Don't miss the shooting skills of lake scenery

Nature not only has various weather changes, but also produces various landforms on the earth's surface. When we devote ourselves to nature for outdoor shooting, we often encounter some natural scenes, such as rivers, lakes, lakes and so on.

All the amorous feelings of the lake come from water, which is changeable, making the picture with waterscape more exciting. These natural landscapes have distinctive features, which will bring infinite fun and inspiration to our photography.

Show the tranquility of the lake with the help of the environment

The quiet lake is like a big mirror, which can reflect the environment around the waterscape. Most of the land reflected on the water is black, which gives people a broad feeling by using the clear and cloudy sky as a foil and matching the quiet water surface and the reflection in the water. If you shoot in windy weather, or throw a stone into the water, the water surface will ripple layer by layer, and the reflection of the shore scenery will also ripple with it, showing a regular change effect.

Author: Bernd

Philip klinger

Some lakes are located in forests, so the environment is often dark, but the atmosphere is quiet. We can strengthen this quiet atmosphere with the help of lakes or plants on lakes. In order to obtain more uniform and vivid color features, we can use color filters to enhance color features.

Author: David gn

When shooting the lake, other surrounding environments, such as the sky and mountains, are integrated into the picture, forming a beautiful reflection on the water surface, attracting the attention of the viewer. Standing in the distance, you can have a panoramic view of the quiet lake, giving people a quiet and elegant feeling.

Control color temperature

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Author: tropical life

By changing the color temperature, the lake can be bluer, greener, redder and yellower, as long as it can meet your desired color tendency. Everyone has different feelings about color, and the adjustment of color is also free. But remember, don't adjust the range too much, each color standard has a different effect in the picture, and too much color adjustment will also destroy the unity and artistic conception of the picture.

Focus of attention

By Adam Baker

Although it can be regarded as a cliche, I hope everyone will pay attention to it. With the development of science and technology, autofocus has been widely "popularized", not that autofocus is not good, but that if you think and design the picture, the machine will not have a human mind after all. If you want to use autofocus, I suggest you take more pictures to prevent out-of-focus, and choose the clearest and most ideal one in the process of film selection. If there are dynamic elements in the framing range, ISO and shutter speed can be increased appropriately.

shooting angle

If you want to make a big scene of the lake, you must stand high and shoot from a wide angle. However, if you want to show the softness of the water surface, you can shoot the soft lake from a low angle, with rocks and aquatic plants around the lake as foreground elements, which can make a single water surface full of layers and changes, and the large-scale prospect will not make the lake look too empty.

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When composing a picture, the general foreground can account for one-third or one-half of the picture, which is represented by a diagonal picture composition, so that the picture will not be too crowded or empty.

Best shooting time

Author: Denny Myers

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Author: Angus Klein

Beautiful water reflection is one of the focuses of lake photography. If the wind blows, you can observe the target scene you want to shoot. Whether shooting with a camera or a tripod, you must press the shutter when the scene is the most suitable. It should be noted that if the wind is too strong, the reflection will be scattered. Therefore, we must grasp the best shooting opportunity when shooting the lake view.

Contrast is more perfect

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Author: Rob Orson

Under the sunshine, the reflection of dead wood on the lake is more clearly visible, and the calm reflection picture is quite moving. However, it should be noted that the farther away from the obstacles of the shore and trees, the stronger the wind is due to the open terrain, which will cause larger ripples on the water surface and destroy the shape of the reflection.

Author: John Ryan

By Patrick Smith

When shooting this kind of pictures, the ripples on the water surface should be put into the mirror at the right time as the foreground of composition. Looking further away, the reflection of the forest projected on the shore becomes clearer and clearer, forming a beautiful picture of dynamic and static checks and balances, which makes people feel the existence of the breeze. Therefore, it is a very creative method to photograph the waterscape of the lake.

How to take a good reflection of the water surface

Author: Di Rocco

1. The water surface should be calm, and the smaller the wind, the less it will disturb the water surface, so as to effectively reflect the scenery on the shore.

2. The best light for shooting reflection is low-angle backlight, followed by side light and diffuse light, and the worst is top light and smooth light. Under ideal lighting conditions, the sky and the scenery will form a strong contrast between light and shade, and the image projected on the water will appear clearer and more distinct.

3. Choose a low angle when shooting, and the number of screen reflections is closely related to the choice of shooting angle. High shooting angle, less reflection; The shooting angle is low and there are many reflections.

4. The exposure should be accurate. Reflection often occurs on the water surface, and the reflection of the water surface often makes the photometric system judge too bright. In order to make the backlight scene and the reflection in the water have enough brightness, we can increase about 1EV when shooting to achieve the correct exposure value.

5. Because the reflection is always on the water bank, if the shooting angle is low, the lens will be easily disturbed by the messy reflected light on the water surface, which will affect the picture. So when shooting, it is best to use a hood for the camera lens.

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