Getting perfect photos- Some Pieces Of Advice

Today I would like to talk about how I make my photos practically perfect. I have read extensively regarding digital photography, as well as have had extensive experience, which has helped and inspired me to become more creative and to come up with more insightful solutions to problems, or issues, that we as photographers might face while trying to achieve the very best and in seeking to create something that is ultimately perfect. The first thing that I will talk about is enhancing black and white photos which include the sky. For this, my first piece of advice would be to use a polarizing filter. Load the photo into a program such as Photoshop or GIMP, then select levels. Next, eliminate the strength of the blue and green channels. If this results in poor image quality, I would recommend using a red filter instead or adjusting your exposure so that the initial image is overexposed, since eliminating a channel means that the exposure will be darker. Next, think about how you want the foreground to look. Experiment with various levels or RGB sliders to see how they effect the foreground. Therefore you can now use various color filters in a single image. Essentially, this is magic. Now you can create a layer mask to mask out portions of the image, such as masking out the foreground in the red photo. Remember to desaturate the image after adjusting the levels, or otherwise use color sliders which are available in PS. Not only will this technique result in darker skies, but it can also reduce haze significantly.

This image on the left was taken with a CPL filter and all levels with

the exception of the Red channel were removed, while the other image uses no CPL and levels were kept normal

Getting perfect photos of landscapes

1. The first piece of advice for perfect landscape photos is to use a tilt-shift lens. The tilt-shift lens has the ability to create an extremely narrow depth of field, or to increase depth of field so that it's seemingly endless. 
2. The second piece of advice is to use only prime lenses. Why? Prime lenses are generally of superior optical quality as opposed to zoom lenses. Zoom lenses are made to perform well at various zoom ranges, but setting it to a particular setting will likely produce results that are not as great as that of a prime lens, as prime lenses can be manufactured more easily to be of superior optical quality.
3. Improvise by getting creative. You don't necessarily need to have an expensive photo editing program or expensive tilt-shift lens to create a photo that looks as though it were made from a much more "superior" or maybe much more expensive camera. Use the advice that I have posted about creating a photo mosaic (basically a row or column of panoramas) to either create significantly increased resolution, or create a sense of depth by dramatically decreasing the depth of focus, effectively isolating a subject of interest and making it literally, outstanding. The hyperfocal distance can create an immense depth of field that a tilt-shift lens also can achieve. Or, to get depth of field (focus) all of the way from the closest to the farthest distance from the camera's lens, you can use focus stacking. A drawback to techniques involving multiple images (focus stacking, HDR, photo mosaics), despite the fact that they might offer you with a less expensive method of doing things, is that it can be time consuming and sometimes very difficult. For example, try doing a gigapixel image of a tree as the wind is blowing. 
4. Combine HDR with Simplicity and Positive/negative space. HDR; it seems (to me at least) that people generally have a love or hate relationship with HDR. HDR is otherwise known as High Dynamic Range. After all, HDR brings out details, so why would people hate it, even if it's done correctly and perfectly? The problem people seem to have here is that HDR can create what is considered too much detail. This may not be ideal for many scenarios, especially when you have a photo which is full of interest all over, such as a foreground made up of trees and flowers, with a background made up of mountains, more trees, and perhaps a dramatic sky.  Such an image may contain so much detail that the viewer may find it overwhelming, so just remember that if you plan on making an HDR image and showing it to the public, make sure that the HDR effect is subtle enough so that the viewers aren't overwhelmed by the amount of detail in the photo. On the other side, however, you can combine a strong HDR technique to a photo which is intended to be simplistic, with a large amount of negative or positive space; this would probably be great because it should allow the viewer to not be overwhelmed, and the details would really stand out! 
5. To make a photo that looks really impressive, try to combine some of the previous techniques used.