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Elements of a good landscape photograph

Images by Kyle Goetsch

Several guests from presenter Kyle Goetsch’s landscape ing negative space.
group attended the April E&D talk in the SASNEV hall. Good light: the best lighting conditions are usu-
A good number of CTPS members attended via Zoom. ally around the Blue and Golden Hours, or in dramatic
Kyle provided valuable guidelines capturing good land- weather conditions. Be ready about an hour before sun-
scape images, all illustrated with his own images. rise or sunset.
He introduced his talk by naming ten different land- Weather apps: Use apps to help predict when the
scape genres. According to Kyle, all will have several key weather conditions will be best, he suggests. Windy.
factors in common that contribute to a good landscape com shows movement of clouds, Clear Outside summa-
image: composition, good light, depth and scale, vivid rises weather over a few days, Magic Seaweed is good
colours and tones, sharpness and detail, storytelling and for tides, waves and aurora alerts, PhotoPills is good for
post processing. planning the position of the sun or moon. Kyle has load-
Composition: The fol- ed tutorials to explain
lowing elements can the use of these apps at:
contribute to creating a www.youtube.com/@ky-
strong composition: nat- leincpt.
ural flow, leading lines, Depth and scale: Wide
a level horizon, a focal angle lenses create
point or point of interest visual depth with lay-
placed on a third, natu- ers of foreground, mid
ral framing to empha- ground and background,
sise a point of interest, which draws your eye
triangles and converg- into the image. If there
ing lines to promote eye is nothing in the fore-
movement and create ground that you don’t
depth, balance, which want to capture, go
can also be achieved us- tight. But there must

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