The Bamboo Forest.. by Trey Ratcliff [Nikon D3X, 4 s, ƒ/11, ISO 200 @14 mm]
Go low & discover a new prospective
The majority of photos we take are at eye-level. Bring new style in your landscape photos by getting down on the ground level. It also helps to express the vastness of the scene. Thats why it is important to choose a tripod that can go down close to ground level.
Use tele lenses to compress & crop
When we think about landscape photography, we think of wide angle lenses first. Think outside the bun and stand out from the crowd, a telephoto zoom lens can also be a great tool for landscapes photography. Long tele (135mm and above) lenses help to isolate distant interesting part of a scene and doing so compress the perspective. As a result, tele lenses produce unique refreshing perspective in landscape photography. Though, there are no absolute rules for when to use long focal & wide angle lenses. Rather we often end up using both together. Because tele lenses give you ability to compose & crop tighter, you can excludes uninteresting sky or part from the scene. That capability make them better choice for dull & low contrast part of the day, where wide angles in the golden hours of dawn and dusk.