写真を撮っています。 How to say what I am taking a picture of?

[PALewis88]

In the above sentence, how would I say “taking a picture of a mountain” or “taking a picture of a flower”?

[Leebo]

Off the top of my head, I’d say 山の写真を撮る or 花の写真を撮る

EDIT: The following construction also appears possible, based on example sentences I see.

山を写真に撮る

[Zenyaaa]

私は[thing you’re taking a picture of]の写真を撮っています。

[veryslowlearner]

For ‘taking a picture’ you can use the teiru short form とっている if using casual language or in certain contexts where short form is used such as ‘I think he is taking a picture’, ‘she said she was taking a picture’, ‘the person (who is) taking a picture’.