Late in the day in the Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa, the setting sun reflects off a hill to light a golden pool.
Late in the day in the Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa, the setting sun reflects off a hill to light a golden pool.
When you’re in a grand natural landscape, the temptation is to get out the wide-angle lens and try to capture the “big picture”. However sometimes it’s worth looking beyond the obvious and look for smaller details, a telephoto lens can be helpful in doing so.
The colours depicted are true to the original scene, they haven’t been “souped-up”.
the potential for using long lenses for landscape shots
Guatemala has numerous volcanoes some of which are among the most active in the world, Lake Atitilan is surrounded by several.
Several of these fumaroles exist at the top of the volcano, spitting out smoke, steam, and sulphur which can be seen as a yellowish crust in the picture.
The clouds part long enough to review the mountains and a rainbow
Clouds envelop the Himalayan peaks of Nepal, a scene that is dramatic in colour or monochrome.