{"id":15564,"date":"2025-10-24T17:03:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T17:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonschoenhoff.de\/?p=15564"},"modified":"2025-10-24T17:04:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T17:04:02","slug":"ein-highlight-fuer-landschaftsfotografen-in-deutschland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonschoenhoff.de\/en\/ein-highlight-fuer-landschaftsfotografen-in-deutschland\/","title":{"rendered":"A high\u00adlight for land\u00adscape photo\u00adgraphers in Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A high\u00adlight for land\u00adscape photo\u00adgraphers in Germany<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Gear:<\/span><\/p>

Sony a7IV
Sony FE 2.8\/16\u201335 mm GM
Sony FE 100\u2013400 mm GM
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You can see the VLOG to the BLOG at the bottom of the page or you can reach it via this button:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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I\u2019m not usually a resentful person, but when there\u2019s such a gem in my home region, I natu\u00adrally want to capture it in photo\u00adgraphs. If I don\u2019t succeed at first, it makes me all the more deter\u00admined. It can\u2019t be that someone (in this case, me) can\u2019t take great pictures in such a beau\u00adtiful place, can it?<\/p>

It has been a while since my first visit to this place. At that time, I wasn\u2019t looking for great land\u00adscape photos. It was just a little family outing where we hiked up this gorge. Back then, there were no steel bridges, and I don\u2019t remember any steel cables for safety either. But I do remember the beau\u00adtiful water\u00adfall. Now, several years later, having deve\u00adloped a keen inte\u00adrest in nature and land\u00adscape photo\u00adgraphy in parti\u00adcular, it was clear that I had to return to this place, to this gorge. <\/p>

On my first attempt, which was already a little late, I made a beginner\u2019s mistake. I had disre\u00adgarded the topo\u00adlogy and charac\u00adte\u00adristics of the area. The water\u00adfall does not actually carry water every day of the year. Espe\u00adci\u00adally when it has been dry for a long time, the gorge is dry. It had rained where we were, but not a few kilo\u00adme\u00adtres further on. Perhaps the little rain that had fallen was not enough to fill the gorge. So there I stood, in front of dry rock faces. At least the hike was easy to manage in dry conditions. <\/p>

The condi\u00adtions were better on my second attempt. The water\u00adfall was rushing. But the water\u00adfall didn\u2019t have quite as much water as I had hoped. I was also here on a Sunday, and many visi\u00adtors were out and about in the gorge, enjoying good hiking condi\u00adtions and not too much humi\u00addity. There wasn\u2019t a minute when a hiker didn\u2019t want to pass by, or stand in the picture, or, or, or. It\u2019s not her fault. I could have been smarter, arrived earlier, or simply come here on another day. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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All good things come in threes<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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So I came home with one or two pictures that were okay. But they still don\u2019t convince me, which is why they don\u2019t appear in any port\u00adfolio. This time, I didn\u2019t want to compro\u00admise. Attempt three had to work. <\/p>

I took a morning off. It was a weekday morning after three days of heavy, wide\u00adspread rain across our region. So there had to be plenty of water. There were few hikers, as it wasn\u2019t holiday season, weekend or a long weekend. And the weather was foggy, cloudy to clear. Nothing could go wrong, I thought. <\/p>

Since I wanted to vlog a little bit for you, I had to leave early in the morning to have enough time to offer a few more shots than just the usual selfie view in the VLOG. Of course, it\u2019s still a long way from \u2018cine\u00admatic,\u2019 but at least ever\u00ady\u00adthing worked out in parallel. (Except for the noise reduc\u00adtion of the water\u00adfall on site).<\/p>

What can I say? I was able to take photo\u00adgraphs, photo\u00adgraphs, photo\u00adgraphs. All morning long. It was only around noon, when I had already reached the last cascade, that some friendly hikers joined me. And since I had already captured ever\u00ady\u00adthing, I was even able to chat with them for a while. Having enough time to search for great compo\u00adsi\u00adtions, let the motifs sink in and calmly adjust the camera settings resulted in many, many pictures that I like. I am curious to see which one will emerge as the high\u00adlight over time. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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This and all other shots of this post you can request under \u201cPrints\u201d as an art print for your wall at home directly from me. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Quick tips for water\u00adfall photography<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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When taking photo\u00adgraphs, it doesn\u2019t really matter what focal length you use. Tele\u00adphoto lenses above 100 mm are usually good for details or sections of the water\u00adfall. Focal lengths in the lower range are natu\u00adrally better for captu\u00adring the entire water\u00adfall. The exact focal length depends a little on the size of the water\u00adfall and, of course, on where you can posi\u00adtion the camera. In other words, whether you have more or less space to move around. <\/p>

However, the follo\u00adwing tips are univer\u00adsally applicable<\/p>