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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All subjects City Mountains Architecture Landscape Lucerne Pilatus Lake Lucerne

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

Wide angle view of Lake Lucerne with Mount Pilatus in the background

22 mm · f/9 · 1/1250 s · ISO 400