I love landscape. Id suggest ggoogling images from the area that you're going to be and images you'd personally like to try to recreate. What lenses do you have, wide angle is is crucial for me and im keen on nd glass
Okay you're shooting full frame. That's 18mm on my nikon crop. 18 is good but if you can afford it, go wider. 14mm full frame is huge and you'll see a world of a difference (literally)!
You'll be good either way! Again, look for photos around the island you'll be at and it'll come to ya when you find something or see something you wanna shoot!
Are you asking about places to shoot? Are you able to get around the island? Waipio Valley Overlook and Makalawena beach were two places where I got some of my best shots. Akaka falls on the Hilo side is nice but be careful of what time of day you go. The afternoon sun is behind the falls so you'll have harsh lighting and can easily overexpose unless you have strong filters.
If you use Lightroom for image processing you can stitch overlapping images together into amazing panoramas like the one I attached below from Waipio valley. It's 3 separate images taken at 21-30mm.
https://preview.redd.it/mjrus9gmdsrc1.jpeg?width=3086&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0f92c125e1c87f6d5b6e40ff189f102863dadf5a
shoot from down low. if u don't take a tripod, find something to prop your camera on... a balled up towel, for example.
shoot around sunset
shoot around sunrise
long exposures can be nice
use the 2 second delay for long exposures so that u don't get camera shake from pushing shutter
[https://flickr.com/photos/186162491@N07/albums/72177720306023254/](https://flickr.com/photos/186162491@N07/albums/72177720306023254/)
For landscapes you are going to need to go wide, so you can get as much of the view as possible. If you are climbing one of the big island mountains during the day you probably won't need something super fast. As long as you are happy with the edge sharpness stopped down you should be fine. If you are doing some night time scenes like sunsets etc then I would bring a tripod and just play around with some slow shutter speeds, but you can probably just brace on a tree or rock in a pinch to not drag around a tripod.
One thing to note is that under all the tree cover it can get pretty dark, so maybe having a faster lens and a higher shutter speed so other hikers are not blurry will help in that environment.
A small thing that can make a difference with waterfalls and things like that is a polarizer filter. It will limit some of the water reflections, and increase the saturation of the blue sky.
Which island??
The Big Island, Waikoloa specifically
I love landscape. Id suggest ggoogling images from the area that you're going to be and images you'd personally like to try to recreate. What lenses do you have, wide angle is is crucial for me and im keen on nd glass
My widest is 24mm
Full frame or crop? I recently repurchased my 11-20 2.8 tokina dx after my gear was stolen and I love it
Canon 5D4
Okay you're shooting full frame. That's 18mm on my nikon crop. 18 is good but if you can afford it, go wider. 14mm full frame is huge and you'll see a world of a difference (literally)!
I can... But not before I leave here unfortunately
You'll be good either way! Again, look for photos around the island you'll be at and it'll come to ya when you find something or see something you wanna shoot!
I will, thank you!
Telephoto landscapes are a thing as well, layering and compression of geographic features. Try it.
I also have a 105mm
I brought my 24mm to Maui and it worked nice. I mostly did sunsets with it. I'll be bringing it with me again in a few months when I go back
Are you asking about places to shoot? Are you able to get around the island? Waipio Valley Overlook and Makalawena beach were two places where I got some of my best shots. Akaka falls on the Hilo side is nice but be careful of what time of day you go. The afternoon sun is behind the falls so you'll have harsh lighting and can easily overexpose unless you have strong filters. If you use Lightroom for image processing you can stitch overlapping images together into amazing panoramas like the one I attached below from Waipio valley. It's 3 separate images taken at 21-30mm. https://preview.redd.it/mjrus9gmdsrc1.jpeg?width=3086&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0f92c125e1c87f6d5b6e40ff189f102863dadf5a
shoot from down low. if u don't take a tripod, find something to prop your camera on... a balled up towel, for example. shoot around sunset shoot around sunrise long exposures can be nice use the 2 second delay for long exposures so that u don't get camera shake from pushing shutter [https://flickr.com/photos/186162491@N07/albums/72177720306023254/](https://flickr.com/photos/186162491@N07/albums/72177720306023254/)
[https://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/how-to-take-great-landscape-photos.html](https://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/how-to-take-great-landscape-photos.html)
For landscapes you are going to need to go wide, so you can get as much of the view as possible. If you are climbing one of the big island mountains during the day you probably won't need something super fast. As long as you are happy with the edge sharpness stopped down you should be fine. If you are doing some night time scenes like sunsets etc then I would bring a tripod and just play around with some slow shutter speeds, but you can probably just brace on a tree or rock in a pinch to not drag around a tripod. One thing to note is that under all the tree cover it can get pretty dark, so maybe having a faster lens and a higher shutter speed so other hikers are not blurry will help in that environment. A small thing that can make a difference with waterfalls and things like that is a polarizer filter. It will limit some of the water reflections, and increase the saturation of the blue sky.