26 Outstanding Landscapes :: Digital Photo Secrets

Landscape photography is one of the most popular branches of photography, and also one of the most difficult to master. Landscapes are vast, and photographs are not. It is the landscape photographer's job to recreate that sense of enormity onto a flat, small-scale medium. This may sound daunting, but there are a lot of tricks you can use to help bring your landscapes to life. Remember to include a foreground, for example, and try using compositional techniques such as converging lines and overlapping objects. And look at the work of other photographers for inspiration, too. Here are a few to get you started.

[ Top image Kapaa and the Sea - Big Island, Hawaii by Flickr user PatrickSmithPhotography]

Nikon D800
80
f/18.0
3
17 mm

Drought's Bane [Explored] by Flickr user Aaron M Photo

Sunset At The Lone Cypress At Pebble Beach by Flickr user Mellard

Sony DSC-HX1
125
f/4.0
0.003 sec (1/400)
5 mm

وَاحَة و بِحُيْرَة أَم الْمَاء by Flickr user Bashar Shglila

Canon EOS 400D Digital
200
f/8.0
0.002 sec (1/500)
62 mm

Gothic cathedrals dropped from a considerable height by Flickr user HaukeSteinberg.com

Nikon D50
200
f/18.0
0.077 sec (1/13)
14 mm

Joshua Tree at Sunset by Flickr user sandy.redding

Rock Beach Road by Flickr user Neil Kremer

Nikon D800E
100
f/11.0
0.04 sec (1/25)
155 mm

"Devils Horns" Alaskan Range ~ Denali State Park, Alaska ~ Nikon D800E by Flickr user Dan Ballard Photography

Nikon D800
100
f/22.0
0.6
17 mm

Glowscape [Explored] by Flickr user Aaron M Photo

Nikon D700
200
f/22.0
0.167 sec (1/6)
30 mm

Minarets Sunrise by Flickr user David Shield Photography

Sony DSLR-A700
200
f/11.0
0.01 sec (1/100)
18 mm

badlands sunrise - badlands national park, south dakota by Flickr user Dan Anderson.

Is it missing something? by Flickr user Katarina 2353

Canon EOS 7D
100
f/9.0
0.4
19 mm

Lady in the Wind by Flickr user Willie Huang Photo

Canon EOS 5D Mark II
200
f/8.0
0.167 sec (1/6)
58 mm

Faultlines - Mt. Tamalpais, Marin County, California by Flickr user PatrickSmithPhotography

Canon EOS 5D Mark II
50
f/16.0
3.2
58 mm

Myst - Point Reyes National Seashore, California by Flickr user PatrickSmithPhotography

Canon EOS 5D Mark II
100
f/16.0
0.6
105 mm

Labyrinthine Light - Pfeiffer State Beach, California by Flickr user PatrickSmithPhotography

Canon EOS 5D Mark II
100
f/11.0
0.25 sec (1/4)
30 mm

Winter Light at La Jolla, California by Flickr user PatrickSmithPhotography

Nikon D700
f/16.0
0.125 sec (1/8)

"Moraine Lake" Photography ~ Private Photo Workshop ~ Landscape ~ Canada by Flickr user Dan Ballard Photography

Canon EOS 50D
100
f/14.0
0.125 sec (1/8)
12 mm

Beautiful Ijen by Flickr user tropicaLiving - Jessy Eykendorp

E-3
100
f/4.0
0.004 sec (1/250)
7 mm

pacific morning by Flickr user paul bica

Nikon D300
100
f/22.0
1.6
14 mm

In The Groove - Davenport, California by Flickr user Jim Patterson Photography

Nikon D70
200
f/4.0
0.017 sec (1/60)
31 mm

Winter Magic - Yosemite National Park, California by Flickr user Darvin Atkeson

Canon EOS 50D
100
f/13.0
30
10 mm

Hey!..i miss you :) by Flickr user tropicaLiving - Jessy Eykendorp

Canon EOS 5D Mark II
50
f/18.0
2
30 mm

Bridal Veil View - Yosemite National Park, California by Flickr user PatrickSmithPhotography

Canon EOS 5D Mark II
50
f/16.0
1
20 mm

Valley View #1 - Yosemite National Park by Flickr user PatrickSmithPhotography

Olympus E-3
100
f/22.0
0.5
17 mm

Monument Valley, Utah by Flickr user landscape photography - sebastien-mamy.fr

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Ann says:
Feb 7, 2015
Thank you for the most inspiring photos really helps to understand your tips

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David Peterson says:
Sep 30, 2013
Hi Sb,

By overlapping objects, I mean have a foreground object in front of a background object. That helps to separate the foreground and background of your image.

I hope that helps.

Yours in Photography,
David.

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Sb says:
Sep 30, 2013
What do you mean by overlapping objects?

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