Photography tips

Wide-angle focal length

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

Key tips

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

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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

Front view of the snow-covered Villa Schweizerhof in Lucerne on a winter day

12 mm · f/10 · 1/200 s · ISO 500

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