The vast majority of landscape photography is done with wide angle lenses. One, very common use is capturing wide and dramatic panoramas. Often, however, the scene’s grandeur and majesty doesn’t compress well into a single photograph.

Range of Focus (Hyperfocal) The area in a photograph, from near to far, which appears to be in sharp focus is called “depth of field” (probably better called “range of focus”).

What does “tack sharp” mean? It means everything in the image that should be sharply in focus is sharply in focus. You know it when you see it. It’s one of the first components of a photograph your eye instinctively recognizes. If the element of the photograph you want to convey isn’t “tack sharp”, your [...]

Use a Polarizing Filter Next to a solid tripod and ballhead, the accessory every landscape photographer must have is a polarizing filter. Using one will darken the sky (thereby making clouds stand out), will remove reflections from water, plus it will make leaves and foliage appear less shiny. Color saturation is also enhanced. These effects [...]

Depth of Field Why is it that every detail in a photograph is not acceptably clear and sharp? The area in a photograph, from near to far, which appears to be in sharp focus is called depth of field. The laws of light, physics, and optics dictate that this sharply focused area extends from one-third [...]