Shoot Landscapes With a Telephoto Lens

Using a telephoto lens for landscape photography can yield striking results by compressing the scene and emphasizing distant elements. Unlike wide-angle lenses, which capture expansive views, telephoto lenses (typically 70mm and above) bring distant subjects closer, creating a sense of depth and layering in the image. This technique is ideal for highlighting specific features like mountain peaks, forested hills, or architectural details against a backdrop. Additionally, telephoto lenses can isolate subjects from their surroundings, drawing attention to particular elements and creating a more focused composition. Proper use of shutter speed and understanding depth of field are crucial for achieving sharp, well-composed landscape shots with a telephoto lens. I always use the telephoto lens when shooting sunsets because I need to get the sun as close as I can and as big as I can.
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[@N0rdman]

Are you rambling or do you actually have a point or some tutorial you want to come across?

[@adriancaleanu]

@@N0rdman The point is you can use a telephoto lens to shoot landscapes.

[@N0rdman]

@@adriancaleanu For sure, most wide angle landscape photography is quite "empty" as most haven't learned to incorporate the foreground to create depth, you only see some distant shapes very remotely that doesn't create an interesting image. The image just comes across as flat, even dull.
Every time you are struck by awe by the immense landscape most reach for a wide angle to try and capture it all, what you envision in your head as a super wide canvas but actually with your own eyes view in small portions one at the time, that your brain ties together to create the vastness you remember filling the entire horizon.
But maybe if you could make a print that covers a whole facade or at least a wall it would make sense.
Otherwise that image would become more interesting if you took a little portion of it, as you can with a telephoto lens.

[@adriancaleanu]

@@N0rdman Exactly. Also a telephoto will teach you to see in smaller frames.