How to get different effects in different situations or in order to obtain different effects, the shutter speed used is also very particular, so how to set the shutter to get the effects of brushing, mirror and water mist? Let's take a look at how it was taken through a set of photos.
Why is the shutter speed generally set between 1/10 s and 30 s, or greater than or equal to 30 s?
The slow gate records the movement trajectory of the object within a period of time. According to the different tracing speed of seawater, it is generally set at 2 S, and the effect of wire drawing can be shot.
The biggest feature of the slow door is that the picture taken is soft. In the inland sea where the sea water is not surging much, with the shutter speed of 30 s, the mirror soft light effect of the sky is the same color and the water surface glow reflects each other.
However, to obtain this creamy silky water mist effect, the shutter speed required is longer than 30 seconds, and the tripod and shutter cable must be used when shooting.
Why do you pay so much attention to shutter settings when shooting seascapes?
Just reading the parameters of photos can easily be misleading. The setting of shutter speed is determined by the shooting time and environment: 60 minutes, 30 minutes before and near the sun sets, as well as different scenes and sea water movements, will help you judge how to set the best shutter speed.
Therefore, there is insufficient homework in the early stage, and it is not feasible to make blockbusters just by improvisation. Here's a comparative analysis of the above problems, how to set your shutter speed to help you take ideal seascape photos.
Comparative analysis of three effects: wire drawing, mirror and water mist;
1. Brushing
When the seawater goes back or rushes forward, controlling the shutter speed between 1/10 s and 2 s will form wire drawing.
Generally choose on the beach, and use the blocking of rocks, ice cubes and branches to make the drawing effect more obvious.
When shooting, you must master the timing of pressing the shutter button, otherwise you will only catch a pair of rigid waves.
However, if you want to shoot the water surface without rocks, you need a slower shutter speed.
2. Mirror
In lakes or inland seas where the sea water does not surge much, use a shutter speed of more than 10 s to blur the water surface and clouds, so that the two complement each other.
Depending on the brightness of the sky, when the water surface is calm and the sky is darker, you can use a shutter speed of more than 30 s, which can not only ensure the picture quality, but also capture the softness of the clouds.
To take such a clear and thorough underwater effect, it is not enough to just reduce the shutter speed. You also need to use a polarizer to eliminate the reflection on the water surface.
Sometimes it's to show the flowing clouds, and to reduce the post-synthesis and make the picture more realistic, so the shutter speed can be reduced again.
3. Water mist
When the seawater moves slowly, use the blocking of rocks and use the shutter for more than 30 seconds to shoot the seawater into the feeling of soaring clouds and fog.
The principle of shooting water mist is to freely control the exposure time in B-gate mode with the help of shutter cable as much as possible, and the best shooting effect is controlled by controlling the exposure time to more than 2 minutes.
The seawater shot in 8 s is hard and the picture is bare. If the shutter speed is controlled at 161 s, the movement of the seawater can be recorded for a longer time, and the picture is as lubricated as cream.
When the sea water seeps into the gap between moss and rocks, the cloud effect is more obvious because the water speed slows down. Therefore, when the sea water movement is intense, you can use the blocking of rocks to photograph the water mist.
Before shooting, you should first determine the shutter speed, shoot several pictures with different shutter speeds, and determine the aperture and ISO through the relationship of reciprocal law. The aperture should not be too small, and the foreground should be clear when focusing, so that the picture will be more textured.
After reading this article, do you understand it all?
