Landscape photography tip: always look over your shoulder

Thursday 25 February 2021, 20:40 by Nando Harmsen | 3,469 views | 0 comments

This article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.

There you are, facing a beautiful sunset. The sky is turning a wonderful red because there is rain in the air. The reflection of the sunlight glitters on the water.

You take one photo after another because it is so beautiful. You cannot take your eyes off it. And so you miss everything happening behind you.

Does this sound familiar? It does to me. Moments like this are fantastic and you can keep taking photos. Every second seems to get more beautiful. You make exposure brackets, try different compositions or choose a different focal length. You do not want to miss a moment.

When you look at the photos with your photography buddy, you suddenly see that they have taken a photo of a beautiful rainbow. How is it that you did not see it yourself? Simple, you did not look over your shoulder. Your photography buddy did.

Goodness, a rainbow. You would have seen that too if you had looked over your shoulder.
Then you can first ask yourself why your photography buddy did not give you a sign. But more important is the underlying message: also look over your shoulder and see what is happening there.

It could be beautiful frontal light, or that lovely rainbow. Perhaps a roe deer even walked past five metres away.

It is always worth looking over your shoulder. Not just with a sunset, but also when you are out walking.

The landscape behind you can be fantastic, clouds can light up breathtakingly, a rainbow, golden light, or a Belt of Venus above the horizon.

Before sunrise, or after sunset, you can see the Earth's shadow behind you. This is the Belt of Venus. You do need to look over your shoulder.

So do not focus blindly on the things in front of you, however beautiful they are. Always look behind you too. It can be more than worthwhile.

The Landscape Bible, with 101 tips for splendid landscape photos

This tip is part of the book The Landscape Bible, in which I give 101 tips for splendid landscape photos. The book, full of beautiful photos, gives you all the information you need to start taking your own fantastic landscape photos.


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