How to photograph wild birds
Many subjects are still, or at least they can be under your control. Before pressing the shutter, you can spend a long time composing and deciding the exposure. However, most nature photography is not the case. The subject is moving quickly, so you don't have enough time to compose the picture, so you must look for opportunities to capture the picture. Some birds in particular are alert and will slip away once they feel your presence. Therefore, in addition to having the skills that photographers should have, they should also be good at hidden tracking.
The important thing to shoot birds is to choose equipment. The equipment must be light and suitable for long-distance travel, and the camera and lens must be easy to track birds. In addition, it is essential to understand how to measure the sky in various situations. Due to these conditions, it is ideal to choose a digital camera with motor, aperture priority, spot metering, continuous focusing and other functions.
Usually, shooting birds is often limited by the lens. While opening a wide aperture, you must also use as high a speed as possible in order to capture the wings and body movements of the birds. It is also very important to choose a lens. The ideal lens is that the focal length is as long as possible, the weight is as light as possible and the aperture is as large as possible. Many flying birds are very small in size, and to get a fairly large image, a lot of magnification is required.
In order to be light and prevent vibration, telephoto lens is an ideal lens. It is lightweight, easy to focus and easy to operate. The only dissatisfaction is that the aperture is on the small side and only has one aperture value. When using a telephoto lens, the camera camera lens adds up to a heavy weight, and it takes a long time to wait and compose pictures for shooting birds, so the handheld camera won't last long. It's best to support the camera on a tripod or monopod.
Lakeside and seaside, woods and reservoirs are places where birds often hang out. Before shooting, you should know the birds and places to be photographed, and master the best shooting time. In addition, you should know the season, the influence of light on shooting birds, and what kind of light will produce what kind of effect.
How to shoot a good night scene
1. Theme and composition. Because of the light, many scenery that seem breathtaking during the day will be covered up by the night. All we can photograph is the colorful lights and colors in the dark night. It can be said that shooting night scenes is actually shooting the characteristic light and color at night.
Now that it is clear what we want to shoot at night, we must consider the choice and deletion of scenery, light and shadow when composing the picture. Just like writing an article, we should first determine what the photos we take want to show, and then use the method of highlighting the center to focus on them. For other non-central scenes, we can take less or no photos with the attitude of saving as much as we can, so as to achieve the effect of highlighting the key points and emphasizing the perfect composition.
2. Keep the camera stable. In night photography, the camera often needs to be exposed for a long time, and sometimes the exposure time may be as long as several seconds or even several hours. This requires that the camera must not shake during shooting, otherwise, the captured image may be blurred due to the shaking of the camera.
In order to keep the camera stable, when shooting, we should fix the camera to a tripod for shooting, and it is best to use the shutter cable or the self-timer function of the camera to start the shutter. When it is really necessary to press the shutter directly, we should also press it lightly as much as possible to minimize the shaking of the machine caused by human reasons.
3. Exposure. Generally speaking, due to the weak light at night, the exposure time of the camera is naturally longer than that of ordinary scenes. However, like other changeable scenes, night scene photography should also control the length of exposure time according to the light situation and specific composition of the scene.
In this respect, digital cameras have unique advantages over traditional cameras because they have the instant preview function of LCD screen and are not afraid of wasting film. When actually shooting, we can first set an aperture and shutter speed group that we think is appropriate to take a test shot, and then preview it directly. If the image is overexposed (too bright), we can appropriately reduce the shutter speed or aperture. If it is underexposed (too dark), we can appropriately lengthen the exposure time or increase the aperture until we get the image effect that we think is satisfactory.
4. Adjustment of focal length and aperture. Like other photography, night photography also needs to highlight the theme, and when shooting panoramic pictures, it is necessary to obtain the maximum depth of field as much as possible, so that all the photographed far and near scenes can get clear images.
When shooting a wide range of night scenes, we can adjust the focal length of the lens slightly farther away. By using the hyperfocal length, we can obtain enough depth of field, making the whole picture appear patchwork and three-dimensional.
Aperture is also very important in the shooting of night scenes. Although we can get enough light by prolonging the exposure time, it is definitely not that the smaller the aperture, the better. Because of the differences of various digital cameras, their lenses generally have a so-called optimal aperture coefficient, which is mostly about 4-5 levels of the maximum aperture of the lens. Taking a lens with the maximum aperture of F 3.5 as an example, its optimal aperture is mostly F 5.6-F 8.
5. The use of flash. Some friends also like to use flash when shooting night scenes. In fact, most of the time, it is unnecessary to use flash, because as long as the flash is on, it will more or less destroy the beauty of the night and make the image tend to be mediocre. Therefore, as long as sufficient exposure time can be guaranteed, I personally think it is better to use less flash.
How to deepen the color of the sunset glow
Photographers often see that the effect of many sunset photos is red. In fact, to achieve this exaggerated effect, one way is to use filters, and another way is to set the white balance of the camera to cloudy mode, so that the color of sunset can be further deepened.
How to shoot fireworks
Photographers must install tripods when shooting fireworks. Tripods can help you prevent image jitter. Before shooting fireworks, you should first conceive the photographic composition and determine the location of the photo, and then fix the camera with a tripod.
When shooting fireworks, it is best to use manual mode and then focus to infinity. Fireworks require a long exposure, so photographers can adjust the sensitivity of the camera to 100. At this time, the more suitable aperture is between F 8 and F 16.
Of course, the photographer may set the B shutter at the selection speed of the shutter. Generally, it takes about 0.5-1 second to shoot small fireworks, and 3-4 seconds to shoot large-scale fireworks. At this time, photographers who use door B can adjust the shutter speed by themselves and save photography time.
How to shoot flowers on a black or white background in location
Photographers will find that many flower photography backgrounds are black or white. Although this effect can be accomplished indoors with a specific black-and-white background, it can also be processed with Photoshop, in fact, the camera can also be used to achieve this effect in the complicated environment of nature.
If you want to take a photo of a flower with a black background, you should take a shade as the background, take a flower that receives enough light as the subject, and set the exposure value around the flower, so that the background in a dark place with insufficient light compared with the subject naturally becomes dark.
If you want to get a white background, you should use the sky as the background, use backlight composition, and appropriately increase exposure compensation, so that it is easy to get a white background.
How to photograph the blue sky more vivid
1. Pay attention to the use of light. There is a rule in the formation of the blue sky. The sky with direct light is the bluest, followed by the side light, and the backlight is white. Therefore, the color saturation of the blue sky taken with direct light angle is quite high, especially the color of the sky above the photographer's head is particularly saturated and bright. Pay attention to the angle in photography practice, and you can generally get a brighter blue sky.
2. Use a polarizer. Polarizer, also known as polarizer, is used in the side light position. Rotating it to a certain angle can eliminate polarized light in the air, thus increasing the saturation of blue, but it doesn't make much sense in backlight or front light. However, when using a polarizer, it is best to choose a higher-quality polarizer to avoid affecting the imaging quality. In addition, after adding a polarizer, it is generally necessary to add 1-2 levels of exposure compensation. When there is no tripod, you should pay attention to shooting with a telephoto lens. It is not advisable to use too low shutter speed to avoid camera shake affecting the imaging quality.
3. Select the right weather. In fact, the color of the blue sky is closely related to the clarity of the sky. The reason why the saturation of the blue sky in rural mountainous areas and other places is particularly good is related to the good local environment. At present, shooting in big cities, such as choosing to shoot after rain, the color of the sky will be extra satisfying.
4. Use comparative means. From the perspective of artistic expression, the charm of blue sky can also be increased by means of contrast. For example, adding some yellow leaves or buildings to a large area of blue sky can make the blue sky more eye-catching and visually impactful due to the effect of complementary colors.
5. Pay attention to exposure control. Accurate exposure can achieve ideal color reproduction, but under certain circumstances, when it is necessary to increase the color of blue sky, the exposure can be appropriately reduced. For example, when using a color reverse film or a digital camera, if the exposure amount is appropriately reduced by 1/3-1/2, the color of the blue sky will be richer. Of course, the specific implementation should be considered comprehensively. If other important contents in the picture will be obviously affected, it is not advisable to focus on one thing and lose another.
How to photograph lotus flowers
The best lens for shooting lotus flowers is a medium telephoto lens of 70-200 mm. In addition, when shooting, the photographer had better wear a hood and a tripod, which is conducive to the clarity of the picture quality. In the choice of lotus flowers, photographers should pay attention to the fact that they can choose buds in bud, flowers in full bloom, and flower shapes with petals falling off. Of course, it is a good way for photographers to highlight the subject by controlling the depth of field, or use lotus leaves to set off it.
How to photograph the moon well
⑴ Use M file when shooting, because it is easier to control exposure. Through the photos taken, observe whether the moon is bright white. If so, keep reducing the exposure by increasing the shutter speed or reducing the aperture until you can get a magnified photo where you can observe the moon crater.
⑵ Use telephoto when shooting. Use as long as your focal length is, so that you can get a larger photo of the moon. It is recommended to use a telephoto or ultra-telephoto lens.
⑶ Use a tripod when shooting. Because the focal length is too long, the picture will be blurred as long as the handheld camera is slightly shaken. So, be sure to use a tripod and keep the camera stable.
⑷ If you can focus manually, you can adjust it to infinity. If you can focus automatically, you can focus on the moon. This is not difficult.
Shooting sunrise and sunset Make clever use of reflections
Taking reflections on the water will add color to sunrise and sunset photos, and calm sea or lake can reflect the scenery in the sky. Presents an image like in a mirror, and the breeze blowing across the water always disturbs this reflection. Leave a more dazzling light on the water and sketch a light path from the horizon to the foreground of the picture. As the sun gradually sets, this light path will extend before your eyes.
How to make flowers and plants more gorgeous in color
When we shoot flowers and plants, although it feels similar to shooting people, in most cases we have to lower the EV to shoot. Why?
Because the flowers and plants are more gorgeous, if they are exposed according to the standard EV, the flowers and plants may lose their details. In order to retain more details and increase the texture of the flowers and plants, appropriately reducing the EV will have a good effect.
