Landscape Focus

[flyingfridge]

Hi all,
I love shooting landscapes primarily. But am unsure of what I should be doing with regards to focus. Is there a rule to follow or does it really vary?
For example I have been using automatic one shot AF for shots such as the one below, letting the camera decide (shooting in manual, aperture between 8 and 16)
Should I be doing something different?

http://i508.photobucket.com/albums/s321/flyingfridge59/IMG_2760sharpvibrant.jpg

Thanks,
Fred

[goldboughtrue]

I don't know of any "rule." Personally, for this type of shot I would focus somewhere in the middle (middle of foreground and far background) using a small aperture to be sure everything is in focus. If, on the other hand, you have a large foreground element, you'd want to focus on that.

I've found that my Tokina 12-24 doens't focus spot on using auto. I use live-view to manually adjust to get it as sharp as possible. The 17-40 might do a better job though.

[Lazuka]

I don't know of any "rule." Personally, for this type of shot I would focus somewhere in the middle (middle of foreground and far background) using a small aperture to be sure everything is in focus. If, on the other hand, you have a large foreground element, you'd want to focus on that.

I've found that my Tokina 12-24 doens't focus spot on using auto. I use live-view to manually adjust to get it as sharp as possible. The 17-40 might do a better job though.


bingo, just abuse the tripod, get that small aperture, and use live view if you can, if my landscape is being based on one object of course, i make that the focus, but if you want a general focus, i just focus around the middle, some people i hear use ai servo? different strokes for different folks

[argyle]

Atmospheric effects (haze, pollution, etc) can also affect your image and make it look out of focus (especially when shooting during mid-day). Be aware of the best times to shoot...

[flyingfridge]

Thanks for the help, looking forward to using it...