Photography tips

Wide-angle focal length

Chapel Bridge with water tower in Lucerne in front of Mount Pilatus at dawn

Key tips

  1. Use a wide-angle focal length of 24 mm to capture both the Chapel Bridge and the Mount Pilatus massif within the frame.
  2. Use a wide-angle focal length to capture the expansive mountain scenery.
  3. Select a wide-angle focal length to capture the complete symmetry of the building in one shot.

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All subjects City Mountains Architecture Landscape Lucerne Pilatus Lake Lucerne
Chapel Bridge with water tower in Lucerne in front of Mount Pilatus at dawn 24 mm · f/4 · 1/2000 s · ISO 500 View of the Pilatus Kulm hotel and the mountain peak at sunset 13 mm · f/7.1 · 1/500 s · ISO 500 Facade of Hotel Schweizerhof in Lucerne with colored circle symbols on the balconies 22 mm · f/16 · 1/15 s · ISO 200 Interior view of the baroque Jesuit Church in Lucerne during a light projection at the Lilu Light Festival 12 mm · f/4 · 1/13 s · ISO 5000 The Lilu lettering made of luminous elements on the shore of Lake Lucerne with a view of Mount Pilatus at sunset 14 mm · f/20 · 1/100 s · ISO 500 Front view of the snow-covered Villa Schweizerhof in Lucerne on a winter day 12 mm · f/10 · 1/200 s · ISO 500 Night landscape with starry sky and Milky Way over Mount Pilatus in Central Switzerland. 12 mm · f/2 · 10 s · ISO 4000 View from Pilatus Kulm over the snow-covered mountain landscape in sunny weather 15 mm · f/5.6 · 1/1000 s · ISO 100 The Jesuit Church and historic buildings along the Reuss river in Lucerne during sunset. 16 mm · f/22 · 1/100 s · ISO 400 Wide angle view of Lucerne old town with Reuss river and snow-capped mountains 15 mm · f/6.3 · 1/1250 s · ISO 400 Looking up through a narrow urban canyon in the old town of Lucerne with visible blue sky. 15 mm · f/4.5 · 1/80 s · ISO 125 Illuminated Hofkirche in Lucerne at night from the front 19 mm · f/16 · 10 s · ISO 800 Wide angle view of Lake Lucerne with Mount Pilatus in the background 22 mm · f/9 · 1/1250 s · ISO 400 Wide-angle view from Mount Pilatus over Lake Lucerne with the Burgenstock and mountains of Central Switzerland 22 mm · f/8 · 1/640 s · ISO 100 View from a rocky summit of Mount Pilatus looking down onto Lake Lucerne and the surrounding Central Swiss Alpine landscape 18 mm · f/6.3 · 1/4000 s · ISO 400

Related topics

  • City
  • Mountains
  • Architecture
  • Landscape
  • Camera settings
  • Composition
  • Perspective
  • Light
  • Lucerne
  • Pilatus
  • Lake Lucerne
  • Sunset
  • Snow
  • Night
  • Evening light
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