Photography tips

Wide-angle lens

Group of alphorn players in front of the Hotel Bellevue on Mount Pilatus in clear weather

Key tips

  1. Utilize an ultra-wide-angle lens to effectively capture the expansive scale of the mountain scenery.
  2. Use a fast wide-angle lens to include both the vast expanse of the sky and the landscape.
  3. Use a wide-angle lens with a focal length of 15 mm to harmoniously capture the vastness of the sky along with the building.

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Group of alphorn players in front of the Hotel Bellevue on Mount Pilatus in clear weather 12 mm · f/18 · 1/400 s · ISO 500 View of the Pilatus mountain massif at night beneath the band of the Milky Way. 15 mm · f/4.5 · 13 s · ISO 10000 Night view of the hotel facilities on Mount Pilatus under a clear starry sky with the visible Milky Way. 15 mm · f/4.5 · 13 s · ISO 10000 The summit cross on Mount Pilatus against a clear starry night sky 12 mm · f/2 · 10 s · ISO 1600 Interior of the Jesuit Church in Lucerne with blue light projection and audience 12 mm · f/4 · 1/2 s · ISO 2000 Interior view of the Jesuit Church Lucerne with blue light projections on the ceiling and altar during the Lilu Light Festival. 12 mm · f/4 · 1/13 s · ISO 4000 Interior of the baroque Hofkirche in Lucerne with colorful light projections on ceilings and altar during the Lilu Light Festival. 12 mm · f/4 · 1/13 s · ISO 4000 Interior view of the Hofkirche Lucerne with a colorful light projection on the ceiling and altar 12 mm · f/4 · 1/13 s · ISO 5000 Lion Monument in Lucerne with light installation at night 15 mm · f/4 · 1/20 s · ISO 5000 View from Hotel Schweizerhof over the snow-covered lake basin in Lucerne 12 mm · f/10 · 1/200 s · ISO 500 View across the Reuss towards the illuminated riverside of Lucerne during the Christmas season 12 mm · f/8 · 2 s · ISO 640 Person looking through a telescope at night on the peak of Mount Pilatus 12 mm · f/2 · 7.7 s · ISO 1600 View into the night sky with the Milky Way over Mount Pilatus near Lucerne 12 mm · f/2 · 10 s · ISO 3200 The illuminated fountain at the Lucerne lake basin at twilight 17 mm · f/4.5 · 1.6 s · ISO 100 View through a stone archway at an illuminated light installation during the Lilu Light Festival in Lucerne 15 mm · f/4.5 · 1/2 s · ISO 800 Chapel Bridge with water tower and Jesuit church in Lucerne in daylight 15 mm · f/4.5 · 1/400 s · ISO 400 Light installations at the Chapel Bridge and Jesuit Church during the Lilu Light Festival in Lucerne. 24 mm · f/8 · 5 s · ISO 400

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  • Mountains
  • Architecture
  • City
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  • Perspective
  • Light
  • Composition
  • Pilatus
  • Lucerne
  • Night
  • Snow
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