"F8 and BE THERE!"
The old photographer's favorite saying . . . for nothing warms the heart of a photographer more than BEING THERE when the moment is right.
In other words . . . I don't know your budget, but a couple of days lodging at a special place of landscape photographers in the right season would be a fantastic gift!
Here's a photo my cousin (a professional landscape photographer) made a few years ago . . . when the light, the leaves and the location all came together. This is what photographers live for!!!
After he showed it to me I said, "Man, that's like taking a 12-point buck!" He then told me that a big one actually came out, either a 10 or a 12-point, and stood in that road for a few moments in early light, the morning he took this photo. A shot of a lifetime indeed!
BTW: He ONLY shoots with Fuji slide film (medium format) . . . and this photo has NOT been enhanced or photoshopped in any way. Perfection.