We can always see some very clear and sharp landscape photos on the Internet, always thinking that it takes a lot of tall equipment and very professional photography to take it, but in fact, you only need to master some simple skills to take highly clear and sharp photos. Of course, it's not just about practicing an iron arm to keep the camera from shaking, there are many aspects that will affect the sharpness of our photos. Let's explore how to make photos clearer and sharper from various specific aspects.
1. Learn to use screen framing + manual focus
In most cases, although the autofocus is already very accurate, there are some special situations, such as low light, shooting macro flowers and insects The autofocus is sometimes very unreliable, you can go to manual focus, turn on the screen viewfinder function, press + to zoom in on the picture you want to focus, and then focus manually to ensure that the part to focus is at the best sharpness!
2. Reflector lock or pre-lift function
Generally, SLRs have this function, and if you can't find a classmate, you can flip through the manual. When you turn on this function, the reflector will be raised in advance when the shutter is pressed, and then the shutter action will be used, which can avoid the slight vibration caused by the mirror raising, and minimize the blur caused by camera vibration.
3. Keep the lens clean
Maybe you have found this phenomenon, when your fingers accidentally touch the lens will make the photo look like there is a layer of mist, so it is necessary to keep the lens clean and bright, and it is best to check and clean your lens before each shooting to avoid this problem.
4. Stabilize the camera with a tripod or a fixed position
When it comes to tripod issues, newbies tend to overlook its importance. Especially in the case of low light, because the shutter speed is slow, it is easy to shake and affect the sharpness of the photo, if the sensitivity is increased, the noise of the photo will increase, and the quality of the photo will also decrease, so it is best to use a tripod or put the camera in a fixed position.
5. Make the camera on the tripod more stable
When you shoot outdoors in a windy environment, even if you use a tripod and the strong wind blows the camera to shake, then hang the camera bag or other heavy objects on the hook under the tripod axis, and use your body to block the strong wind, and then use the shutter cable or remote shutter to shoot will solve this problem to the greatest extent.
6. Use a wider angle lens when possible
When we use a telephoto lens, slight vibrations can also cause blurriness in the photo, especially when zooming in to see some stronger positions in the photo, so if possible, we should take a few steps to use a wider angle lens, because different focal lengths will have different effects we want, so it is only recommended that we use the wider angle end when we can choose. In addition, the widest angle end of the lens is often not the best position for imaging quality, which is determined by the quality and characteristics of the lens, so it is necessary to understand the best imaging focal length of the lens in hand.
7. Use low sensitivity as much as possible
As mentioned earlier, high sensitivity will increase the noise of the photo, seriously affect the image quality, and make the photo not clear and sharp enough, so it is better to use a tripod with low sensitivity if the situation permits, and the photo will not be sharp enough, so if possible, try to use a low ISO with a tripod to shoot in low light environments. But in some cases where conditions do not allow, you still have to be bold to use a high sense, because although the quality of the photos taken is not high, it is better than nothing at all!
8. Choice of aperture
We know that a large aperture will make the depth of field shallow, so it will also blur the area outside the focus and lose sharpness, and it is easy to blur the subject away from the focus point. So we want to make the photo sharp, and the aperture should be moderately narrowed, so we usually use a smaller aperture when shooting landscapes. However, a particularly small aperture will cause small aperture diffraction, which will also blur the photo. Therefore, we still need to fully understand the characteristics of our lens and understand the aperture range for optimal imaging.
summary
There are so many ways to make photos clearer and sharper, in general, to avoid camera shake as much as possible, and to use the best imaging focal length and aperture range of the lens as much as possible.
