The Landscape Photography Book

Use a Very-Wide-Angle Lens

You’re trying to capture the sky. It’s really big. Especially, if you’re trying to capture the Milky Way, too, which covers a lot of territory. So, you’re going to want a really-wide-angle lens to capture it all (remember, you can always crop in later in post). On a full-frame camera, while you can get away with a 24mm, you’re right on the edge of catching a large enough portion of the Milky Way. A 16mm wide-angle would definitely do the trick. If you’ve got a 15mm or 14mm ultra-wide-angle, all the better (and if you have a wide-angle zoom, like Nikon’s 14–24mm, Canon’s 11–24mm, or Tamron’s 15–30mm, then you’ve got some ...