How to shoot the forest into a large area?

This paper introduces some forest photography skills to help you better prepare for outdoor forest photography, and use these forest photography skills to take high-quality forest photos.

1. What time of day is the best?

Just like taking portraits, landscape photos are recommended to be taken at prime time, one hour after sunrise or one hour before sunset. During this period, light passes through trees and the ground, creating a quiet atmosphere. In addition, about 30 minutes after sunset, the sky turns into a beautiful blue hue, which is called blue hour, which makes the green forest and the blue sky in sharp contrast. The best choice is to camp outside to capture all kinds of shots, which depends on the available light, available light sources and other factors.

2. When is the best time of the year?

Another consideration is the time of the year to photograph the changes of forests throughout the year. Think about what to shoot. Want to shoot the same scene in four seasons for comparison and contrast; If you are interested in photographing forests with wild animals, please do research first, and then find out when the animals appear.

Although many photographers try to take photos in high-quality weather conditions, they may not be able to take the best photos, especially those taken in the forest. If you want to take photos of characteristic forests, setting the scene in rain, snow or fog can enhance this atmosphere and make people who watch these photos have stronger emotional connection with them.

Third, site selection.

One of the best techniques of forest photography is to choose the shooting location in advance, but also to see which areas and angles can be photographed and which time of day is the most suitable for forest photography.

When choosing the shooting location, please pay attention to the landscape factors, which is the place that really attracts the audience's attention. The scenery can be a particularly rough tree, a stream that flows in all directions before going to the destination, or some flowers that really stand out in their environment.

Fourth, the best camera settings for forest photography

If you don't want to take any shaking photos, such as leaves or branches swaying back and forth caused by breeze, please use a faster shutter speed in the photos. Instead, you can use a slower shutter speed to display motion and ensure a higher level of detail. Your aperture will affect the focus of forest photography and the clarity of the theme. For example, if you want a photo that can clearly show many objects close to the camera, you should choose a large aperture.

Fifth, the lens selection of forest photography

The type of lens you use is an important element of forest photography. If you want to focus on the foreground where trees or other forest-related elements become blurred, then a wide-angle lens may be the perfect choice, and it can also help to truly show the vastness of the forest. The long lens goes a step further, providing you with more image compression functions, so that you can focus more on things in the foreground, whether it is leaves or animals. At the same time, the macro lens provides you with an excellent opportunity to enlarge the smaller elements in the forest. For example, if you want to photograph fascinating insects, please use a macro lens. It is becoming a more popular way to take a bird's eye view of the forest with drones.

Six, forest photography accessories

Above we introduced some techniques of forest photography. Let's look at other accessories and tools used to help make incredible photos. The following is a list of our most useful tools:

Tripod: You never know what kind of action you will see in the forest. You should be prepared.

Polarization filter: Polarization filter will help you limit the influence of any glare, such as glare caused by the reflection of the sun on the lake, and balance the light appearing in the image to reduce overexposure.