Totally agree.

Tom posted this superb picture which is a perfect example of the above comment. http://www.worldphotographyforum.com...=500&ppuser=49


Don

After reading the recent posts on this thread I thought I would have a look at my photographic notes to see what focal lengths I have used for my landscape pictures, I was quite surprised, the majority are taken between 35mm and 70mm! Very few were taken much wider than this although I have focal lenghths down to 20mm. I think the reason for this is the huge expanse of country the wider angles portray, for instance distant mountain ranges look like molehills on a 20mm, even 24mm is too much for large landscapes. At the other end of the scale I find I quite often use the 120mm end of my 24-120 zoom, I have on occasions used my 500mm lens to cram in the detail on a distant landscape, see The Old Bridge at Forss on web page: http://www.worldphotographyforum.com...500&ppuser=135

nirofo.

Essential things for landscapes.

1. Patience

2. Planning

3. Luck

4. A wide angle lens

5. Grads and a polariser

6. A good level of fitness

Composition and light are the key. Choose the lens to suit the picture. I read somewhere that the art of landscape is deciding what to leave out. Personally the way I see the world I use a telephoto 95% of the time and pick out a part of the landscape, others will be attracted to the wide angle view. As the OP has the telephoto lenses the thing to do is add a wide angle option.

I guess my landscapes have generally missed out on the first two of these :(
Some of my favorites from film days involved pulling the car over to the side of the road, getting out, snap, and back in the car before my passenger/other road users complained.
More recently I've had some chances to take 5-10 minutes considering a shot - but only rarely.

I have to admit the one attempt I've had with Grads proved a complete disaster. Post processing using a shadows & highlights feature is so much better. (Grads don't come shaped to fit mountians).

The polariser is probably in my view the most useful of all filters - and definitely come's into its own for landscapes/water if your desperate polaroid sunglasses can work as least for compacts (They were used in my best two digital landscapes in around Milford sound in New Zealand - unfortunately I doubt I'll be going back)

Well, if you will have three children! (I, with a little help from my wife :D, had five)

FIVE? Some people never learn! :D:D

Strangely enough, it's only since having the children that I've had the chance to take 5 minutes. My wife now has to stay behind with the kids when I'm working at a race-meeting over the weekend.

If I stagger my 'coffee breaks' on route to the scenic spots, I can just get to the circuit in time to set up. Occationally I'm lucky enough to be able to play with the camera before (and even during) the racing.

Get a Canon EF-S 10-22mm lens to take the full advantage of the cropped sensor. Wide angle lens is also good for landscape shots