Photography tips

Small aperture

View of Mount Pilatus and Lake Lucerne through two ship bollards

Key tips

Choose a small aperture, such as f/11 or higher, to maintain sharpness from the foreground to the background.
Select a small aperture when you want to achieve a deep depth of field, leading the viewer's eye from the plants down to the lake.
Use a small aperture like f/16 to keep both the architecture of the tower and the details of the blooming trees sharp.

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

View across Lake Lucerne towards the city of Lucerne and Mount Pilatus in the background

29 mm · f/13 · 1/200 s · ISO 200

Close-up of a flowering magnolia with sunstar

30 mm · f/32 · 1/60 s · ISO 320