Photography tips

Telephoto lens

View of Mount Pilatus in the background, with blurred palm fronds in the foreground

Key tips

Use a telephoto lens to optically compress the foreground and background.
Use a telephoto lens with a focal length of around 150 mm to isolate specific details from a distance.
Use a telephoto lens to make the moon appear large in relation to landscape elements like a railing.

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All subjects Mountains Architecture Landscape Pilatus Lucerne Lake Lucerne

Close-up of the stone lion paw at the Lion Monument in Lucerne with side lighting

150 mm · f/10 · 1/320 s · ISO 200

Hotel Schweizerhof at the wintery shore of Lake Lucerne

113 mm · f/13 · 1/250 s · ISO 800

Several pigeons sitting on a mossy tiled roof in front of a church spire in Lucerne.

400 mm · f/8 · 1/500 s · ISO 100

Snow-covered Rigi summit in the background and a pointed tiled roof of the Kapellbrücke in the foreground.

400 mm · f/8 · 1/400 s · ISO 800

View of the old tiled roof of a Musegg wall tower in Lucerne with the snow-capped Pilatus mountain in the background

259 mm · f/8 · 1/160 s · ISO 400