Scenic Photography
Many of you reading the title of this article might be thinking ‘Didn’t Matt talk about this stuff last time?!’ Generally the terms ‘landscape’ and ‘scenic’ would go hand-in-hand but I see them as different subjects and would like to treat them as such here.
Let me explain how and why I see them differently. During our hunting trips (especially the overnight or multi-day trips) we often cover vast amounts of country, some of which is high up on the open tops while some is at lower altitudes and deep in the bush – and then there’s a lot of ‘in-between’ country along the way. I believe the views and vistas we encounter while out hunting can be categorised into one of two types – landscape or scenic.
To me, landscape images have components such as vast, unending panoramic views, far-reaching and expansive terrain and lots of ‘space’.
These types of shots are usually quite powerful, drawing that power from the sheer enormity, grandeur and majesty of the scene. An example might be the wide-ranging scene that lays beneath us, seemingly as far as
