How to shoot a beautiful sunset?

The lovely time at sunset is also a perfect scenery. Here we have collected some very practical photography skills, so that you can better capture those beautiful sunset scenes:

1. Shooting plan

On average, the sunset lasts only thirty minutes every day. Therefore, to grasp the shooting opportunity, it requires you to have sufficient preparation and reasonable planning, pay attention to your composition and framing, and finally give you a unique photographic perspective.

2. Preparation for shooting (equipment and accessories)

There is enough light to shoot the sunset, so don't worry about camera shake.

But the lens you choose has a great influence on the final photographic effect: the telephoto lens can give you a magical big sun, and the wide angle of view allows you to carve infinite space.

If you shoot a picture with the setting sun as the background, in order to solve the problem of underexposure of the subject, you can use a reflector to fill the light, and try to avoid using a flash to fill the light.

3. Mastering the exposure at sunset is the key to shooting a beautiful sunset.

It is very difficult to capture the magical light of sunset, and insufficient exposure may lead to the failure of this photography. Sunset needs a dark exposure to show the feeling of twilight (otherwise the photo will look like an afternoon scene).

Because the photometry of the camera is different from the perception of human eyes, we should follow the following skills when shooting: directly measure the space above the sun (no pictures of the sun), and then compensate the exposure with-1

4. Camera settings

Tripod: Put the camera on the tripod and take three photos with different exposures (less than one level, normal and over one level) in the surround exposure mode.

Aperture priority mode: Choosing the aperture priority mode of the camera allows you to better adjust the size of the sunset when imaging. A larger aperture allows your subject to have a larger image. If you want to get starlight imaging effect, you can use f/ 16 or smaller aperture.

Save it in RAW format when shooting: it is difficult to control the time when shooting sunset, and you must try to get enough exposure. When you take a picture, you can save it in RAW format, which allows you to make a big exposure adjustment when processing the image, and even restore the shadow in some details.

At the same time, it can better control various parameters, such as white balance, contrast, saturation and so on.

5. Photographic composition-add your own understanding of the sunset.

Taking a unique perspective as the core of photography art runs through the whole work of photography composition. Photographic composition is to increase readers' interest in pictures and finally attract readers' attention. When you shoot a sunset, try to recall and use one or more of the following creative techniques:

Golden section method:

The golden section method is more attractive when the theme picture is arranged in the middle or one third of the picture, and the picture is biased towards the middle position. Putting the theme in the middle may make those ugly pictures look hypocritical and mediocre.

On the other hand, using the golden rule and the trisection can often enhance the attractiveness of photos.

Try using some other elements in the close-up section:

A single sunset does not look perfect. Adding some elements such as trees, hills, beach waves and so on to the close-up part will make your captured perspective more attractive.

With the cloud as the picture background:

A cloud background will make the whole composition look more dramatic. At the same time, at the moment you shoot, the cloud may also destroy the whole picture you want. Looking for and capturing more attractive images usually refers to the sunset ... maybe a small silver edge or a cloud decorated with gold.

Perfect shooting location: beaches and sunset spots (mountains and hills in the sunset) are considered as the first choice destinations for shooting sunsets. The combination of sunshine on the calm sea and golden sand beach (after the tide recedes) can be said to be the best composition.

But it can only be compared with the sunset scenery taken from the perspective of wheat fields and flower decorative crops.

Silhouette: Silhouette is a very creative way to emphasize the "set" effect when shooting the sunset. It allows you to highlight the shooting effect of sunset through the hidden details of foreground elements/objects (elements hidden in shadows without any details).

6. Post-processing (in order to restore the original image effect of sunset as much as possible)

Perfect pictures need perfect post-production. Proper adjustment of warm gold tones and white balance will restore the picture to its original state. Carefully adjust this delicate balance to avoid giving people a false feeling and keep the natural look and feeling of the sunset.