What Do you Expect to see at a landscape photo?

[Apophis]

yeah,i am very curios,i bet everyone has very different/simillar thinkings of landscape photos,and what to shot,when to shot,and how...etc...
so,it's easier to do your own landscape photo because u do it your way and it will come exactly as u want it,but i think when u're seeing someone's elses picture u will put some "standards" (or not) but,what exactly u want from it?

for example,me
i'm a multiple thinking,when i see a picture and like it,i like it

but curios about it,i think this is on topic? maybe u can change my perspective..

(people,if this is off-topic i 'm very sorry)

[Saralonde]

For landscapes I generally look for several things.
1. Lighting: how it effects the scene and how it falls on the various elements.
2. Lines and depth of field: Are there leading lines that draw you into the shot? Do they draw you around the image? Is the image sharp all over, or is there a blur in certain areas that fit the composition?
3. Rule of thirds: not always necessary, but good to keep in mind. How was it cropped
4. Focal Points: What is my eye drawn to? Does my eye travel around the shot in a pleasing way?
5. Mood: How does it make me feel?
6. Perspective: What angle was it shot at? Does it makes sense? Does it give the scene an unusual perspective?

And, yeah, sometimes when I just like it!

[Apophis]

5. Mood: How does it make me feel?


that ,and the perspective,are two of the most important to me.. ) those two can change the way of seeing the picture..

[crazzy88ss]

Originally Posted by Saralonde

For landscapes I generally look for several things.
1. Lighting: how it effects the scene and how it falls on the various elements.
2. Lines and depth of field: Are there leading lines that draw you into the shot? Do they draw you around the image? Is the image sharp all over, or is there a blur in certain areas that fit the composition?
3. Rule of thirds: not always necessary, but good to keep in mind. How was it cropped
4. Focal Points: What is my eye drawn to? Does my eye travel around the shot in a pleasing way?
5. Mood: How does it make me feel?
6. Perspective: What angle was it shot at? Does it makes sense? Does it give the scene an unusual perspective?

And, yeah, sometimes when I just like it!

That's a great list. It should be every landscape photographer's check list :P

[Pawaniki]

I love a good sunset and usually find that the reflections off of water give you a real bang for the buck. But, don't just settle for water and sun I always try to find a focal point which is complimented by the sunset. With out a doubt don't forget the Rule of Thirds and most of all get the sun and horizon out of the center of the photo.

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May you be blessed by sunsets one right after the other!

[ScooberJake]

Originally Posted by Saralonde

For landscapes I generally look for several things.
1. Lighting: how it effects the scene and how it falls on the various elements.
2. Lines and depth of field: Are there leading lines that draw you into the shot? Do they draw you around the image? Is the image sharp all over, or is there a blur in certain areas that fit the composition?
3. Rule of thirds: not always necessary, but good to keep in mind. How was it cropped
4. Focal Points: What is my eye drawn to? Does my eye travel around the shot in a pleasing way?
5. Mood: How does it make me feel?
6. Perspective: What angle was it shot at? Does it makes sense? Does it give the scene an unusual perspective?

And, yeah, sometimes when I just like it!

Often one of the difficulties I have in taking landscape shots is finding a good subject. Sometimes I am taking a shot of a tree, or a stream, and that is the clear focus with all the surroundings to add to the photo.

But sometimes I try to take a shot that just gives the feeling of a certain place (i.e. an old, narrow street in a European city). Many of my shots like that fail because they don't have a clear subject. In that case it is more important to find intersting lines, patterns, angles, multiple points of interest, etc. to help draw the viewer in. But it can be quite hard to do.

[neilwood]

I think Saralonde's list sums it up but for one thing - clouds/sky.

The effect the sky can have on a landscape is huge - a shot with a plain blue sky can be boring but with the addition of clouds it can become a completely different scene.

[rick1414]

I too like Saralonde's list, and I would add what I think of about the final entry: sometimes because I just like it. Basically, in any landscape photograph, I want to see something I have never seen before EVEN IF/ESPECIALLY IF it is of something I have seen many times before. Whatever it is that makes this particular landscape original and unique is what we make me like it. And save it.