If you want a masterpiece, copy the masterpiece. Well, not exactly. Today on internet you can find anything. There are a lot of famous photographs that you can mimic. For example, Ansel Adams' "Snake River". This is the same angle Ansel Adams discovered many years ago. You can find information on the internet where a picture was taken many times. Now, all you have to do is to buy a plane ticket, go there and take the same shot. With today's technology, you can mimic the masterpiece without too much effort. Of course, it won't be original. But, it would look good in your living room and can impress your friends who don't know many famous photos. (Nikon D800E, Nikkor 16-35mm F4 at 26mm, 1 sec, f/9 with tripod, ISO=200, Graduated filter to darken the sky)
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Wide angle lenses are fun. This was taken with my 16-35 mm Nikkor lens at 16 mm. A wide angle make the picture being sucked in the middle. If you have a great cloud scape, it makes it dramatic. It keeps your eyes in the middle of the picture and that's what you want. Longer you can make people look at your picture, better the composition.
Anyone can take this pic. This was taken at the Great Prismatic Spring at Yellowstone NP. It is accessible by a car. No hiking required. It's very close to the infamous Old Faithful Geyser on the west side of the park. (Nikon D800E, Nikkor 16-35 mm at 16 mm, f/11, 1/500 sec, ISO = 200, handheld) Every picture you see in the internet on Mormon Row in Grand Teton National Park is from the left side so that the old cabin lines up with the Grand Teton (the tallest of the Tetons). Just to make it little different from all the other pictures, I took this shot from the right side. Off course, I lose most of the Tetons but there was a nice cloud scape to fill the left upper corner of the picture. The Tetons are on the west side of the park so that all the good lighting is in the morning. This one however was taken during the sunset with a graduated filter. Because I was facing more south (taking the pic from the right side), I was not directly facing the sun. (Nikon D800E, Nikkor 16-35mm at 17 mm, f/11, 1/50, ISO = 200, WB = auto, Taken JPEG, handheld with graduated filter)
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