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Landscapes

Once you are in the "wilds" you'll probably be facing a lot of situations when you'd like to shoot the whole landscape.

First of all you'll best be off if you choose a wide angle lens (20-35mm). These lenses will provide you with great field of view, capturing everything from mountain to lake.
If you do not own a wide-angle lens and still would like to capture the whole scene (possibly for later post-production to stich a panorama together) do it this way. Find some points that you can follow and use as borders for your pictures. If you can capture an image from a sunset on the left and a palm tree on the right, include the palm tree on the left side in the next picture and continue this way.

Another way to capture these scenes is - if your camera supports this - take a panorama photo. Your camera software will indicate the place you must point your camera to, in order to capture the shots. Once you complete your way around, the camera will stich and save your panorama photo.
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Landscape photo taken with wide-angle lens
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Landscape photo taken with telephoto lens
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