View from the Bürgenstock over Lake Lucerne

Photography tips

How this image was taken

Using an aperture of f/8 and ISO 100 ensures high image quality and deep depth of field in daylight. The shutter speed of 1/500 s freezes cloud movement and prevents blur when shooting with a 15 mm wide-angle lens.

• Use a wide-angle lens to fully capture the vast scale of the mountain landscape and the lake.
• Select a mid-range aperture like f/8 to achieve sharpness from the trees in the foreground to Mount Pilatus in the background.
• Pay attention to the placement of cloud formations in your composition to emphasize the spatial depth of the panorama.

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