100 great tips to better landscape photography

**interested_observer** · 11-22-2014, 10:39 AM

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“Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer, and often the supreme disappointment.” – Ansel Adams.

This landscape photography guide should help you to reduce the disappointments when making a landscape image. There are of course many variables and often the most important one, light, is not under your control. However, if you implement as many of these 100 landscape photography tips as possible then you will be on your way to more consistent and better quality results.

https://www.photocrowd.com/w/74-100-great-tips-better-landscape-photography

phoenixvision · 11-22-2014, 11:30 AM

Originally posted by interested_observer

https://www.photocrowd.com/w/74-100-great-tips-better-landscape-photography

Some fun ideas.....but I especially like the photos.....thanks again for sharing...

goodnight · 11-22-2014, 12:22 PM

One hundred?! I can't even follow a list of ten tips!

I'm doomed.

**interested_observer** · 11-22-2014, 12:27 PM

A lot of them are repeated. He has 10 main categories, that is really a step wise process. I think that the 100 was just for a big body count.

**Kerrowdown** · 11-22-2014, 01:53 PM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by goodnight

I can't even follow a list of ten tips!

I can only get to twenty "remembers" and thats getting the socks off to do it.

NKK · 11-22-2014, 02:05 PM

Originally posted by phoenixvision

Some fun ideas.....but I especially like the photos.....thanks again for sharing...

I agree

nice Photos and some good ideas.

Na Horuk · 11-22-2014, 03:20 PM

Originally posted by goodnight

One hundred?! I can't even follow a list of ten tips!

And each one has sub-steps!

I'll have to reserve some time to read through this, but thanks for sharing!

flaviopetrone · 11-22-2014, 03:32 PM

Originally posted by goodnight

One hundred?! I can't even follow a list of ten tips!

I'm doomed.

I was thinking exactly the same!

**JimS_256** · 11-22-2014, 05:29 PM

Originally posted by goodnight

One hundred?! I can't even follow a list of ten tips!

I'm doomed.

Originally posted by flaviopetrone

I was thinking exactly the same!

+1 LOL

I did enjoy the example images.

micromacro · 11-23-2014, 09:28 AM

"10) Give yourself mental breaks from the camera - go back to observation".

Good tip. I just wonder how, still trying...

nomadkng · 11-25-2014, 12:10 PM

Originally posted by micromacro

"10) Give yourself mental breaks from the camera - go back to observation".

Good tip. I just wonder how, still trying...

I often use a "Lunch break". I put the camera away, in my backback, lens detached from body etc. Just sitting there in the environment, making sandwiches, eating lunch, it actually checks several of his boxes it seems.

For sunrise and sunset pics, I'm obsessive about getting to the location 90 minutes prior as a minimum. And it's very unusual for me to photograph an area I haven't already looked at 15-20 times in google earth. I'll mentally walk a trail or find a path that leads me to the spot I think I want to shoot from.

I've also learned to trust my first instincts, because more often that not, if I over think things, the images don't work. I've done that several times recently. I had spots picked out and then I started moving around and ran out of time. When going back through the images, my initial spot was great, but the lighting wasn't good. But once the lighting was good, I wasn't in the right spot!

mikeSF · 11-25-2014, 12:43 PM

my attention span isn't long enough to get through that list. hope it helps others, though, lol.

**Mikesul** · 11-26-2014, 03:27 PM

Originally posted by mikeSF

my attention span isn't long enough to get through that list. hope it helps others, though, lol.

Unfortunately I have the same short attention span. Maybe some with more attention to such details will share the highlights with the rest of us.

normhead · 11-26-2014, 03:30 PM

If you scan through it, most of it is stuff the average guy already does, this guy however was really good at laying it out there. I might do a lot of those things, but I would never have been able to get them all down on paper.

mikeSF · 11-26-2014, 04:28 PM

is there one that says, "if you bring your kids with you, make sure they went potty before leaving the house"?

11-22-2014, 10:39 AM	#1
interested_observer Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Tumbleweed, Arizona Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,707	100 great tips to better landscape photography Quote: “Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer, and often the supreme disappointment.” – Ansel Adams. This landscape photography guide should help you to reduce the disappointments when making a landscape image. There are of course many variables and often the most important one, light, is not under your control. However, if you implement as many of these 100 landscape photography tips as possible then you will be on your way to more consistent and better quality results. https://www.photocrowd.com/w/74-100-great-tips-better-landscape-photography

11-22-2014, 11:30 AM	#2
phoenixvision Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,458	Originally posted by interested_observer https://www.photocrowd.com/w/74-100-great-tips-better-landscape-photography Some fun ideas.....but I especially like the photos.....thanks again for sharing...

11-22-2014, 12:22 PM	#3
goodnight Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 128	I'm sure they're helpful, but... One hundred?! I can't even follow a list of ten tips! I'm doomed.

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interested_observer Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Tumbleweed, Arizona Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,707 Original Poster	A lot of them are repeated. He has 10 main categories, that is really a step wise process. I think that the 100 was just for a big body count.

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Kerrowdown PEG Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Highlands of Scotland... "Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand" - William Blake Photos: Gallery Posts: 57,804	Originally posted by goodnight I can't even follow a list of ten tips! I can only get to twenty "remembers" and thats getting the socks off to do it.

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NKK Inactive Account Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Malmö, Sweden Photos: Gallery Posts: 583	Originally posted by phoenixvision Some fun ideas.....but I especially like the photos.....thanks again for sharing... I agree nice Photos and some good ideas.

11-22-2014, 03:20 PM	#7
Na Horuk Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Slovenia, probably Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 11,186	Originally posted by goodnight One hundred?! I can't even follow a list of ten tips! And each one has sub-steps! I'll have to reserve some time to read through this, but thanks for sharing!

11-22-2014, 03:32 PM	#8
flaviopetrone Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Reggio Emilia Photos: Albums Posts: 1,153	Originally posted by goodnight One hundred?! I can't even follow a list of ten tips! I'm doomed. I was thinking exactly the same!

11-22-2014, 05:29 PM	#9
JimS_256 Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 1,107	Originally posted by goodnight One hundred?! I can't even follow a list of ten tips! I'm doomed. Originally posted by flaviopetrone I was thinking exactly the same! +1 LOL I did enjoy the example images.

11-23-2014, 09:28 AM	#10
micromacro Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Florida Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,722	"10) Give yourself mental breaks from the camera - go back to observation". Good tip. I just wonder how, still trying...

11-25-2014, 12:10 PM	#11
nomadkng Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,448	Originally posted by micromacro "10) Give yourself mental breaks from the camera - go back to observation". Good tip. I just wonder how, still trying... I often use a "Lunch break". I put the camera away, in my backback, lens detached from body etc. Just sitting there in the environment, making sandwiches, eating lunch, it actually checks several of his boxes it seems. For sunrise and sunset pics, I'm obsessive about getting to the location 90 minutes prior as a minimum. And it's very unusual for me to photograph an area I haven't already looked at 15-20 times in google earth. I'll mentally walk a trail or find a path that leads me to the spot I think I want to shoot from. I've also learned to trust my first instincts, because more often that not, if I over think things, the images don't work. I've done that several times recently. I had spots picked out and then I started moving around and ran out of time. When going back through the images, my initial spot was great, but the lighting wasn't good. But once the lighting was good, I wasn't in the right spot!

11-25-2014, 12:43 PM	#12
mikeSF Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: East Bay Area, CA Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,620	my attention span isn't long enough to get through that list. hope it helps others, though, lol.

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Mikesul Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 7,591	Originally posted by mikeSF my attention span isn't long enough to get through that list. hope it helps others, though, lol. Unfortunately I have the same short attention span. Maybe some with more attention to such details will share the highlights with the rest of us.

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11-26-2014, 03:30 PM	#14
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,448	If you scan through it, most of it is stuff the average guy already does, this guy however was really good at laying it out there. I might do a lot of those things, but I would never have been able to get them all down on paper.

11-26-2014, 04:28 PM	#15
mikeSF Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: East Bay Area, CA Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,620	is there one that says, "if you bring your kids with you, make sure they went potty before leaving the house"?