What are the insect shooting skills?

Macro photography means that the size of the photographed image is larger than the original size of the object, and the ratio of the two is generally greater than 1: 1. To achieve real macro photography, the distance between the lens and the image is much more important than the distance between the lens and the object. For optical cameras, macro photography is generally achieved by using professional accessories, such as amplifiers, to amplify objects. Macro insect photography needs more skills and participation, and the process is much more interesting. For example, you can see how dragonflies riot and prey like bombers; How romantic butterflies in the grass mate; Flowers shuttle through it. How busy bees are collecting pollen. In the sun, you can see insects emitting metallic luster or burning flames. Nature is magical and beautiful, and moving stories are staged all the time, depicting beautiful moments. Shooting insects is an excellent way to get close to nature. It should be my greatest gain and satisfaction to experience the true meaning and touch of life in the camera.

Shooting skills of insects:

1. Digital equipment for large-scale insect photography

Compared with traditional cameras, using digital cameras to shoot insects has several obvious advantages: because the main body of this macro photography is dynamic insects, the success rate is low, and the low-cost advantage of digital cameras is outstanding; Nowadays, many civil digital cameras have the function of macro photography. By adding close-ups and iron rings, it is simpler and more convenient than traditional photography. Traditional cameras pay attention to magnification in macro photography, and whether digital cameras have enough pixels is the key.

It is generally believed that the suitable distance for insect photography is about 30CM- 120CM, which is mainly due to the vigilance against insects. So telephoto shooting in this environment is very important. Nowadays, there are many models with telephoto lens and macro function in portable digital cameras, which are really sharp tools to capture the wonderful moments of insects. But if you want to shoot excellent macro photography, the first one is a SLR digital camera with a macro lens. One more thing, insect photography IS usually carried out in the wild, and tripod is not allowed in many cases, and the use of telephoto inevitably requires a long shutter time, so choosing a digital camera with IS (Image Stabilizer System) function or a camera with high sensitivity and good imaging effect will greatly improve the success rate.

2. Common skills of macro insect photography

The key to the success of macro insect photography is the high definition of the subject, which is also the biggest difficulty. Mainly related to the key points. In macro photography, the autofocus of the camera is almost unreliable, so the first step is to learn to skillfully use the digital manual focusing in your hand. As far as the mainstream civil digital cameras on the market are concerned, manual focusing is very clumsy. It takes time to accumulate experience to do this first step well. Only in this way can we have a chance to capture wonderful scenes without being shocked.

When focusing, the choice of focus should fall on the eyes of insects, because macro photography is very important. The usual practice is to combine the spot metering of insect heads, which is done in more than 90% of photos. In daily photography, we usually use the method of locking the focus and then translating the camera to re-compose. However, in macro photography, even a small displacement may cause out-of-focus and lead to the failure of the whole photo, so it can be avoided.

There is almost no real optical SLR in civil digital cameras, and the electronic lens pickup is limited by resolution, which often deceives the eyes. Therefore, if targeted "bug friends" are willing to cooperate, they must make full use of opportunities and take as many photos as possible. In order to highlight the main body and blur the messy background, large aperture and high magnification zoom are often used.

3. The best time for insect photography

In summer, the peak of insect activity is after the rain clears, and at this time, because of the rain on the wings, the activity frequency of small insects is obviously slowed down, and the lighting conditions are ideal, which is indeed the best time to shoot.

Some insect photographers believe that sunrise in the morning is also an ideal time, based on the fact that after a long night, the body temperature of insects begins to rise, and they usually come out to move, and the dew in the morning slows down their activities. The oblique sunlight in the morning is a brilliant light for photographers. It is difficult for civil digital cameras to perform well only in low light conditions. Digital camera has high saturation and high definition under strong light, large aperture and high shutter.

Insect photography, patience is as important as luck, and it is common to get nothing in an afternoon. In fact, it is not difficult to get close as long as it is not overly frightened. Insects are very touching when mating, and often can't catch up with each other. It is not difficult to film this romantic moment. Among insects, dragonflies are the easiest to shoot, and their vigilance is not high. Here, I quote a netizen: "When a healthy and happy dragonfly just stopped on the grass to rest, its wings spread out neatly on its back." If it feels safe and comfortable, it will relax its muscles and let its wings droop at a small angle. " Meeting at this time is the best time to shoot dragonflies. As long as you get closer, you will get something.

Welcome everyone to try.