Ron Leach

Last week we featured an interesting tutorial demonstrating why every landscape shooter should experiment with telephoto lenses, and the camera settings and techniques that deliver uncommon images in the field. We're following up on that today with five unconventional methods for capturing unique wide-angle photographs in ways you may not have tried in the past.

We frequently share expert advice for getting the light right to make images with perfectly balanced tones from light to dark and everything in between. This tutorial from the PHLOG Photography YouTube channel demonstrates an unconventional approach for creating stunning landscape images like the one you see above.

Post-processing expert Christopher O'Donnell is adamant that "when you are processing a landscape photo in Lightroom you should be thinking about ONE thing throughout your entire workflow; namely, how to control perceived depth." He chooses the word "control" purposefully, because that exactly what today's tutorial is all about, rather than various enhancements.

Lightroom is loaded with sophisticated tools that enable anyone to adjust colors to perfection. Unfortunately, many inexperienced users shy away from these transformational techniques because of a misconception that "advanced" means "too complicated for me."