lucerne Pilatus Central Switzerland

View of the Pilatus Kulm Hotel and mountain station in snow at sunrise

12 mm · f/2 · 1/80 s · ISO 500

Steep snow-covered rock face on Mount Pilatus overlooking misty forests

111 mm · f/9 · 1/250 s · ISO 200

Snowy rock ridge at Pilatus with approaching fog

45 mm · f/11 · 1/100 s · ISO 200

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

View of the Milky Way and starry sky over the Pilatus mountains at night.

12 mm · f/2 · 10 s · ISO 3200

View from the snow-covered summit of Mount Pilatus looking over a sea of clouds under a clear blue sky.

15 mm · f/5.6 · 1/640 s · ISO 100

The dark Mount Pilatus with illuminated summit above the night lights of Lucerne

50 mm · f/16 · 30 s · ISO 400