Photographic skills of night scenes in the morning and evening

Lead: Night scenes in the early morning and evening are the favorite themes of many people. However, if you want to shoot excellent works, you must not only make some technical efforts, but also have good weather and enough physical strength and enthusiasm to persist in chasing beautiful scenery up and down the mountain. This paper specially arranges some shooting suggestions for readers' reference.

For night and dusk photography, digital cameras usually have several practical shooting modes built in. As long as the mode dial at the top of the camera is switched to "scene selection", you can choose the corresponding shooting mode according to the environment and the subject. In the "scene selection" mode, the cameras are all shooting automatically, so you don't have to bother to adjust the parameters. But if you are a player who likes manual operation, you can apply the style setting in P/A/S/M mode to achieve the same effect, so as to get a more exquisite picture.

White balance adjustment presents an image atmosphere.

When the tone of an image is not satisfactory, or changing the tone shows a special atmosphere, we can achieve the goal by different white balances, and the change of color temperature is also an interesting topic in the morning and evening. Different seasons and climates will bring completely different image effects. In addition to the preset white balance options, the color temperature can be adjusted more flexibly through the color temperature/color filter. * * There are four colors (B (blue), A (yellow brown), G (green) and M (magenta)) * * * It can be fine-tuned (different manufacturers may have differences), whether it is to emphasize the blue color temperature before nightfall or highlight the warmth brought by sunset. In addition, you can also use the "white balance surround" function in the over-film mode to surround three photos with different color temperatures, and then select satisfactory works from them to increase the efficiency and success rate of shooting.

Automatic white balance.

Shadow white balance.

Shadow white balance with filter adjustment. Through the deduction of different colors, the twilight scene presents different image atmosphere.

Selection of shooting time period

Although adjusting the white balance can present a different image atmosphere, if the best shooting time is missed, the adjustment effect will be limited or even futile. Shooting night scenes, it is best to get in place before sunset, and wait until a glimmer of light appears on the horizon after nightfall. At this time, the color temperature is the most beautiful, and even without hue adjustment, a certain level of image performance can still be obtained.

Apply sunset shooting mode to present warm image tones. 17mm. Aperture F 16, shutter1/80s, ISO 100, automatic white balance, sunset shooting mode, with gradient lens.

Make good use of the hand-held shooting function at night, and you can shoot clear images even without a tripod. 28 mm. Aperture F2.8, shutter 1/30 seconds, ISO 3200, automatic white balance, hand-held shooting mode at night.

Achieve exposure balance

There are many ways to balance the contrast between the sky and the scenery, and shaking the black card is the best but most technical choice. Moreover, different landforms and shooting periods have different black card skills, so we must constantly practice and improve our skills to master the exposure balance. In addition, some people will ask the black card to be exposed, and some people choose to shake the black card and make an overlay. Which way to choose depends on their shooting habits. Using gradient reducing mirrors is another common way to deal with contrast. The advantage is that it is convenient and easy to use, but you have to worry about collisions and scratches when carrying it, and the quality is very different. A good gradient reducing mirror is usually expensive. The last method is HDR, which combines at least two photos of different exposure value to achieve the purpose of exposure balance. The quality of photos depends on post-production technology and users' aesthetics. In addition to self-synthesis, more and more models now add HDR function, which makes it easy for users to take photos with balanced exposure.

Black card operation steps

First of all, we must master the time difference between bright and dark exposure. Suppose the sky needs to be exposed for 2 seconds and the landscape needs to be exposed for 10 seconds to get a balanced image, then cover the sky for 8 seconds (let the landscape be exposed), then pull out the black card, and the remaining 2 seconds can expose the sky and landscape. However, usually facing the backlight scene after sunrise or before sunset, the exposure time of the sky is very short. At this time, no matter how to reduce the aperture or ISO value, the shutter is still much faster than people's reaction speed. Therefore, it is suggested to cooperate with ND filter to reduce the amount of light in exchange for a longer exposure time. Step 0 1: If it is measured that the sky needs to be exposed for 2 seconds and the landscape needs to be exposed for 10 second, you can first set the shutter time of 10s on the timer shutter.

Step 02: First, cover the sky with a black card and count the seconds while shaking the black card slightly. When the time of 8 seconds comes, quickly remove the black card and let the sky begin to be exposed (2 seconds).

Step 03: After the exposure stops, an exposure balance image can be obtained.

The sky is not bad Remember the parameters.

Finally finish the work.

Although achieving exposure balance is the primary task of shooting in the morning and evening, sometimes we can try to present it in silhouette. As long as the outline of the silhouette is clear enough, it can produce a story-telling and intriguing image, showing the best silhouette effect.

HDR effect makes it easy for players to take photos in the morning and evening.

Sometimes, the performance of silhouette can give the audience more imagination. 35 mm. Aperture F 13, shutter 1/800 seconds, ISO 100, custom white balance, aperture prerequisite.

Gorgeous songs show elegance at night.

Using slow shutter is a common way to shoot night scenes, which can capture the instantaneous light and shadow lines and inject a unique vitality into night scenes, such as car and rail scenes that ordinary players often shoot, which can bring completely different visual experiences to images. The trolley track not only plays an auxiliary role, but also can be used as the main axis of shooting. Many advanced players will present exquisite and line-rich car track images by shooting multiple superimposed images.

Generally speaking, shooting this kind of topic only needs to narrow the aperture to the range of F 1 1- 16, control the shutter for 4 to 8 seconds, and adjust the shutter time according to the traffic situation on site. In addition, the timing of the shutter should also be grasped. Pay attention to the switching of traffic lights and the direction of traffic flow. Under normal circumstances, it is recommended to press the shutter 1-2 seconds after the traffic lights are switched, so that pedestrians can pass first, to avoid overexposure caused by vehicles turning left and right being fixed in the same place.

In addition, attention should also be paid to the exposure balance when shooting train tracks, especially the light source at night in cities is more complicated. It is suggested that the taper mirror and black card can be used to assist correction when shooting, which can effectively avoid local darkening or overexposure of the image.

The scene of cars and railway tracks can inject a unique vitality into the night scene. 16mm. Aperture F8, shutter 6 seconds, ISO 100, custom white balance, M full manual mode, two overlapping pictures.

Processing rail images can make good use of noise reduction, and then go to Photoshop for superposition.

24mm. Aperture F8, shutter 0.5s, ISO 50, custom white balance, M full manual mode, two overlapping pictures.

Calculate exposure time

Slow shutter, small aperture and low ISO are the basic settings for shooting night scenes in the morning and evening, but sometimes we have to break this rule in order to present the ideal effect. Usually, when shooting city night scenes, such as Taipei 10 1 Pan Xin Special Zone, in order to make the LED characters and patterns on it clearly depicted in the image, it is necessary to shorten the exposure time to match the rotating speed of the marquee, and in addition, it is necessary to use larger aperture and ISO settings to obtain the correct exposure image.

The stars are dotted among them, and the image is more dynamic. 16mm. Aperture F 1 1, shutter113s, ISO 6400, automatic white balance, aperture prerequisite.

Although it is impossible to take a magnificent night view on rainy days, you can still use indoor light sources to create a low-light sketch. 35mm. Aperture F2.8, shutter1/60s, ISO 160, aperture A, automatic white balance.