How to shoot a waterfall? Remember these settings and teach you how to shoot quickly.

Do you also like to travel during holidays?

The pace of life is really a little fast now, and sometimes you may not even know how far behind you. During the busy break, do you secretly plan a short trip like others?

Everyone wants to let his mind empty in his spare time, and then feel close to nature with his heart. Then prepare a planned trip to see the leisure pastoral life with lush green mountains, flowing green water, singing birds and roaming fat fish.

A Ta, two tickets, a backpack, a few simple clothes, a camera, an umbrella, a carefully prepared route, a heart that needs to be hollowed out, a heart that enjoys nature (and of course a small wallet).

Tourism belongs to tourism ~

What we are talking about now is photography, how to take some pictures of water flow outdoors. Of course, when we travel, we will also choose some scenic spots with mountains and water. When we meet the waterfall, it is the moment when we are excited as photographers. Those trips and things should be forgotten, and we won't think much about work. What we have to do now is to reflect the happiness and enjoyment brought by nature.

Waterfall is a good photographic subject, so how should we shoot such a beautiful scenery?

Let's take a look at the first photo:

As can be seen from the first photo of the article, the feeling is that the water in the waterfall is still and there is no movement. It looks a bit like a small noise. Compared with the second one, it has a harsh feeling.

The speed of water flowing down the waterfall is very fast, so we can set the camera to make the water move:

During the day, we use the automatic mode of the camera to shoot, and the photos we get are undoubtedly the same as the first one in this paper. Because there is enough light, the shutter time automatically set by the camera will be very fast, so we will freeze the time when shooting, that is, the flying waterfall will "freeze" there at the moment when the camera is exposed, and the photos we get are undoubtedly abrupt.

First, let's learn what parameters can be set in the camera:

1. camera: Set exposure time (shutter time), ISO sensitivity, aperture, white balance, metering mode, focusing mode, exposure compensation and other items.

2. Mobile phone: Similarly, many mobile phones now support a shooting mode called professional mode, in which we can also set these parameters of the camera.

In order to make the waterfall flow, we need to remember a password for parameter setting: low sensitivity, small aperture and slow shutter.

Only by setting the camera parameters in this way can the camera take a long time, give the waterfall enough time to fall, and drag out a falling trajectory in our photos. The camera will record the trajectory of the waterfall water flow during this time, thus forming a moving photo.

Let me compare the parameter settings of the first photo and the second photo:

The first one: shutter time:11250 seconds; Aperture size: f/4.5; ISO sensitivity: 1600

Second: shutter time: 2/5 seconds; Aperture size: f/29; ISO sensitivity: 100

I set the ISO sensitivity of the second photo a little high. I was in a hurry and accidentally pulled my sensitivity too high.

The parameters of the third photo are set as follows:

Shutter time: 2/5 seconds; Aperture size: f/29; ISO sensitivity: 100

One thing to note is that we can choose midpoint metering or partial metering as the camera metering mode, but don't use evaluation metering (or average metering) mode.

Because the photo of waterfall water flow taken under evaluation metering (or average metering) will be a little white after opening, because in this metering mode, the effect of the whole picture will be given priority, and what we took here is to reflect the waterfall.

When we choose the midpoint metering or partial metering mode and focus on the waterfall when shooting, we can get the feeling that the picture of the waterfall is clear and the surrounding environment will be slightly dark. This has another advantage, which can reduce the noise in the photo.

The final picture will be brighter and more layered. Under the parameters of low sensitivity, small aperture and slow shutter, the camera will record the trajectory of water flow falling for a period of time, thus forming a picture of waterfall water flow stretching and thinning.

Because of the long exposure time of the camera, the shooting time of a single photo will also become longer, and if we just hold the camera with our hands during the shooting process, the picture of the photo will become blurred or move.

You'd better prepare a tripod. On the premise of sufficient time, you can first fix the camera with a tripod, put the tripod and the camera in a stable place, then set the camera parameters, take a few photos first, and adjust the camera parameters again according to the shooting situation until it is most suitable for the shooting environment at that time.

If your camera or mobile phone has super anti-shake function, you can ignore this point appropriately, because anti-shake can reduce the picture jitter to a certain extent and make the photos clearer.