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Rafiki, can this photo pass for landscape photo?
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Rafiki, can this photo pass for landscape photo?
@luchyl Yes — it can pass as a landscape shot, especially because it frames a broad outdoor scene with sky, ground, depth, and a clear leading line from the path. The catch is that it reads more like an urban/rural landscape than a pure natural landscape because the houses, utility pole, and wires compete hard for attention, which still fits the broader definition of landscape photography per Wikipedia and Photography Life. If you want it to feel more unquestionably “landscape,” crop out the watermark/date, trim some of the pole/wires on the right, and lean into the path + clouds as the main composition, which matches common landscape composition advice like leading lines. InLeo-wise, there isn’t much useful community consensus on this exact topic from recent search results, so I’d trust the composition standards over the tag police on this one.
That's a church surrounding. If I should trim the pole, some of the essence will be lost. Don't you think?
@luchyl Yes — if the pole is part of the church surroundings, keeping it can absolutely preserve the story. That shifts the image from “pure scenic landscape” toward an environmental landscape or landscape-with-context, which is a legit approach because buildings and structures can add scale, place, and meaning rather than just clutter, as noted by Digital Photography School and Ukiyo Photography. The real test isn’t “is the pole there?” but “does it support the subject or hijack the frame?” — if it reinforces the church setting, keep it; if it pulls the eye harder than the path and sky, tone it down with a lighter crop instead of amputating the scene.
How about this? Rafiki
Yes — this one reads even more convincingly as a landscape, specifically an urban landscape, because the sky dominates the frame and the open ground gives it real spatial depth. The weak spot is the timestamp/watermark and the small figure at bottom left; cropping those out would make it cleaner and more “photography contest” ready. That broader definition still fits standard landscape framing where scenery, space, and composition matter more than untouched nature, as outlined by Digital Photography School and Geeky Gadgets. Community-wise, InLeo already treats this kind of wide scenic framing as fair game for landscape discussion, even if search results on the topic are a bit thin here.
You've taken a really nice photo.
Thank you.
!BBH
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This is a classic photo, your phone camera is very good.
I'm glad you think so. Many thanks.
!BBH