The definition of landscape is broad, but as you probably know, to me a landscape is a wide shot or a telephoto shot picking a detail from a landscape, to many a woodland scene is also a landscape, but to me it is a woodland scene. The equipment I use (apart from the cam) is a combination of the following: Polarizer circular Hoya (linear filters screw up the AF and metering system) Neutral density graduated filter ND4 (Cokin P series) Remote shutter release in conjunction with mirror lock up (especially with a long lens) and or a slow shutter, depending on available light. Lens hood. Tripod. As small an aperture as possible for the largest DOF possible, this is not such a big issue with a wide lens as they have a much larger DOF than a long lens Of course your DOF also depends on the distance from you to the subject, if your main subject is far enough away, the DOF is much greater and f8/f11 is sufficient. Most lenses are at their best at f8-f11 For a wide landscape I focus about a third of the way into the frame @ f16/f22, this can require a slow shutter, if that is so I then also use the remote and mirror lock up, if the light is good, that may not be necessary. If using a slow shutter on a still water scene, this can blur the water, sometimes this works to your advantage and sometimes not. Because there can sometimes be a big difference between highlight and shadow in the land/sky I use the grad filter. I meter without the filter in place and fit the filter to take the shot, this can prevent/help prevent blown sky detail. This will depend on the amount of difference between highlight and shadow, at times the difference is just too great to get a perfect exposure through the whole scene. The grad filter is more important for a wide lens than it is for a long lens due to the wide view, which can include allot of sky. I usually try to pick some foreground detail to draw the viewer into the shot, this is not always possible. Of course with all photography it is better to have the sun behind you but that is not always possible, when shooting onto or across the light, I either use a hood or the grad filter (cant use both together) LP

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