How to shoot flowers in spring so as not to fall into the stereotype?

Spring is coming, the weather is getting warmer, and everything is beginning to recover. Flowers born in early spring have a unique flavor and are photographers' favorite themes. In the upcoming "flower fight in friends circle", how to make your works unconventional, pleasing to the eye and stand out in friends circle? You need this special technique-multiple exposure. What are the basic precautions for multi-exposure flower shooting and what problems need to be paid attention to? Look down and you will understand!

Before each image superposition, we should know what the theme is, distinguish the subject from the companion, and prioritize it, rather than simply and casually superimposing it, and the more exposure, the better. Movie friends who are exposed to multiple exposures for the first time often make simple and random mistakes of overlapping many times, such as copying a large piece of the same tree or flower. Believe me, it's neither artistic nor technical, nor interesting at all:

In addition, the more exposure times, the more it will affect the level, detail and sharpness of the picture. Don't unnecessarily increase the exposure times of multiple exposures to achieve your expected creative intention. If it is for special needs, you can also increase the number of exposures, but you should pay attention to the relationship between the elements of each picture, and don't make each layer of the image look the same. Only when there are changes can there be a sense of hierarchy.

For example, if you shoot a small piece of flowers, you can use three or even four or five exposures to increase the number of flowers in the picture and form the effect of "flower sea". Note that you need to deal with the exposure image of each layer in a targeted manner, and adjust the exposure, focus, dynamic-static relationship and focal length to increase the picture level and avoid repetitive, dull and false feelings:

A small flower captures the feeling of the ocean of flowers.

When measuring light, we can measure the most important objects in the picture according to the TTL spot measurement in the machine. On this basis, exposure compensation will increase or decrease when shooting other levels of pictures. Of course, the specific shooting techniques are not limited to these, but it is boring and inconvenient to understand it simply by words. Next, I will briefly explain the main points of shooting skills with a few examples.

Firstly, several lotus leaves with complete shapes were found, and the mid-tone part of the lotus leaves was measured. The exposure was reduced by f/2.8 aperture 1EV, and the virtual focus and the real focus were exposed twice. Then put a black background cloth behind the lotus body to block other unnecessary objects.

Finally, aim the lens at the main body of the lotus, select the appropriate position through the viewfinder, point the light at the middle tone of the flower, and complete the third real focus exposure with f/8 aperture.

When composing a composition, try to put the main body of the lotus in the darkest part of the picture during the early exposure, which can make the texture of the main body of the lotus better.

Before the official shooting, you can predict the light according to your initial idea and the framing composition of three shots in advance, and record the exposure parameters to avoid being in a hurry when shooting formally.

First, adjust the shutter speed to115 seconds, and shake the camera at a plant to make the picture produce a trajectory that looks like "wind"; Because this picture is not the main body, the exposure compensation is reduced by 1EV.

Then, a tulip with a dark background was selected as the main body, and the middle tone of the flower body was measured, and the second exposure was completed with f/8 aperture minus 0.3EV.

Such static flowers are dynamic, reflecting the breath of spring.

First, focus the plum blossom body in front with a 250mm F5.6 folding lens, and make the first exposure to make the body clear and the background blurred. Then fix the camera, fold the lens to aim at the plum blossom far away from the main body, and slightly reduce the exposure compensation to complete the second exposure.

From these examples, we can understand that multiple exposures are not simply overlapping pictures, you need to observe and conceive in advance. What effect do you want to express? Which is the subject and which is the companion? What kind of expression should the body accompany, is it dark, fuzzy or dynamic fuzzy? It all depends on your idea.

Of course, in order to realize your idea, you need to know enough about the camera in your hand and be good at exposure, focusing, framing and composition in order to play multiple exposures well.