Millet macro photography skills

The playability of the camera in Xiaomi's mobile phone is actually quite a lot. The following is my collection of millet macro photography skills, I hope to help you! If you think it's good, welcome to share!

What is a macro:

Simply put, the macro effect is that the object being photographed is clear and vivid, and the surroundings of this clear object are hazy. The technical term is depth of field. If you want to shoot the macro effect quickly with your mobile phone, you need to set it manually. Of course, the automatic shooting mode in Xiaomi mobile phone can also shoot macro, but the focusing time is long and the phone changes angles. This method is troublesome and time-consuming. I believe many people have a deep understanding, so you use your hands.

Macro settings:

Take the manual mode in my Xiaomi 4c mobile phone as an example, which is divided into: white balance, focus, shutter time and sensitivity. Some versions of the Redmi series don't have that many options. If Xiaomi's flagship series has these four options, we only need to set the focus, shutter time and sensitivity according to the shooting environment. In the case of good light, animals and plants such as flowers and small insects will set the focal length to 1. Specifically, it is set according to the size of the subject, and the sensitivity is adjusted to the lowest. At present, the minimum IOS value of Xiaomi mobile phone is 100. Why should it be adjusted to the lowest level? Because the lower the IOS value, the less noise there is in the image quality.

Peak focus:

If you are a novice and are not proficient in focusing, you can turn on the peak focusing mode. In the actual operation process, we must first choose a theme. At this time, due to unsuccessful focusing, there is no peak on the screen. As we stretch the distance between the mobile phone and the subject, we can see that the camera will automatically identify the position of the focus. After the process of focusing the subject begins, the closer to the focus, the more obvious the red particles appear on the picture. These red particles are the so-called peaks, and we can judge whether the camera is in focus accurately by observing the density of the peaks on the screen.

The shutter time needs to be set according to the shooting environment. If the light is good, you can set the automatic mode. If the light is insufficient, you need to set the shutter time to make up the light. You can also use props such as desk lamps and soft lights to fill the light. We can try several different shutter time values to take a few samples and choose the appropriate shutter time according to the photo quality. Photos taken at different time values will have different effects, as shown below. The first time the shutter time was lowered, the photos taken were very dark. The third shutter time increased and the photo was overexposed. In short, there must be enough patience in the shooting process, and the camera should be stable, otherwise it will be blurred.

Faster than the manual mode is the axis shift mode, which is simple and fast. Just slide the phone screen and choose the shooting location, but this mode will only be effective if the light is good.

When shooting a still life, if a user is shaking his hand, I suggest you use some props, such as a mobile phone stand, selfie stick and so on. It will be very effective to fix the mobile phone on the bracket for shooting, and then you can use the Bluetooth remote control, selfie stick and headphone cable to control shooting. Using the above skills, you will not be afraid of the problems of shaking hands and unstable mobile phones, and the probability of blurred photos will be much reduced.

Macro photography skills of Huawei mobile phone

Usually, there are several "bottlenecks" that need to be broken through in macro shooting of mobile phones. Mastering this, macro shooting is not difficult.

First, the close-range distance is the "closest distance" that the mobile phone can shoot (a distance less than the "closest distance" will make the mobile phone out of focus or the image quality worse). If it is far away, of course, it is not macroscopic.

The second is the large aperture, which can ensure that the shutter is fast enough and the picture will not be blurred because of hand shaking.

The third is focusing and macro shooting, which requires higher focusing. SLR Macro Many people use manual focusing, because it is very difficult to focus automatically in many macro shooting situations.

It happens that Huawei P6 has obvious advantages in this respect.

1, it has a close-up distance of 4CM, so close, it can still take pictures, and it can also make a very small thing too big for the naked eye to see clearly, and take amazing macro photos.

2. Secondly, P6 has a large aperture of F2.0, which has great advantages compared with other mobile phones. The large aperture not only ensures a faster safety shutter, but also ensures the effect of background blur.

3. In terms of focusing, P6 performed better. There is a shooting skill, you can choose "Touch Photo" when shooting (you can check it in the settings of the shooting software that comes with your mobile phone). When shooting at macro, it's a little windy, and the scene will shake faster, sometimes it's difficult to focus. However, if you choose the "Touch Photo" option, you can shoot the subject, focus and shutter at the same time, which is very convenient. You can try.

Macro basic definition

"Macro" refers to close-up shooting, with a large magnification, and the human eye often can't see the objects close to 15cm clearly, but the optical school of professional macro lens is designed according to the needs of close-up shooting. According to German industrial standards, the imaging scale is greater than 1: 1, which is called macro photography. The dandelion on the right shows an image as big as the scene on the negative. The definition in the American Dictionary of Contemporary Photography is: "Photography with the image ratio of 1: 1 or above". The proportion we say here refers to the proportional relationship between the size of the negative image and the real thing. The maximum shooting ratio of the standard lens of 35mm camera is1:10. As a matter of fact, it is internationally recognized in the photography field that the images with the ratio of1:1:4 belong to macro photography, while those with the ratio of10:1~ 200:1belong to macro photography.

Oppo mobile phone macro photography skills

"Super macro", from a certain point of view, is the reverse use of OPPO's "super clear image quality" function. Using the unique multi-frame oversampling technology of OPPO mobile phone to reconstruct the picture, you can take many photos with a lot of original image information, get the details of the focused part of the photos, and enlarge them, so as to produce a closer shooting effect on the basis of ensuring the image quality, show the subject as much as possible, and help users explore the unknown beauty of the miniature world.

Compared with the traditional macro shooting, which only depends on the lens quality, OPPO's "Super Macro" function makes full use of multi-frame oversampling technology, perfectly combines software and hardware to obtain a more realistic macro, just like a magnifying glass, and even captures many details that the human eye cannot observe.

Open the camera interface of OPPO R7 and select the "Super Macro" function from the PI original painting engine platform in the lower right corner. You will find that the lens zooms in instantly and the details of the object are more obvious. If you think this macro is not enough for you, please zoom with two fingers on the screen to get a closer shooting distance.

What's the difference between "super macro" and ordinary shooting? Keep the phone in the same location. By comparison, you can easily find the difference between the normal mode and the "super macro" mode. "Super Macro" can bring you more details. Although the normal mode can be obtained by cutting frames in some cases, the loss of pixels will still make people feel uncomfortable.

OPPO R7 is equipped with German Schneider optical authentication lens and13 megapixel isocell photosensitive element, with global flash system and dual-drive focusing. The photo experience can be described as "fast start, fast focus and stable imaging", so I am not afraid of poor imaging when shooting macro.

In addition to OPPO R7, other' OPPO mid-to high-end camera phones can also take "super macro" photos by using PI original painting engine 2.0. Among them, OPPO N3 can take better "super macro" photos through standard digital camera-level photosensitive elements!

Now, pick up your OPPO phone and come closer to me! Come closer! Come closer! Shoot the beauty of that tiny world!

Beginners must learn several skills of macro photography.

First, choose the appropriate macro photographic equipment.

"If you want to do a good job, you must sharpen your tools first." Although many card machines and micro-sheets on the market have macro photography function, professional photographic equipment is still the basis to realize the idea of shooting if you want to shoot high-quality photographic works, especially macro photography works.

Macro lens is undoubtedly the best choice for shooting macro, which not only has very high imaging quality, but also has ultra-high magnification and good background blur effect. This work skillfully uses the circular structure of dew and spider web, blurring the foreground and background through diagonal and circular composition, thus vividly showing the little spider in the center of the picture.

Second, bring a tripod with good stability.

Macro photography has a small focus range because it enlarges the subject, and even a slight jitter will have a great impact on the picture. But accurate focusing often takes a long time, which is a challenge to the photographer's physical strength. It is suggested to prepare a tripod with high quality and good stability when shooting.

Shooting insects is a delicate job, and skilled technology, considerable patience and agile speed are indispensable. The choice of focal plane is very important for macro shooting of insects. When shooting, the position of the camera should be as parallel as possible to the insect being photographed, and the content to be photographed should be included in the same plane range to ensure the details of the subject.

Third, the large aperture creates the micro world.

Everyone likes the beautiful blur effect of depth of field. How can I get pleasing pictures? Macro photography is actually very easy to do.

Everyone knows the common sense about depth of field. The closer you are to the subject, the shallower the depth of field. This principle can be easily used to explain why a macro lens can simply realize a beautiful Jiao Wai. Of course, this does not mean that a small aperture can well satisfy the performance of macro photography. More often, simple and clean large aperture depth of field and higher shutter speed are the sharp tools for the success of macro photography.

Fourth, show more patience and concentration.

The key to the success of macro photography is focusing, which is also the most torturous step. Macro photography has a small focus range because it shoots relatively small objects and scenery. Even if you move 1 mm, the previously focused scenery will be blurred.

The outside of coke melts like cream, and the inside of coke is as sharp as a knife. "Do we often use such words to describe an image with perfect Jiao Wai and imaging quality? The practical focusing method is mainly automatic focusing, supplemented by manual focusing. First, the subject is roughly focused, and then when the focus of the lens is locked near the subject, it is accurately focused in manual mode. When shooting such a delicate and complicated picture as the above picture, you must not rely entirely on the autofocus mode, which will easily lead to focus failure or hesitation.

In the above picture, the snail in the rain is frozen, so it is very important for the snail to focus accurately. Assuming that there is a displacement of several millimeters between the lens and the subject, or the fuselage shakes slightly, the clear imaging will be lost. The dual anti-shake function of the lens can help us a lot at this time.

Focusing is an extremely torturous and interesting process. We must show more patience when we fall in love with the micro-world.

Five, the rational use of all kinds of lights

Macro photography is very sensitive to light, and a little change in light will make a qualitative change in the picture. We should be good at using all kinds of light to show the direction, texture and color of the subject together with the light energy, highlight the texture of the subject better through the side light energy, and outline the perfect outline of the subject through the backlight ... Macro photographers generally prefer scattered light environment and are more afraid of strong direct light.

Natural light is the first choice for macro photography, but what if there is insufficient illumination and depth of field when shooting the above picture? At this time, the flash is undoubtedly the best auxiliary. Commonly used ring flash can create a shadow-free environment, and the wireless flash mode of flash can greatly expand our light distribution method. We can control the external flash through the camera's built-in menu and use the WFC-05 flash bracket.

Six, a little more, a little more patience.

Macro photography needs patience and passion more than other shooting subjects. Because focusing is inherently difficult, if the subject is a moving insect, you need to have foresight, wait for the opportunity until the perfect composition appears, and then press the shutter to freeze the picture.

Analysis of macro lens shooting technology

Low power photographic lens

When you realize the charm of macro lens, every corner of the world will become different in front of you.

The microscopic world in the macro lens perfectly explains what is called "a heaven in a sand"

Macro lens can turn the familiar macro world into an unprecedented micro world.

Almost all photographers are new to the macro lens, and like the feeling of filling the whole picture with small things that are usually invisible, but in fact, the usage and function of the macro lens are far more than that.

Macro lenses are mostly fixed-focus lenses, the focal length is mostly between 200mm, and the aperture is relatively large, so they are outstanding in blurring the background and the imaging quality is also excellent, especially at close range.

In general, the macro lens can be used as a fixed-focus lens with excellent image quality.

The maximum aperture of most macro lenses is f/2.8, and the depth of field is very small when the aperture is fully open. We can completely apply the methods and composition techniques used in ordinary lenses to macro lens shooting.

As we all know, the depth of field depends not only on the focal length and aperture of the lens, but also on the focusing distance.

The focal length is extremely short, and the depth of field is often only a few millimeters.

In this case, in order to ensure the clear focus of the picture, it is best to set the focus mode of the camera to manual.

When shooting still life, it is best to install the camera on a tripod to further improve the focusing accuracy.

If you feel that the manual focusing accuracy of the viewfinder is limited, you can also use the camera's real-time viewfinder function to enlarge the picture.

For cameras that don't support live view function in the early days, you can also choose an enlarged viewfinder that matches the viewfinder, or a right-angle viewfinder with enlarged function.

focal distance

We used a 50mm macro lens when shooting. You can also choose the lens that suits you best in the focal length range from 35mm to 200mm according to your actual needs.

Like ordinary lens, when the scene accounts for the same proportion of the picture, the different focal lengths of the lens will also affect the perspective effect of the picture.

However, considering the shooting distance, this effect on the macro lens is not as obvious as expected.

The more important difference between macro lenses with different focal lengths is that the focal lengths are different at the same magnification. When shooting insects and other small animals that are easily frightened, a macro lens with a longer focal length is unlikely to interfere with them.

Focusing is very important when shooting macro, especially when the aperture is fully open.

Even the smallest focus error may cause the parts you need to be clear to become blurred.

Technical connection

Macroscopically compact

Maybe you will see macro or English logo“MACRO "in many lens parameters, but that doesn't mean they are real macro lenses.

The macro marked on the zoom lens can only show that their focal length is slightly closer than that of the ordinary lens, which does not mean that they can shoot small things very big.

Pay attention to the shadow

Use a short-focus macro lens for macro shooting, and the distance between the front lens of the lens and the subject is only a few centimeters.

The shadow of the lens or photographer is likely to be left on the subject without paying attention, so you must pay attention to this when shooting.

If this happens, you should adjust your position and shooting angle in time.

If you really can't avoid the shadow, you can stay away or take off the hood.