How to shoot a shocking waterscape?

Lead:? As good as water? Water has the greatest wisdom in the world. When the water is quiet and gentle, there is lingering tenderness, when it is lively and cheerful, there is the crisp sound of streams and springs, and when it is angry and roaring, it is like a menacing snake and beast. It is so mysterious and changeable that it attracts the favor of many photographers and photographers.

How to shoot seascape photography that shocks water features

We often have the opportunity to shoot at the seaside, but how can we shoot a shocking picture? How to take this photo?

Dynamic articles on coastal photography

Tip 1: Use a wide-angle lens.

The photographer used a wide-angle lens of 10mm to make the picture more magnificent and have more surrounding environment to shoot. If you can shoot the wide-angle lens slightly upward, the effect will be even more shocking!

Tip 2: Choose the right time and weather.

The right time and weather are very important for shooting natural scenery. We can use the early morning to shoot soft light, and because the sun is not fierce, we can take a longer exposure and shoot the traces of clouds to make the picture more dynamic!

Tip 3: prolonged contact with softened tap water

When shooting the coast, running water or clouds, we can also use a tripod to stabilize the camera for a long time, so that the running water will become silky and foggy!

Tip 4: Use CPL filter to eliminate water reflection.

There are usually reflections on the sea. If we use CPL ring polarizer, the reflection on the water surface will be eliminated, so that the underwater world will be exposed, making the photos taken different from those seen by the naked eye, and the running water will be clearer.

Tip 5: Choose a foreground to set off the theme.

Foreground can enrich the picture and set off the subject. The photographer chooses the stone in the phase as the foreground. You can also use foreground skills more when shooting, and you will definitely strengthen your photography skills!

The other group, blue tone, calm water and dynamic sky, combine into a wonderful photo of dynamic and static, even if you are a novice! Look at the following simple points!

Static coastal photography (Francesco Gola photography)

Prompt 1: Bring up the blue tone.

To shoot the blue tone, you need to pay attention to two points.

1, shooting time: usually in a day, the sky turns from dark to bright from 5: 00 am to 6: 00 am, when the sky will be blue, and the sky after sunset is ok, but it is easy to shoot warm sunshine, so it is recommended to get up early and shoot at the seaside!

2. White balance: Using automatic white balance may not get the desired effect. We can set the white balance to a low k value or "tungsten lamp" to make the photo bluer.

Tip 2: Long exposure makes the water surface smooth.

Using tripod, small aperture, low ISO and long exposure can smooth the water surface, and manual mode or S mode /Tv mode can also be used. Generally, the exposure time can be from a few seconds to dozens of seconds or even minutes, but be careful of overexposure and use nd filter if necessary.

Tip 3: The prospect and application of the dichotomy.

Many wonderful photos also contain a foreground, and the foreground in the photo is the rock. Pay special attention to the "three-point method" when photographing the coastline. We can put the dividing line between the sky and the sea in one third of the picture, whether it is the upper third or the lower half. The former highlights the foreground (such as rocks and the sea), while the latter highlights the sky.

Waterfall photography

This photo is so dynamic and energetic, and the composition is also at a certain level. In fact, the shooting skills are not difficult, and novices can easily do it! Now let's see how to take this waterfall photo!

Waterfall photography waterfall

Tip 1: slow shutter to shoot water

A slow shutter can turn the flowing water of a waterfall into silky smoothness, so set the shutter to 1/20 seconds or even a few seconds, and your photo will have foggy flowing water! Of course, you have to use a sturdy tripod!

Tip 2: Use a gradient gray GND filter.

Sometimes when the sun shines on the waterfall, one side of the photo will be overexposed and the other side will be underexposed, and the effect will be greatly reduced. The solution is to use GND filter to balance the exposure.

Tip 3: use CPL filter

Have you ever seen the mud under the waterfall? If you shoot directly, you will shoot the reflection of the water, which will not be so "clear". To shoot the scenery under running water, you can use CPL filter! Also, this super easy-to-use filter can also reduce the reflection on the stone.

Tip 4: Triangle composition

Triangular composition can make photos smooth and play the role of "guide line"!

Look at this group of waterfall photography with different styles.

Waterfall photography Waterfall (AtomicZen photo:)

Skill 1: three elements

A wonderful photo often includes three elements (at most three, otherwise it will become messy). This photo includes:

1. Warm sky

2. Photographer

Step 3: Smooth waterfalls

We can also try to find three elements to enrich the picture when shooting.

Tip 2: Balance the exposure of the sky and the ground.

Usually this kind of photo is taken, and novices often take photos directly. Because of the large light difference, first, the sky is normally exposed and the ground is too dark, or the ground is clear but the sky becomes dead white after overexposure, resulting in unsatisfactory results. One solution is to use a gradient gray filter to balance the exposure. Please refer to the following article for the introduction and use of gradient gray filter.

Tip 3: Triangular composition

This composition method is one of the things that all beginners must learn, and it is also very simple to operate. Just focus on one-third of the picture, as if the portrait and horizon in the photo have also applied this technique. Please refer to the following article for details about the composition of the trichotomy.

Flow photography

Running water has always been a very simple but attractive topic. It doesn't matter whether you are a novice or an old hand. Let's take a look at the main points of this photo first, and take one this weekend!

Photo by Samet G? ler)

Canon EOS 5D Mark II camera

The focal length is 16mm.

Shutter 82 seconds

Aperture f/6.3

ISO 100

Tip 1: slow shutter to shoot water

We usually use the manual mode (M mode) to shoot the running water, and then reduce the ISO, aperture and shutter according to the smoothness of the running water. Please refer to the article "Jet Silk Skills" for detailed teaching.

Tip 2: use ND filter.

If the photo is taken in broad daylight, it may be overexposed because the shutter is too slow. At this time, you can add a NDFilter to reduce the light input, thus slowing down the shutter.

Tip 3: Choose colors locally to increase the contrast.

We can choose golden leaves through simple post-techniques, then increase the saturation and contrast, and lower these two settings in other parts to make the yellow leaves stand out! Please refer to the method: make a personalized photo with black and white background and color subject in 5 minutes!

Fantastic beauty, how can you miss it? How to take this picture like an oil painting? Don't worry, let's have a look at the little secret!

Jeff McNeil's photo, a soothing article about stream photography.

Nikon D90 camera

Focal length18mm

Shutter for 5 seconds

Aperture f/22

ISO 100

Tip # 1: Slow shutter lets the water slide.

A slow shutter (here a 5-second shutter is used) can make the running water silky smooth and add poetry to the film.

Tip 2: Make HDR photos.

HDR photos can balance and display the bright and dark points in photos, which is usually the result of the combination of multiple photos with different exposures. For example, you can take five photos with different exposures in the same environment-from -0.5EV, -0.3EV, 0, +0.3EV to +0.5EV, and then at the end of the computer. Now the software is very powerful and can achieve the same effect as 1 RAW photos. Let the author introduce the details in another article.

Tip 3: Adjust your tone.

To make the sky appear purple "dreamy" color, we can set "Image > Adjust & gt Hue/Saturation", just adjust the hue under red!

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The above skills are not difficult. The most important thing is to shoot at the right time (for example, twice a day for one hour of magic). Of course, it is not terrible or hard, because often beautiful scenery requires physical effort to find!

inverted image

This photo is very dynamic and contains several shooting techniques. Let's learn the shooting skills and apply them when encountering similar environments!

The novella "Reflection Lake" (filmed by Krishna Mahaputra)

Canon EOS 60D camera

Lens10-22mm

The focal length is 10 mm.

Shutter 60 seconds

Aperture f/22

ISO 100

Tip 1: shoot dynamic clouds with a slow shutter.

Clouds are actually flowing when there is wind. We just need to put the camera on a tripod, and then open the shutter for a few seconds to dozens of seconds, and the photos can capture the flowing clouds! However, it should be noted that a slow shutter will increase the exposure, so we need to reduce the aperture (f/22) and ISO( 100) accordingly.

Tip 2: shoot the reflection of the water.

Because of the slow shutter (60 seconds), the water surface becomes silky smooth and can reflect the shadow of the ship like a mirror, so take a picture of the ship's reflection! Note that if the wind is strong, the ship will shake and become unclear under the slow shutter.

Tip 3: Shoot a purple sky.

To add purple to the sky and make it more psychedelic and moving, we can gently adjust the Tint (color) setting in the camera when necessary, so that the sky will be purple!

Mount Saint Michel is one of the most iconic scenic spots in France. More than 3 million people visit it every year, and it is listed as a world heritage by UNESCO. Are you interested in taking pictures?

Photos of Tantandad Noppanun

Camera D3s

Lens 24-70

The focal length is 24mm

Shutter 80 seconds

Aperture f/8

ISO 400

Tip 1: Use the water surface as a reflection.

As long as we put the camera on a tripod and expose it for a long time, we can also take a reflection of the water. If the water is calm, the image will be clearer. Sometimes the reflection is not reflective enough and dark. You can use a "black card" to increase the reflection of water!

Tip 2: Aperture and ISO considerations

In order to make the scene of the photo clear when shooting at night, we will use a small aperture (such as f/8- 1 1), but a small aperture will reduce the amount of light entering, so we can increase the opening time of the shutter or improve the ISO. Nowadays, cameras generally have good denoising ability, especially those made in Quan Huafu. The O400-800 is completely fine, so it can be used according to individual needs.

Tip 3: How to shoot the purple magic sky?

If there were beautiful colors in the sky, we could shoot directly. On the contrary, we can adjust the "Hue" option in the camera, so that the color of the photo will be more magical!

When can I use it? M-Mode manual mode? Shoot?

Usually in the training class, novices are advised to make good use of "A/Av-Mode" (aperture prerequisite) on the camera and set their own aperture (controlling depth of field and light input) and ISO. The camera will provide the shutter value according to the built-in exposure meter. This mode is also suitable for most shooting, but in some cases we need to decide the aperture ourselves.

Use? M-Mode manual mode? Steps of shooting

Beginners of photography should learn to use it quickly? M-Mode manual mode? We can follow the following steps (taking shooting night scenes as an example):

1, turn off the camera? M-Mode manual mode?

2. Observe the environment and decide whether the depth of field is important or the shutter is important.

If you shoot the night scene with running water, you will generally choose to use a slow shutter of 10 seconds or more to shoot the silk running water. Suppose the shutter is set to 10? At this point, the aperture will be reduced (wrongly set to f/ 10) and the ISO will also be reduced (wrongly set to ISO200).

3. Look at the exposure meter on the camera for reference.

Most cameras, such as Canon and Nikon, in M-Mode manual mode, the light bar used to add and subtract EV will automatically move the mark, which represents an exposure reference. We can fine-tune the aperture, shutter and ISO to move the mark to the middle (that is, 0EV) before shooting.

Note: the built-in metering of the camera is subject to the metering mode you choose, and generally the whole area will be used for metering.

4. Set the aperture, shutter and ISO and take photos.

Set aperture, shutter and ISO and take photos.

Using M-mode shooting (f/ 16 1/50 second ISO200), we first found that the sky was overexposed without layering, because the ground was dark because of the large light difference, and the flowing water was not like silk.

5. See if the photo meets the exposure in mind.

We can use it. Highlight/highlight? To test whether there is overexposure, you can also refer to the histogram, but the histogram is not credible in this extreme environment and can only be used as a reference.

6. Fine-tune the aperture, shutter and ISO when shooting formally.