Eight common mistakes in landscape photography

Lead: On the road of photography, as a novice photographer, it is inevitable to go into some misunderstandings. So is landscape photography. Some careless habits often make you make mistakes unconsciously, and the improvement of photography skills is also hindered. Then, let's take a look at the following eight common mistakes in landscape photography and how to avoid them!

Error 1: Horizontal offset.

In landscape photography, the horizontal horizon is a very basic and important point, but it is often easily overlooked. When it is impossible to judge whether the horizon is horizontal, you can judge whether the camera is completely horizontal with the help of the camera level, composition auxiliary line or the virtual horizontal line that comes with the camera. Of course, post-correction is also possible, but there are certain risks, which may affect the composition and lose some details.

Photography: ignacio palacios

Mistake 2: Use the wrong lens.

Many people often think that only wide-angle lenses can take landscape photos, which is a very wrong idea. Any lens can shoot scenery, but they are only suitable for different situations. The (super) wide-angle lens is mainly suitable for shooting large scenes to increase the momentum; You can also use the characteristics of (super) wide-angle deformation to create interesting pictures. The medium focal length lens is closest to the human eye. The telephoto lens mainly describes parts and has the characteristics of compressing space. When shooting, make good use of the characteristics of each lens to get a better picture.

Photography: Yosuke Makura

Mistake 3: Shoot the sky in space.

In most cases, the sky that is too empty often makes photos look dull, and if there are clouds, the aesthetic feeling of the picture can be upgraded immediately. Therefore, when taking scenery photos with the sky as the background, we should consider the influence of the sky on the picture: the sky is rich in layers, and the proportion in the picture can be appropriately increased, otherwise the proportion of the sky can be appropriately reduced.

Photography: Bob Bitner

Mistake 4: driving and seeing some scenes, you will say, Shoot it on the way back! ?

I believe many people have experienced this situation. However, when I returned, I either forgot or the light and other factors changed. No matter how good or bad the light changes, you have missed a great picture, and it is basically difficult to encounter such a scene in the future.

Photography: Mjollnir Macaba

Mistake 5: The light is not good, and there is no shooting.

Whenever the weather is bad, many people are reluctant to shoot. However, there is a rule to always remember: you may not be able to make a good film if you shoot it, but you will not be able to make a good film if you don't shoot it. Different weather has different shooting methods, and the most important thing is to look at your own ideas and creativity.

Photography: Anders Stangel

Mistake 6: Single viewing angle (flat shot only).

Accurately speaking, this is not a mistake! It can only be said that in order to get a better picture, we can try to shoot the same scene from different perspectives, such as lowering the height of the camera and looking for the foreground. Try more and there will always be surprises.

Photography: martin stein Chev

Error 7: Lack of visual focus.

Many times, the key to a landscape photo that can't attract readers' attention is whether it has a visual focus. The lack of visual focus makes the picture incomplete and the reader's eyes don't know where to stop. The visual focus can be anything, a person, a tree, a boat and so on.

Photography: Tibor Lundek

Mistake 8: Go to the shooting location at the wrong time.

Anywhere, it is impossible to keep the scenery unchanged all year round. Therefore, it is necessary to choose the right time to shoot at the shooting location, just like the rape flowers in full bloom now. Because of the different illumination, the flowering time varies from place to place. If you go to the wrong time period, the rape flowers you bring back are only rape flowers.