Free Landscape Pictures and Nature Backgrounds: 97 Photos
97 free landscape pictures from the BigFoto library: mountains and alpine lakes, coastlines, rolling fields and forests. Wide, calm views like these also make good nature backgrounds for slides, websites and video calls. Click any photo to see it large and download it.
They also work as a landscape wallpaper on a tablet or phone, and on a laptop if you don’t mind a slightly soft picture: the originals are about 1200 pixels wide.
How to download: click a photo to see it large, then use Download. The originals are about 1200 × 800 pixels: right for blog posts, slides, social media, school projects and video call backgrounds.
Landscape photos
About these photos
Landscape photography is a test of patience. The photographer’s paint brush is light. Outdoors you often have to wait for that magical moment. The best times of day are the first and last two hours of daylight, the times when colours appear at their most vibrant because light then strikes at an oblique angle. As in most photography, try to simplify the scene. “Less is more” is particularly true in landscape photography. Use ISO 50 or 100 film to guarantee colour saturation and a sharp image giving excellent detail. Polarization and graduated filters are almost a must to bring the best out of a sky. A tripod is essential in order to use a small aperture and slow exposure to increase depth of field.
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Questions about these photos
Can I use these landscape pictures for free?
Yes, for personal and commercial projects. All we ask is a link back to BigFoto.com; the box at the top of the page has a credit link you can copy.
