A landscape is a section or portion of scenery as seen from a single viewpoint. Scenery is the subject of a landscape image. Typically, people and animals are not shown in a landscape, unless they are relatively small in the image and have been included in the composition to show scale. Some photographers argue that the sea coast, the city and man-made structures in general should not be included in a landscape, and images that do contain them are more accurately called seascapes or cityscapes.

The skill of landscape photography lies in understanding how a scene will work photographically instead of just being overwhelmed by the beauty of it all. To compress the sheer scope of a landscape into one image, you need to isolate the visual qualities that will re-create the panoramic view you see and suggest its depth and distance.

Ansel Adams Gallery
Finding Inspiration in Ordinary Landscapes by Denis Gionet, (as published in the June 2006, PSA Journal and provided here with permission of the author and PSA).
Clyde Butcher:  Black & White Landscape Photography
Grant Collier Photography
Photographing Water in Landscapes by Tibor Vari as published in the July 2008, PSA Journal.
PhotographyTips.com:  Landscape
Smithsonian American Art Museum:  Between Home and Heaven: Contemporary
     American Landscape Photography