Chapter 10
Taking in the Scenery
IN THIS CHAPTER
Understanding the basics of great landscape photography
Taking advantage of lens filters
Creating panoramas
Shooting architecture and other city sights
Photographing nighttime scenes
Zooming in on small details
As you explore the world with your camera, whether it’s the universe contained within a few blocks of your home or a foreign city halfway around the world, you’ll no doubt encounter plenty of portrait- and action-photography opportunities. Chapters 8 and 9 give you the information you need to capture those types of shots.
This chapter covers a third popular photography specialty, landscapes. I use the word landscape in a broad sense, covering both the traditional meaning of the word — large vistas of mountains and lakes, for example, or a long stretch of ocean beach — and the so-called urban landscape, full of towering buildings, ...
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