Landscape shots can be interesting or boring. It depends on many factors, such as foreground and lighting. Here are a few tips for getting a better landscape shot:
Source:Tips and Tricks for Landscapes
- Framing ~ shooting through windows or arches can create depth and perspective
- Lighting ~ as is true of any subject, lighting is everything. The best times of day to take pictures is early morning or early evening when the light is softest. This is obviously not convenient, so there is a filter called a polarizing filter. It acts like sunglasses for your lens. If you have a point and shoot and can't use filters, there's photo editing software available that's very user-friendly. I prefer Picasa.
- Use the 1/3 rule ~ this means no more than 1/3 sky, 1/3 middle ground, and 1/3 foreground. It's usually pretty effective, but if you have a particularly dramatic sky or foreground, this rule can be broken.
- Foreground ~ by using branches of a tree, flowers, or anything available in the foreground you not only add perspective and depth, you make the photo that much more interesting.
- Leading lines ~ there are many things that can be used as leading lines: fences, roads, water line at the beach, or anything that leads the eye around the picture. It usually should start in the lower left corner of the picture and lead the eye to the right and up, but again this rule can be broken.
- Angles ~ get creative and try different angles. Lie on the ground, climb a ladder (but be careful!), or just shoot up, down, and all around. There are beautiful landscapes to shoot everywhere!
Source:Tips and Tricks for Landscapes