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Index
Cover
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Contents
Chapter 01 Essential Gear
There Is Some Stuff Ya Kinda Have to Have
You’re Going to Need a Sturdy Tripod
Avoid Using the Center Column
Extending Your Tripod’s Legs
Hanging Weight for Sturdiness
How to Splay the Legs
Get Really Low Using a Platypod
You’ll Want a Ballhead
You’ll Need a Cable Release
Get Your Horizon Line Straight, Method 1
Get Your Horizon Line Straight, Method 2
The Awesomeness of a Quick Release Plate and an L-Bracket
In Every Landscape Photographer’s Bag: A Circular Polarizer
You’ll Need a Graduated ND Filter
And, You’ll Probably Want an ND Filter
Seeing Your LCD in Bright Daylight
You’ll Need a Small, Powerful Flashlight
The Greatest Stuff on Earth: Gaffer’s Tape
A Good, Cheap Lens Cloth
Which Type of Memory Card to Use
A Drive for Backing Up in the Field
Extra Batteries (Especially in Cold Weather)
A Good Backpack (but Not a Big One)
Chapter 02 Camera Settings & Lenses
How to Get the Right Settings for the Job
Set Your Camera at Its Lowest Native ISO
Shoot in Aperture Priority Mode
Which Aperture (F-Stop) to Use
What Shutter Speed to Use
Shoot in RAW (Wider Dynamic Range)
Right Now, Go Turn On Your Highlight Warning
Is the Highlight Warning You’re Seeing Really Accurate? Well . . . No
How to Deal with Clipped Highlights
Which Metering Mode to Use
When to Switch to Spot Metering
Set Your White Balance to Cloudy
You Have to Check Sharpness During the Shoot
Live View Super-Sharp Focus Trick
Which Focus Mode to Use
Mirror Lockup
Your Cable Release Alternative
Wide-Angle Lens (Why and Which One)
When to Use Ultra-Wide Lenses
Chapter 03 Before Your Shoot
The Art of Prepping for Success
Do Your Research
Start with Pinterest
Then, Check 500px.com
Google Images Search & Google Maps
Location Scouting
Great Landscapes Make Great Landscape Shots
When to Shoot: Dawn
When to Shoot: Dusk
What to Shoot Other Times
Shooting at Blue Hour
What Time to Get There for Sunrise Shoots
What to Do the Night Before Your Dawn Shoot
Chapter 04 Composition
Framing Is Everything!
Choosing Your Shooting Position
Should You Shoot Tall or Wide?
Where to Focus
Or Use Infinite Focus, So Everything’s in Focus
Where to Put the Horizon Line
How to Lead the Viewer’s Eye
Drawing the Viewer’s Eye Using Negative Space
Drawing Their Eye with Light
Why You Need a Foreground Object
You Need a Clear Subject
Simplify the Scene
Avoiding the Border Junk That Ruins Images
Why We Need Clouds in Our Shots
Getting Still Water Reflections
Taking Great Shots of Mountains
Mountains as Backgrounds
Photographing Mountains from Down Low
Shooting with the Sun in the Frame
Shoot Right Before or Right After Bad Weather
Study Other Landscape Photographers’ Work
Chapter 05 HDR & Panos
Ummm, It’s How to Make HDRs and Panos
The Advantage of Panos Versus Wide-Angle
Camera Settings for Shooting Panos
Picking a Lens for Panos That Limits Edge Distortion
Make Certain Your Camera Is Level
Keeping Your Camera Centered
Three Advantages to Shooting Them Tall
Put Your Ballhead’s Notch on the Left for Tall Panos
The Key to Panoramas That Stitch Together Perfectly
The Two-Finger Trick Pano Helper
Pano Trick for Keeping More with Less Cropping
Be Quick About It
Shooting Vertical Panos
Shooting Multi-Row Panos
How to Stitch Your Shots Into a Pano
Which Is Best: Auto Crop or Boundary Warp?
Stacking Your Panos to Keep Things Tidy
Printing Panoramas
How to Shoot HDR Images
How to Merge Those Into a Single HDR Image
Creating HDR Panos
Chapter 06 Long Exposures
The Art of Showing Movement
It Starts with a Tripod and Cable Release
Start with Auto Focus, Then Switch to Manual
Turn Off IS/VR
Where to Set Your ISO
How Long to Keep Your Shutter Open
How to Shoot Longer Than 30 Seconds
Cover Your Viewfinder to Avoid Light Leak
Why You’d Want to Lock Your Shutter Release
You’ll Need an ND (Neutral Density) Filter
Stack ND Filters for Even Longer Exposures
Try Using Live View to Focus
Take a Second Shot in Aperture Priority Mode for Sharp Detail
Long Exposure Noise Reduction
Making Waterfalls and Streams Look Silky
You Want the Clouds Moving
How to Do Light Painting
Chapter 07 Starry Skies & The Milky Way
Shooting the Heavens
Your Goal: a Landscape Shot with a Starry Sky
Avoid Light Pollution
Check the Weather, ‘Cause You’re Gonna Need a Cloudless, Clear Sky, Too!
The Moon Is Your Enemy
The Milky Way Is Only Visible for a Few Months Each Year
Where Exactly Will the Milky Way Be? There’s an App for That
Red Light Headlamp for Night Shooting
Hold Your Camera Steady
You’ll Need to Shoot in Manual Mode
Here’s the F-Stop to Use
Here’s How Long to Set Your Shutter Speed
When to Bump Up Your ISO
You Need to Shoot in RAW
Use a Very-Wide-Angle Lens
Turn Off IS/VR
How to Set Your Focus on Stars, Method 1
How to Set Your Focus on Stars, Method 2
Use Live View to Focus
Use Focus Peaking for Super-Sharp Stars
Lighting Your Foreground Landscape, Method 1
Lighting Your Foreground Landscape, Method 2
Post-Processing Milky Way Shots
Chapter 08 Post-Processing
Take Your Images from Flat to Fantastic!
Opening JPEG or TIFFs in Camera Raw
Choosing a Better Starting Place
Set Your White Balance First
Choosing a More Creative White Balance
Now Set Your White and Black Points
Setting the Exposure Slider
Fixing Damaged Highlights (Clipping)
Opening Up Dark Shadow Areas
Enhancing Detail and Texture
Making Your Colors Look More Vibrant
Adding a Graduated ND Filter in Post
Cropping and Straightening
Converting to Black and White
Two Methods for Adding Contrast
Removing Haze from Your Scenes
Correcting Lens Problems
Dealing with Purple or Green Color Fringing (Chromatic Aberrations)
Sharpening Your Landscape Images
Creating Reflections
Dealing with Glows
Post-Processing Focus-Stacked Images
Blue Sky Trick
Using the Auto Button as a Starting Place
Adding That “Dreamy Look”
Cloud Replacement, Technique #1
Cloud Replacement, Technique #2
Removing Distracting Stuff
Noise Reduction Just Where You Need It
Combining Long Exposure Images
Get Detail in the Moon by Combining Images
Chapter 09 Even More Tips
Really, There’s More? Yes, More!
Rain Gear (and Why You Need It)
How to Dry Your Wet Gear
Small Ponds or Puddles for Reflections
Cloudy Days—Enjoying Nature’s Softbox
Don’t Shoot Black & White In-Camera
Putting People in Your Landscape
Creating Mystery with Fog and Atmospheric Effects
De-fogging Your Lens
The Secret to Getting an Amazing Sky
How to Get Detail in the Moon
Longer-Lasting Batteries in Cold Weather
Creating Beams of Light in Forests
Creating Sun Starbursts
Increasing Your Depth of Field Through Focus-Stacking
Avoiding Sensor Dust
Changing Lenses On Location
Your “Landscape Assistant” Phone App
Shooting Time-Lapse Photography
Chapter 10 Landscape Recipes
How to Cook Up Some Tasty Looks
You’ll Need These Two for Most of These Recipes
Leading Lines Composition
Mirror-Like Reflections
Strong Foreground Elements
Dramatic Skies
Mountaintops
Waterfalls
Creeks with Silky Water
Oceanside Sunrise
Daytime Landscape
Long Exposure Water
HDR Landscape
Mountainscape with Layers
Simplicity
Panoramic Images
Low-Angle Wide
Atmospheric Effects
Canyon Slots
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