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A crucial element of landscape photography is the light to the scenery. Preferred times are dusk or dawn with low angle light which renders the landscape with low contrast and sidelight. THis light adds a feeling of depth to the picture and the low contrast usually is benefical for the picture as there are no harsh contrasts and the very details can be captured. Notable landscape photographers include [[Ansel Adams]], [[Galen Rowell]] and [[Edward Weston]].
===Environmentalism and landscape photography===
From its beginnings and continuing into the present era, some of the most important and celebrated landscape photographers have been motivated not only by artistic aims but also by a love of the natural environment, as well as a desire to see it preserved. For example, Ansel Adams, acknowledged as a pioneer in landscape photography and one of its greatest practitioners, wrote that "It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment." <ref>http://books.google.com/booksid=lZJcBduCBiUC&pg=PA11&dq=%22It+is+horrifying+that+we+have+to+fight+our+own+government+to+save+the+environment.+%22&hl=en&ei=RtAlTdOfM8P_lgewmpT7AQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22It%20is%20horrifying%20that%20we%20have%20to%20fight%20our%20own%20government%20to%20save%20the%20environment.%20%22&f=false</ref>. More recently, Galen Rowell, in an interview with [[BBC]] journalist [[Simon Willis]], said, "The reason that I keep writing is that all my most powerful messages about the fates of wild places that I care about need to have words as well as images."<ref>http://homepage.mac.com/simon.willis/site/tgo/galen1.htm</ref>
== Technical Aspects ==
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