Masters of landscape photography. Russian landscape painters

One of the most famous American photographers of the 20th century, Ansel Adams, said that landscape photography is the ultimate test for a photographer. But she also brings him the greatest disappointments.

Very often, beginning photographers, and sometimes not only beginners, pointed their camera lens at a beautiful natural landscape just because this landscape was very picturesque, sometimes simply magnificent. But - often this turned out to be a trap. People simply succumbed to temptation and believed that photographing a landscape was extremely easy. But, alas, in the end the photograph turned out to be only, so to speak, a mirror of nature. You can even say that the photograph simply did not work out. It made no statements or expressed anything about the author's point of view.

Ansel Adams said that a photographer must gain the gift of speech through the landscape. With the landscape you need to find mutual language. If the author of the photograph cannot do this, then the audience in his photographs will not understand anything. And often the photographer simply flounders, sometimes he has nothing to convey to other people except the beauty of nature, which is already obvious.

Today we'll give you some tips on what we think is really important in landscape photography.

1. There's something to be said for the landscape.

In order to learn to read and understand the earth, it takes time, and sometimes a lot of time. You just need to stand in one place and observe what is happening in nature. For example, how light changes the shapes and shapes of objects. Indeed, during its movement across the sky, the sun illuminates forests, rivers, mountains, buildings in completely different ways...

Sometimes it takes a lot of time to understand that it is in your own voice It is the light that gives the landscape. Light creates emotion in a landscape. Our planet here acts like a huge canvas, and on this canvas the light creates a complex and sophisticated picture.

For many masters of photography, photography is associated with the comprehension of the phenomenon in which light truly transforms nature. From this follows the photographer’s decision about how and what to photograph. This is related to the answer to the question that the photographer asks himself at this moment: “Does this light tell me something about the landscape?” It seems that this question is quite simple. But it often forces the photographer to abandon many shots, from shooting a landscape that, at first glance, looks beautiful and attractive. But - at this particular moment, this particular landscape does not provide the opportunity to study the topic chosen by the author of the photograph.

2. You need to get up early

If you have options to choose whether to shoot sunrise or sunset, firmly choose sunrise. There is, of course, nothing wrong with a sunset, but, in our opinion, in the millions of sunset photographs there is nothing original left that could be added to them. But the light of dawn is always truly amazing. While you are waiting for dawn in the darkness and twilight, you never know what you will see in front of you very soon, how nature will behave in a minute or ten minutes, half an hour. Photographing the dawn can easily be called a real photo hunt. At dawn, you may not photograph anything, you may not wait for anything, or you may be able to take a photo that you have been waiting for, perhaps, for several years. The color of the sky at sunrise can be a subtle dark pink or a warm yellow... You can witness this magnificence and capture it.

Train yourself to monitor the weather forecast. If you live in latitudes where the nights are quite cold and the sky is almost always clear, then you may be lucky and catch a beautiful light cloud of steam in your lens with such an effect that by the time the whole world wakes up, it has already disappeared.

3. Imperfect means good!

Do you know what else is difficult about landscape photography? It's difficult because of the wide dynamic range the photographer is faced with. There is simply no way to manage the balance in this area. True, an ND filter sometimes helps, although many practicing landscape photographers find it inconvenient and often simply unsuitable for a particular location. This is why quite often you have to turn down a great opportunity that has presented itself to you - precisely because the dynamic range is too large.

Not all photographers are fans of HRD software or techniques. All this usually gives itself away, and you immediately begin to feel that the integrity of the frame is being destroyed. Of course, many photographs, perhaps even most of them, may be subject to minor computer processing. This is often a really good way to make a photographic image look better, all because of the same dynamic range.

4. Sometimes you need to look back

It can be easy to miss a really good shot if you forget to look back. One photographer told how he photographed Lake Wanaka in New Zealand. This lake is rightfully considered one of the most beautiful lakes in the world. When dusk falls, the sun is behind the mountain on one of its banks, and on the willows on the other bank the boundary of light and shadow is clearly visible. The view at this moment is simply mesmerizing. So, the photographer decided that the lake itself and the sunset behind it were not worth his attention, went to his car, and was about to leave. But I turned back and saw this unusual picture.

5. You need to use software for planning.

There are two tools that can safely be called vital for a landscape photographer on his trips. The first is a program called Photographer's Ephemeris. This program allows you to choose to shoot any place in the world, on any day and at any time, taking into account the location of the Sun and Moon in the sky. Using this program, you can easily plan a suitable day for a trip to a specific place, and not only the day, but even the time. Moreover, it is even possible to determine the angle from which the most successful shot will be obtained. If you're really serious about landscape photography, this is a tool you really need.

The second tool that is very important for a landscape photographer is a map at a scale of 1:50000. It is advisable to have contours indicated on it. For example, Apple's Mapapp NZ SI map works well for filming in New Zealand App Store. But satellite navigation maps are not detailed enough; they do not have contour details. Maps downloaded from the Internet and maps from a mobile phone are also useless. What makes the card that works best for a photographer? It should give a good idea of ​​what the area looks like. Such a map itself gives clues about the lines of sight. If a photographer is able to understand these topographical details, he can save significant time traveling along dirt roads to find perfect place for a good photo.

6. What equipment do you have? It doesn't matter!

Good equipment by itself will never create good shots. Just like an expensive pen with a golden nib will not write a brilliant literary work for you. “It is not the camera that takes photographs, but the photographer,” said the famous Soviet poet and front-line photojournalist Konstantin Simonov. Of course, like all craftsmen and artisans, the photographer needs to have available good tool. Just as, for example, a shoemaker needs to have good awl and the carpenter - a plane and a chisel. But you need to treat your equipment exactly like a tool, just like a writer treats his writing materials. Remember that a camera is nothing more than a means to transmit information that is already in your brain. Therefore, the photographer first needs to decide on the subject of shooting, and actually for shooting, you can use anything - from a mobile phone camera to a Nikon D800.

The main thing you need to firmly understand is that it is you who create the photograph, and the camera only captures the image that you created. If you think that the presence in the camera large quantity pixels and good lens speed will guarantee that your pictures will be good - you are deeply mistaken.

7. Don’t try to brighten up the landscape with your camera.

There are many good and interesting photos images that have been heavily edited or used special tools such as ND x10 filters. These filters can make the water in a photograph look very silky.

Why can't we let nature speak for itself? She can do this perfectly well without any fancy filter! The same can be said about various special programs - graphic editors. Using them sensitively and carefully will only help the landscape in your photograph find its own unique voice. And if the photographer uses rough processing of the image, then he superimposes his own vision on the landscape.

Good photographic landscapes affect us not only on a conscious level, but also on an unconscious one. That is why significant intervention in photography using Photoshop, which idealizes the landscape, often leaves the viewer indifferent. After all, he is not looking at a true picture, but feels the artificiality of an orange sky, for example, or overly green saturated grass... Such photographs can be figuratively called silent, because they do not speak in their own voice... And holistic photographs attract the viewer to explore them. Similar. like abstract painting, the photographic landscape should throw the viewer back, return the person to his inner world. Good photographs can convey a metaphor. But this metaphor must be created in the viewer's consciousness, and not by the author of the photograph.

And if you want to create and show the world your own version of what this or that scene looks like, then you need to take up painting.

8. Bad weather is good weather

Clouds and rain often provide photographers with much more exciting opportunities than a clear, cloudless day. Sometimes a photographer has to travel hundreds of kilometers to create a good landscape in bad weather. And sometimes you just need to look around. You can always find something to photograph. After all, nature very often surprises us unusual phenomena, even the likes of which cannot be created by any graphic editor.

9. Return? Certainly!

It's about catching a good shot, huge role Luck plays. If you once find a place where you see great photographic potential, return to that place again and again. We firmly believe that your first shots of this place will only improve!

How do you, as a photographer, create your own unique voice? The first step is to carefully select the advice that you accept. For example, there is a very common opinion that the landscape you are interested in should be shot from a wide foreground. This opinion, it seems to us, is based on the fact that the landscape itself is quite boring, it needs a silhouette of a person or, for example. grazing cow. These objects attract the viewer's attention. But the fact is that if you intend to place some kind of object between the landscape and the viewer, then in this case you definitely need to tell the viewer some kind of story. This object should not be in the photo just like that. Good photographs break many rules.

Well, now the summary. Everything we have said today can be expressed in one phrase. The first step is to decide what exactly interests you in this particular landscape, then photograph this landscape, then edit the captured frames. But you need to do this in such a way that nature - the earth, water, sky, trees, grass - in your photograph continues to speak in its own unique voice.

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Hello, dear readers! My name is Yuri Turyanitsa and I am an amateur photographer. They even say that I have several very good photographs... You know, I’m glad about this, because having several very good photographs is still better than fifty good ones and much better than gigabytes
mediocre. This, in fact, is the first thought that deserves attention. It doesn’t belong to me, but I completely agree with it. So what can help us get those best photos? This is what I will try to think about with you in this article.

In general, you can talk and argue about photography as much as you like. But let theorists who suffer from insomnia do this. We will look at several practical issues that we encounter most often.
I would like, however, to note that everything stated below is my personal view of things, based on my own experience, and is not the ultimate truth.

So, I am often asked - “what was this filmed with” and “how was it filmed”? At one time, I tried many different lenses, just like the hero of the famous fable “About the Cat and Photography.” Then everything somehow disappeared by itself. Therefore, may Leika and Hasselblad forgive me, in creative landscape photography, unless there is a specific commercial task, technique does not matter to me. Almost everyone can shoot. After all, “landscape is a state of mind.”

And the most best camera- this is the one that is in your hands at this moment, and the best lens is the one installed on it. Therefore, the time you are going to spend reading forums where “whale haters” tell each other various tales in search of “the best”
glass for”, it is better to spend it somewhere in a park or outside the city, closer to Mother Nature - our spiritual inspirer.
And technology is just a tool in the hands of the photographer.
I’m frankly sorry for the photographs, the main advantage of which lies in the lens with which they were taken... Of course, this does not mean at all that you need to completely abandon experimentation with technology, you just shouldn’t attach too much importance to it of great importance and expect immediate effect
ffect - the “masterpiece” button on the camera has not yet been invented.

Since a lot has been written about the features and necessity of using this or that photographic equipment in landscape photography, take at least the previous articles in this section of the magazine, I will not dwell on this too much. I will only say that in this moment For my creativity, I use an old Nikon D300 with a universal Nikkor 18-200 VR, a Nikkor 55-300 VR telephoto and a Nikkor 12-24/4 wide lens.

As well as a tripod, a set of neutral gray gradient filters of different densities, a circular polarizer and a cable release. Here I would like to note that the only lens for which I had absolutely no complaints was the Nikkor 12–24/4 (as well as the Nikon D300 itself). This is probably my favorite lens; most of the most successful photographs were taken with it. Although I don’t rule out that it was only because he was on camera at that moment...

It is impossible not to pay attention to the practical component of the shooting process itself. I would like to dwell on this in more detail. So, it’s better to take all serious shots with a tripod... Except, of course, for walking lightly, when overweight can significantly reduce the pleasure of the walk itself (I’m talking about myself). But as it often happens, on such walks, when you least expect it, you come across some very interesting shots. So just buy a lighter tripod.

If you still don’t have a tripod at hand, you can increase the ISO value, fix the camera more securely in your hands (in the gunner’s position) or simply turn on the image stabilizer (it’s still a good thing, I tell you). When shooting without a stabilizer, you need to use the so-called safe shutter speed, which is determined by dividing one by the focal length at which you are shooting. That is, if the focal length is 100 mm, the shutter speed should not be more than 1/100 of a second.

When using a tripod, I turn off the lens image stabilizer, if any. I use a cable release to release the shutter. You can also use the self-timer mode, but in some cases, for example, when shooting a scene with different exposures and dynamic clouds, the delay
even 2 seconds will lead to a significant displacement of these same clouds, which in turn can cause difficulties in subsequent processing. Of course, unless such a shift is part of the intended plot.

I set the camera to aperture priority mode, less often in manual mode. I usually close my aperture down to 11 to achieve maximum depth of field across the entire frame, which is so important in classic landscape photography. This moment, by the way, explains why the lens aperture is here
does not play such a decisive role. I use value 8 less often, for example, when shooting at long focal lengths, when every fraction of a second of exposure threatens to result in “blurring” and a ruined frame as a result. In general, I use a varied range of these same focal lengths, and it depends on the specific scene being shot and the task - whether it’s a view from a mountain peak, or lonely tree on a remote hill.

I focus at about 1/3 of the depth of the scene or on the main subject that I am shooting. I choose focusing on the central point. I focus where I intended, turn off autofocus, compose the frame without changing the focal length of the lens, and finally fix the camera on a tripod.

I usually use matrix metering, over the entire field of the frame. After releasing the shutter, I view the photo in the “Light” mode. If necessary, I make adjustments to the exposure to avoid these same flares. If the difference in scene brightness, such as between the sky and the ground, is too great,
I use a gradient filter or take several frames - with the correct exposure for the sky and the ground for further combination in the editor. In this case, it is advisable to disable autofocus, having previously focused in in the right place. You can also use the camera's auto bracketing feature to capture a scene with different exposures.

This function is preferable, especially if you have a flimsy tripod, as it eliminates the possibility of the camera moving when changing settings, which, in turn, can create certain difficulties when combining frames later.
When shooting, I set white balance (WH) manually. First, I evaluate the result in the camera’s Live View mode or take a few test shots. I do this because I also shoot in JPEG (if you shoot only in RAW, you don’t have to worry about this too much).

Lately I've been playing around with Kelvins. I set the temperature at which I like the look of the picture best. I constantly monitor this, when the scene lighting changes, I make corrections to the white balance. The numbers can vary up to 9000–10000 Kelvin at sunset.

In most cases, I set the ISO value to the minimum; on my camera it’s 200. I don’t make any adjustments to contrast, brightness, or color correction, I just slightly turn up the sharpness in the camera settings to +4. I shoot in maximum resolution, in RAW+JPEG format. Although this takes up more space, very often I like the camera’s JPEG so much that I don’t see the need to do anything global with it, except perhaps add a little brightness and contrast. And RAW remains like this, just in case.

Photo 1. “The Road to Autumn...”
Nikon D300 + Nikkor 12–24/4. 1/25c, f/16, 24mm,
ISO‑200, BB - auto.

Panoramas... You can write a separate article about them... Although I’ll be honest, I don’t see much point in shooting a panorama in 6 horizontal rows of 24 vertical frames. Well, unless we are faced with the task of printing, for example, photo wallpaper in high quality size 10x10 meters. For everything else, what fits in my wide-angle lens is usually enough for me. So I shoot panoramas mainly in 2-3 horizontal
frame or a maximum of 6 vertical. I do this when necessary or when I’m too lazy to change lenses, most often in limited space or when a gorgeous view doesn’t fit into the frame and I want to capture even more. For example, I shot a panorama while standing on the top of a mountain range. The resulting frame is in the photograph shown below. JPEG cameras and my favorite focal length is 12-24.

A lot has also been written about exactly how to shoot panoramas correctly. You can easily find this information on the Internet, so let me not take up your precious time, dear reader, with my judgments on this matter - I will not add anything new here.
Moreover, in Lately I gravitate more towards one, but capacious frame. I will only say that to stitch together panoramas, I still recommend using several programs, since the results of their work often differ and what was poorly stitched in one program can be easily
turn out to be another. I myself use PTGui and PhotoShop programs for this.

Well, now that we know about the “best lens” and have an idea of ​​what needs to be done during shooting, we can talk about another stage of the creative process - “debriefing” and the so-called post-processing. I'll digress right away. Sometimes you hear about “distorting reality” and “too much Photoshop”... It turns out strange! Removing a pimple from a model's face is considered normal, but adding richness to the weed is a crime. Of course, when it comes to photographing wildlife for a geographic magazine, there are certain limitations. In all other cases, I am for complete freedom in creativity. Let the result justify the means. After all, if you look at it this way, even the outstanding black and white photographs of Ansel Adams can be called to some extent a distortion of reality - most people see the world still in color. But let's leave the demagogy to the philosophers of photography and continue.

So, you returned home with gigabytes of footage. Experienced photographers advise to wait a while, to let the material brew, so to speak. I completely agree, although I myself don’t always have enough patience. Usually the selection procedure is as follows - when I like the JPEG of a camera, I use it. If I’m not satisfied or the case is difficult (but interesting) or requires significant improvement, I work with the RAW file.
I don't have any specific sequential scheme for processing photographs. For example, Scott Kelby has such a scheme - the “ The Magnificent Seven", which he describes in the book of the same name. The thing is that Scott is a commercial photographer, he simply must get the predicted result. I am a creative person, moreover, I am free in my creativity and I never know in advance what the result will be. I do not remember or write down the sequence of my actions. Every time it turns out like the first time for me. This is what attracts creativity. Freedom of choice and unpredictability of the result - there is always a certain mystery. Ultimately, a lot also depends on the spiritual state and inspiration at one time or another. “Landscape is beauty, and beauty is a spiritual category.” This happens to me too. You sit and sit, move the sliders - but it doesn’t work. And then suddenly how it goes! In one breath, without stopping, as if someone is telling you what to do, where to press. Miracles, and that’s all!

To work with the material, I use PhotoShop CS 5 (there are newer versions, but this one absolutely suits me) and Camera Raw. By processing it in an editor, you can turn a good photo into a very good one, a very good photo into an outstanding one. But no editor will make a mediocre
The photography is outstanding. An editor is not a panacea, but just one of the tools. The main thing is to get a good shot initially. Good photo does not require any special techniques, some kind of global intervention.

I would like to draw attention to several important, in my opinion, points. I would recommend anyone who is interested in landscape photography, due to the specifics of this genre, to master the technique of combining frames with different exposures. I do this manually in PhotoShop using masks.
This way you can completely control the process and get the desired result better than using software. I would recommend the method of creating masks from the Red, Green and Blue channels in RGB mode or the Lightness channel in Lab mode. Practice similar method well described by Sergei Ershov. In addition, all this can be used when working with one image. We process the frame on separate layers to achieve the desired result.
effect first for the ground, then for the sky, and then we combine these layers using masks. It is important not to forget about tonal perspective during the processing process.

I would also like to draw your attention to a very useful, in my opinion, plugin for PhotoShop - Color Efex Pro, with which I adjust color, contrast, and create various lighting accents. This plugin includes quite a few different filters with a variety of settings. As a rule, I use the Landscape tab - Polarization, Skylight Filter, Pro Contrast. In the Portrait tab - Tonal Contrast, Glamor Glow, Darken/Lighten Center. You can try the rest too.

I apply these filters on separate layers, then gradually develop them through masks, revealing those parts of the resulting image that I need, until the result is something that suits me - I try to make it bright, colorful and at the same time as natural as possible. In most cases, the final image, to one degree or another, includes the results of these filters - the sky is processed by one filter, the ground by another, the tree in the foreground by a third, etc. That is, we get a “combined” image. image.

To sharpen full-size images, as well as when reducing images for the Web, I use and recommend the method described by Pavel Kosenko in his “Intelligent Sharpening” series.
So, when we have sorted out a little the technical side of the fascinating process called “landscape photography,” I would like to talk about one more, in my opinion, the most important aspect - what and when to shoot. Probably everyone has heard about the so-called “regime” time -
the optimal time for shooting landscapes (and not only), when you can “catch” the most interesting light. It was not by chance that I used the word “catch”. For me, landscape photography is comparable to fishing. Often on a hot summer day, you can see children on the river, who, in between swims, pull high-flying boats from the water. The catch is still good enough for a murka for lunch. More experienced fishermen go to the river early in the morning for the evening and night bite. Very seasoned fishermen can spend weeks exploring the river in search of the habitat of a river predator - catfish or pike perch, study its hunting grounds, snags under which it hides, feed it, and only then begin, not even fishing, but hunting for the river giant. Just as a fisherman, having laid out his gear, is waiting for a bite, so a photographer, having mounted his camera on a tripod, is waiting for interesting light.

It was not by chance that I used the word “light”. I consider interesting, unusual light to be the key to a successful shot in the first place. With good light, it almost doesn't matter what exactly you shoot - you can shoot anything and get good result. If we add to this interesting story and technically competent shooting - we can get a truly outstanding shot. A photographer must be able to wait. An example of such an expectation is the photograph below.

The slopes with fences and the lonely tree seemed quite interesting to me. That morning the sun periodically broke through the heavy clouds with lonely rays, creating bizarre spots of light on the nearby hills. I composed the shot, set the settings and waited, hoping that the ray of light would fall on this lonely tree. While waiting, I took a few shots before the light was finally in the spot I wanted.

In post-production, I darkened the shadow areas a bit to bring out the contrast and make the whole scene more expressive.
Here is another example where interesting light formed the basis of the subject of a photograph.

Various natural phenomena, for example fog. There is even an expression - without fog there is no landscape. Especially when the bright morning sun breaks through the fog...

Aperture priority, exposure compensation -1. But this does not mean that good shots are obtained only at dawn or sunset, in the evening or in the morning. It's interesting when the weather changes. It’s interesting when people or animals come into the frame.

Aperture priority, exposure compensation -1. And, of course, what could be more interesting for a landscape photographer than autumn?

When composing your shot, try to follow generally accepted guidelines. Use diagonals. Include in the frame roads, paths, streams, fences, relief bends, vegetation boundaries, mountain slopes, etc. - lines that will guide the viewer's eye through the photograph.

Include objects in the frame that will attract the viewer’s attention - houses, stones, lonely trees, etc. and place them at the points of the “golden” ratio. Create accents by highlighting and emphasizing key objects with light and color.
Try to get deep shadows. There are shadows - there is volume.

Don't include unnecessary things in the frame. A wide-angle lens, of course, is a good thing, but it is not necessary to shoot everything that fits in a 12 mm frame. Try to find the most capacious and interesting areas.

Aperture priority, exposure compensation +1. They say that the best shot is a random shot. In my practice, I have found confirmation of this more than once. They also say that the best shots will always be taken close to home. Love yours motherland, look for the beauty nearby, in the simple things that surround us.

Well, dear readers, that’s basically all I wanted to talk about today. The photographs presented in this article as illustrations may differ to some extent from the trends outlined, because they were taken at different times, when I did not even know about many things. Which actually once again proves the advantage of practice over theory. So shoot for your health! I would be very glad if I helped someone learn something useful. If not, I will be doubly glad, it means you know more than me...

Good luck to everyone!

Sincerely yours, Yuri Turyanitsa (Duru).
Email: [email protected]

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Angus Clyne

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Atif Saeed

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David Keochkerian

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Erik Stensland

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Gregory Boratyn

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Jay Patel

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Joseph Rossbach

Joseph Rossbach has been photographing landscapes for over fifteen years. His photographs and articles have been published in a number of books, calendars and magazines, including Outdoor Photographer, The Nature Conservancy, Digital Photo, Photo Techniques, Popular Photography, Blue Ridge Country, Mountain Connections and many more. etc. He still travels a lot and creates new and interesting images of the natural world.

Lincoln Harrison

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Luke Austin

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Marcin Sobas

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Martin Rak

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Rafael Rojas

Rafael Rojas considers photography special life philosophy, based on observation, understanding and respect for the world in which we live. It is his voice and means of conveying his own vision of the world, as well as the opportunity to share with other people the feelings that overcome him when he presses the shutter.

Photography for Rafael Rojas is the same creative tool for mixing emotions as a brush is for an artist or a pen for a writer. In his work, he combines personal feelings with an external image, showing who he is and how he feels. In a sense, through photographing the world he represents himself.

Landscape photography is one of the most complex genres of photography. The photographer needs to go out to meet the first rays of the sun, catch the fog enveloping the mountains, come to endless coasts and valleys in numerous nameless regions. In such places he will be able to capture the true essence of the landscape and show unprecedented pictures with surreal light and special interest. All this requires a lot of patience, skill and, of course, financial costs.

The trails of stars and galaxies merge into a beautiful synchronized singing in the photographs of Aaron Groen. This photographer from the United States has a fantastic talent and is a fitting start to our selection.

His images are filled with captivating twilight light. Endless deserts, mountains, forests, meadows and objects seem unpredictable in Alex Noriega's photographs. He has a wonderful portfolio.

The name of this photographer is consonant with his paintings, which are reminiscent of Zen. There is so much mystical silence and a vivid state of trance in the frame. These phenomenal landscapes take us beyond reality and arouse even more interest in the beauty of our planet.

Atif Saeed is a fantastic photographer from Pakistan. He shows us the hidden beauty of his majestic country. Beautiful landscapes with surreal mountains filled with fog and snow will captivate every lover of landscape photography.

Daniel Rericha is a very humble, self-taught photographer from a small town in the foothills of the Ore Mountains. He loves to capture the beautiful Czech mountains.

Through the mystical colors of stars and waves, David seems to very easily convey the essence and true history of the universe. Take a look at his fantastic photographs for yourself.

Dylan Toh takes us on an unforgettable journey through amazing places. With it we can save time and through pictures get to know the breathtaking waterfalls of Iceland or explore the Munros ranges in Scotland. We can go on a virtual trek along the Annapurna mountain range or witness indescribably colorful sunsets and sunrises in the state of South Australia.

Erik Stensland often rises long before dawn to hike to the remote lakes or high peaks of Rocky Mountain National Park. He captures the unparalleled beauty of the park in the warm morning light, and also creates a photographic collection in the desert southwest, the Pacific northwest and the UK. Eric makes it his mission to reveal natural beauty by capturing amazing moments that will take your breath away.

Jay Patel's ability to perceive and appreciate beautiful places emerged early in his childhood during numerous trips to the most breathtaking places on the Indian subcontinent. His passion for such magnificence now manifests itself in his constant quest to capture the majesty of nature with his camera.

Phenomenal shots of star trails, seascapes and night scenes characterize Lincoln Harrison's quality work. All his majestic photographs add up to a brilliant portfolio.

He also specializes in landscape photography. The author's favorite themes are dynamic fields, foggy mornings in the mountains and lakes. He does everything possible to ensure that each individual photograph tells a new story, where the main characters are light and circumstances. These two factors give the world an extreme and unreal appearance at different times of the year and at different times of the day. In the future, Marcin Sobas plans to try his hand at photographing birds and wildlife, which he finds extremely fascinating.

Rafael Rojas considers photography to be a special philosophy of life, based on observation, understanding and respect for the world in which we live. It is his voice and means of conveying his own vision of the world, as well as the opportunity to share with other people the feelings that overcome him when he presses the shutter.

The boundaries become invisible between the valleys and forests that line the frame in front of this wonderful photographer. He is a born master. This is evident when we look through a set of photographs of him.

Mood and enchanting atmosphere are two of the most important definitions for Angus Klein's work. Because they are difficult to separate from his shots, Angus tries to get as much drama, capture the meaning, and convey the feeling that is inherent in the scene.

Brilliant dynamic landscapes and wonderful artistic images of Mother Earth belong to photographer Grigory Boratin. Over the years, he has captivated us with his magnificent creations. Beautiful paintings.

Joseph Rossbach has been photographing landscapes for over fifteen years. His photographs and articles have been published in a number of books, calendars and magazines, including Outdoor Photographer, The Nature Conservancy, Digital Photo, Photo Techniques, Popular Photography, Blue Ridge Country, Mountain Connections and many more. etc. He still travels a lot and creates new and interesting images of the natural world.

We continue to introduce our readers to the best contemporary photographers. Today we’ll talk about the landscape genre. So, read our review, share it with your friends and get inspired by admiring the works of masters of the landscape genre!

Dmitry Arkhipov

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A native Muscovite, Dmitry Arkhipov has been interested in photography since childhood. A physicist by training, Dmitry served in the army, worked at the Space Research Institute under the Buran program, created his own well-known IT company, while simultaneously continuing to improve in the field of landscape photography.

The results of his travels to 108 countries around the world were five personal exhibitions, where Dmitry’s works were seen by more than a million people. Now Dmitry Arkhipov is a titled photographer, a member of the Russian Union of Photographers, winner and laureate of national and international photo competitions.

Denis Budkov

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Denis Budkov is a native of Kamchatka; since 1995 he has been traveling and photographing his native land. The love for nature and the desire to show all its beauty became the motivation for studying the basics of photography and improving skills in practice. Denis’s main passion is volcanoes, which the nature of Kamchatka is so rich in. The volcanic eruptions and peaceful Kamchatka landscapes he captured have already received awards from the prestigious photo competitions Best of Russia 2009, 2013, Wildlife of Russia 2011, 2013, Golden Turtle, Wildlife Photographer of the Year - 2011. Denis says that photography for him is a way of life, which is completely satisfactory. The main thing is to wait for the right moment to take that very shot.

Mikhail Vershinin

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Mikhail Vershinin became interested in photography as a child; he had to give up visiting the photo studio in favor of another hobby - rock climbing and mountaineering, but even on sports routes he took his camera with him. The craving for traveling in wild places and the passion for filming eventually led Mikhail Vershinin to landscape photography. He explains his choice of this particular genre not only by a craving for nature, but also by a special mood, the ability to convey feelings and emotions with the help of a captured moment. Mikhail Vershinin’s works have repeatedly become finalists and winners of Russian and international competitions, including National Geographic Russia - 2004 and FIAP Trierenberg Super Circuit - 2011 in the Night Image category.

Oleg Gaponyuk

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Oleg Gaponyuk, a MIPT graduate, lives and works in Moscow and has an unusual hobby - panoramic photography. For the sake of a good photo, he can easily go to the other end of the earth, while doing alpine skiing, windsurfing and diving. Despite the fact that his sporting hobbies are related to mountains, seas and oceans, in the field of photography Oleg became interested in creating spherical panoramas in the air. He is actively involved in the AirPano.ru project, within the framework of which more than 1,500 bird's-eye panoramas have already been made in the most interesting cities and corners of the world. In terms of the geography of filming, the number of aerial panoramas and the artistic value of the material, this project is one of the world leaders in this type of panoramic photography.

Daniil Korzhonov

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MIPT graduate Daniil Korzhonov prefers to call himself an amateur photographer, because he simply does what he likes. Photography allowed him to combine his passion for painting and his love of travel. As a landscape photographer he visits the most beautiful places globe and “draws” on film what he sees. Combining photography with travel allows Daniil to lead active image life and express your thoughts and feelings with the help of beautiful and original shots taken both in wild corners and on city streets. He advises all novice photographers to shoot as much and as often as possible in order to better understand the beauty of the world around them.

Vladimir Medvedev

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Vladimir Medvedev is the founder of the Wildlife Photographers Club, a tireless traveler, professional photographer, winner of international competitions, including the BBC Wildlife Photography Competition in 2012 in the Eric Hosking Portfolio Award category. Collaboration with wildlife reserves around the world allows Vladimir to take unique photographs of the pristine world and its inhabitants. According to Vladimir Medvedev, photography is both an art, a means of understanding the world, and a means of influencing the world. It's easy to start taking photographs - you just need to buy a camera and learn from the best.

Yuri Pustovoy

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Yuri Pustovoy is a graduate of VGIK, a cinematographer at the Odessa Film Studio with ten years of experience and an honored travel photographer. His works received recognition from the jury and visitors international exhibitions and photo competitions, in Yuri’s collection of awards Golden medal International Federation of Photographic Arts FIAP Global Arctic Awards 2012. Yuri Pustovoy is not only a traveler and photographer, but also an organizer of photo tours for real amateur photographers and beginners. The cameras of Yuri and his team capture landscapes from the most different corners planets. During the tour, Yuri shares his photographic experience, helps during filming with advice and action, and teaches techniques for processing photographs in graphic editors.

Sergey Semenov

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Sergey Semenov became interested in photography in 2003, when he got his hands on a digital camera for the first time in his life. Since then, he not only devoted all his free time to this hobby, but also turned photography into a profession, exchanging his career as an economist for the fate of a travel photographer. In pursuit of the most beautiful views lands Sergei visits national parks North America, the mountains of Patagonia, the icy lagoons of Iceland, the Brazilian jungle and hot deserts. He takes pictures of his favorite landscapes from a bird's eye view and is active participant AirPano.ru project. In his first panorama, Sergei showed the Kremlin as birds see it.

Vlad Sokolovsky

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Belarusian photographer Vlad Sokolovsky is known as a master landscape genre. Like many of his colleagues, he believes that beauty is everywhere, and the skill of a photographer lies in showing it to the viewer. He is characterized by being demanding of himself and the quality of his work. You will be surprised, but sometimes Vlad comes to the same place several times to achieve the right lighting and take a great shot. Also, Vlad has been reading our magazine for a long time and regularly shares his photographs with our entire audience.

Alexey Suloev

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Alexey Suloev received his first camera at the age of seven and quickly got used to photographing everything around him, especially since his passion for tourism allowed him to find himself in the most unusual, unexplored places of the Caucasus, Pamir and Tien Shan. Gradually, tourist trips turned into real photo trips. In pursuit of unusual shots, Alexey has already visited more than a hundred countries; the geography of his trips includes the most inaccessible and untouched places on our planet, from the North to the South Pole. Alexey takes pictures because he cannot describe in words the beauty and diversity of the earth. He generously shares everything he sees with his viewers, so that every person can find creative inspiration in the inexhaustibility of nature.