How to shoot magnolia

Because the magnolia tree is relatively tall, a SLR camera with interchangeable lenses is the best choice. You can shoot with a zoom lens of 70mm to 2 10(300)mm, or even with a long focal length lens of 400mm and 500mm, so as to make the distant flowers closer, choose the appropriate aperture to highlight the theme, control the depth of field and blur the background. Also pay attention to the correctness of exposure, so as to make the picture fresh and elegant. Because shooting with a long focal length lens, the stability of hand-held camera is poor, so it is better to have a stable tripod to avoid camera shake affecting the clarity of the work. Shooting magnolia flowers is mostly carried out in spring, and the locations can be parks, squares and other places. Don't shoot in windy weather, in case the flowers sway from side to side and affect the clarity of the work. Side light (including front side light and back side light) should be selected, which is characterized by good lighting modeling effect on flowers, strong three-dimensional sense, clear hierarchy, moderate shadow and contrast, and coordinated color lightness and saturation contrast, and is a common light for shooting magnolia flowers. Backlight can draw a clear flower outline, and the modeling effect of light is good, showing the texture, hierarchy and texture of petals delicately, especially the villi on bracts and buds perform particularly well under the condition of backlight. The scattered light in rainy days is also an ideal light source, which is flexible to use, not limited by the directionality of the light source, with uniform light receiving surface, soft color tone and moderate contrast. If you choose to shoot with scattered light after rain, the flowers will look fresh and attractive. However, the works shot with the forward light (front light) lack three-dimensional sense and layering, and the color tone is dull, so they should be used as little as possible. There are usually thousands of flowers on a magnolia tree. If you shoot them all, although it costs a lot, the theme of the work is not prominent and there is no creativity. Therefore, when composing a composition, we should choose a few beautiful flowers and pay attention to the thinning of branches, that is, "there are thousands of thin shadows, only two or three branches", and pay attention to the up-and-down and back-and-forth positions between flowers and branches when composing a composition. In addition to taking pictures of blooming flowers, you can also take pictures of budding buds and new leaves, especially the buds of Magnolia grandiflora are like red candles, which are very beautiful. Moreover, some newly-opened flowers have a brown bract, which looks like a bird singing on the branch, which is very strange. Therefore, when shooting, we should carefully observe and photograph the personality of Magnolia, so that the work is not only beautiful, harmonious in color, but also poetic. In order to highlight the whiteness and elegance of Magnolia grandiflora, dense plants and dark buildings can be used as dark backgrounds. You can also use the sky as the background, and the sunny background is blue and fresh. You can shoot "high-profile" works on cloudy days, with white background, gray flowers with different shades, dark gray or black branches, and elegant and lively style. For the magnolia tree that is not too high, you can also use the lawn as the background, and the green background and beautiful flowers set each other off to make the work full of vitality.