Landscape photography is a genre intended to show different spaces within the world, sometimes vast and unending, but other times microscopic.

While many landscape photographers show little or no human activity in their photos, striving to attain 'pure' unsullied landscapes that are normally devoid of human influence, using instead subjects such as strongly defined landforms, weather, and ambient light. Despite this, there is no pure or absolute definition of what makes a landscape in photography, as such it has become a very broad term, encompassing urban, industrial, macro and nature photography. A beach full of parasols and sunbathers can be a landscape photo, but so can the view through an electron microscope, which shows a different type of landscape. Waterfalls, and mountains are especially popular in classic landscape photography.  Though many photographs are inspired by traditional landscape painting, the term in photography is very broad, most places and things can be photographed as a landscape, a kitchen, a lamp, a wall, or even the human body can be turned into a rolling vista by a skilled photographer.

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1. 1. Time: 19:21 on 18 Aug 2009 - Ned Ward LRPS wrote:

   I fully endorse these web site developments.

   This is a great start to helping the learning process and promotion of photography. Maybe a few links or references to famous landscapers of all sorts would be beneficial to supporting the text.

   I like the gallery as well to illustrate good examples of landscape photography and especially as the participants are from our ranks

   Definately a leap forwards in my view.

   Cheers
   Ned