Best tips to photograph macro and landscape? (Nikon D5100)?

I'm an amateur photographer who very recently acquired a Nikon D5100 with two lenses: a 18-55 and a 55-200. But what I really want to photograph is landscape and macro. Which are the tips to have fantastic photos? Special settings or light management?

Get a Tripod. Take your Tripod everywhere. Use your Tripod.

The greatest distortion to any image is blur and when dealing with these great forms of photography (I do wildlife, nature and landscapes) then you are vulnerable to it. Even, with a Tripod, nature photography can be a pain due to wind and shadows.

EXPERIMENT! Play around at home. Practice everything. When you spot a great feature, you want to spend more time composing and less time worrying about your lighting. You want to be quick and efficient especially when shooting a sunrise or sunset.

Good Settings to use. Closed lens for Landscapes. For nature you might want to open or close the lens depending on your subject. Shoot in Manual or in Aperture Priority; depending on how good the lighting is (Aperture when the light is good enough for your camera to make choices, Manual when you are pushing your body in lower or even brighter lights.

Shoot early or late. The golden light is amazing on rocks and flowers alike.

Shoot nature in overcast conditions and provide your own lighting (invest in a ring flash - even cheap ones help) This way you can really control your shot.

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Landscape can be done perfectly with the 18-55. A tripod would help indeed. Understand your camera and get up early.

Macro requires a closeup filter like the raynox dcr-250 or a canon 500d or a proper macro lens like the 90mm tamron.

For both a working knowledge of photography basics and of the workings of your camera is helpful

Macro needs either:
1) dedicated macro lens
2) reversing ring
3) bellows

landscape just needs the 18-55mm and then just learn the photography basics…

Tripod is not need for a landscape unless there's not enough light and the speed shutter is too slow for the camera to be held by you.

Such as this one, taken at night

During the day, you just shoot

Even with a longer lens, you don't need a tripod

also like this

A macro lens is need to do decent close up shot. You can get away without one if your budget doesn't allow, but to get a flat field, a true macro lens is needed, which will get you this

This is at 1:1 (life size)

A photogaphy course will be very useful if you are really interested in it.