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March 2026 Photo Contest Winners: The Language of Lines

Rob Wood (Admin) — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000

We're happy to announce the winner of March's competition, “The Language of Lines.” Jean's image titled "SkyHawks" immediately captured the attention with all the beautiful lines, colours shot against a beautiful sky. Congratulations Jean T for this beautiful winning capture.

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Minimalist Landscape Photography: How to Say More With Less

Rob Wood (Admin) — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000

One of the biggest traps in landscape photography is trying to include everything in a scene. And while it can work, I would argue that it actually makes good landscape photographs a more difficult thing to achieve. It's why I often err towards trying to get the best minimalist landscape photographs that I can. I find them more appealing in many situations, and I also find them quite difficult to achieve, but a hell of a lot of fun. So let's take a look at what makes minimalist landscape photography challenging and how we can overcome those trials for better images.

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Editing – When Less Is More

Jason Row — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000

The power that we have in Lightroom and many other modern apps is astonishing. To the point where we can take a relatively dull, average composition and turn it into something incredibly striking. I say striking because it doesn’t mean the image is good. We have at our mouse buttons a plethora of tools that combined with AI masking allow us to change entirely the way an image looks.
We are, however, in danger of over reliance on over editing our images and today I want to look at why when it comes to editing, less is often more.

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Spacious Landscapes, Spring Colours, Rough Terrains And Everyday Stories – The Weekly Community Roundup

Dahlia Ambrose — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Welcome to our weekly community wrap-up. It's been another amazing week on the Light Stalking forums with great photography by the community and discussions in the forums.

Here is the Photo Of The Week that is judged by Federico every week. This week's photo of the week is by Anne Hornsby.

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Closeup Of Mountains In Black And White Transformed By Light, Shapes, Forms & Textures

Dahlia Ambrose — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Mountains come in all shapes and sizes and are found across the world. In order to portray the grand nature and the character of a mountain, it will be better to photograph them in black and white. In this article, we have shared a collection of closeup mountain photos in black and white and the monochromatic conversion shows how the resulting image can be transformed with the help of light, shapes, forms and textures.

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This Is What You Need To Know To Capture Classic Black And White Landscapes

Dahlia Ambrose — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Black and white photography is classic - timeless and at some point, all photographers dive into this genre and some stay with it.
Since there are no colours in black and white images, it solely depends on tonal variations, depth, shapes, forms, textures, etc. Here is a list of tutorials that will help you to capture stunning black and white landscapes.

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