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Originally Posted by RichardArran
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
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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)