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So a few weeks ago I went Snow Boarding at Mt Ruapehu..
While there I took the chance to take some photo's..

This is the best one I took.


Any tips that anyone cares to share when it comes to taking landscape photo's ?? I'm going back in a few weeks so plan to try again..
I tried a few different settings, but really I have no idea..

Camera's a D70s with a Nikon AF-S VR 70-300 f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens.

Thanks.
Phil.

It's not bad if you say you have no idea what you are doing.
For this photo, the foreground trees are a bit boring. So I would probably zoom into the snow mountain a bit more (and center it a bit more) so i get more snow mountain and less trees..

I like it.

your pic looks good Phil...
next time when taking landscape photo... set the camera to A mode (aperture priority).. then set aperture to around f/5.6- f/8 which normally gives you the sharpest and best picture quality for most of the lenses.
Your lens has VR so you probably don't need to worry too much about the shutter speed unless you are shooting when it's quite dark already...


Some other things you can try:
-On a bright sunny day, if you find the picture too bright, then, you may want to set the exposure compensative to -0.3 or -1.0EV to get a bit more colour saturation from the sky and bright objects in the scene.. the drawback is that the darker objects in the picture may now underexposed.. so the key is that you can play around with the different exposure compensation value a bit and see what gives you the best overall picture. Just remember to reset the exposure compensation after each shot, or else you may get dozens of underexposed photos when you got home
-get a CPL (Circular polariser) filter... it helps remove unwanted reflection/light from particular direction.. so it can be used to darken the sky, or may the water/window become transparent or not transparent depends on how you set the angle of the filter...

I like it BP.

It's alot better than i could do. I'm keen to learn more about landscape photography

I just realized, You have the same lens as me!!

Thanks for the feedback guys, gives me an idea of things to try and also that I'm on the right track and not doing everything wrong.
The reason for adding the foreground was to try get a bit more color into the shot, but I think this idea backfired on me as its probably too close..

Setting was at A mode, but the Aperture was at F/14..

Phil..

Hey Phil,
you are definitely on the right track.. adding a foreground to a landscape photo is something not eveyone knows/does but it is a key element in good landscape photo .

your aperture at f/14 seems a bit too small (number is too large). When you are shooting objects that is far far away, aperture size of f/5.6 - f/8 should gives you enough depth of field so everything will be sharp. when you go for a smaller aperture, diffraction become more obvious and affects the image quality.

Have a read of this page, it explains how aperture size relate to lens diffraction.
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutori...tion.shtml

Right, another snowboarding trip means more Photo's..

Started playing around with different light levels and taking some photo's at dusk, in the end I liked this one best.



One issue I have is that I'm REALLY lazy, so normally only take photo's from the deck etc
Another trip in a few weeks, so probably more photo's then..

As always feedback is greatly appreciated..
Phil..

Phil,

That photo is quite dark. Did you mean it like that?

I like snowboarding! My season is coming up soon!!!

Yes and No, the lighting was very difficult to predict the whole time I was there, I was really just experimenting as usual..

Same here, I'm really enjoying snowboarding..