How to shoot the explosion effect with zoom lens

Now it has become a common thing to take creative photos. The shooting of explosion effect is one of the relatively simple shooting methods. How to shoot the explosion effect with zoom lens? The following is my shared experience. Let's have a look.

Photos of tension and explosion effects have a strong impact. From the photos below, we can see that the city lights are distributed radially, and the buildings have left several images, as if the photographer used multiple exposure shooting technology.

Focal length: 50mm? Aperture: F 1 1? ISO sensitivity: 100

Exposure time: 30s? Exposure compensation: 0EV? White balance: automatic shooting with tripod

The above picture uses the explosion effect, and the bottom of the picture forms quite beautiful radial light, which radiates outward from the center of the picture, as if the distant building is moving away from the photographer at high speed.

Focal length: 18mm? Aperture: F8? ISO sensitivity: 100

Exposure time: 23s? Exposure compensation: 0EV? White balance: tripod and B-door automatic shooting.

I believe that netizens will also feel eager to see the photos above. Here are some shooting techniques of explosion effect. These techniques are not complicated and are easy for photographers to master.

Techniques for shooting pop-up effects Below we will introduce you to six shooting techniques for pop-up effects. It is not difficult to master these skills, and we will also give you specific instructions with proof:

1. Use a large zoom lens.

We know that the explosion effect needs to be shot with a zoom lens. If a fixed-focus lens is used, the photographer needs to move back and forth to simulate the explosion effect. This is not only troublesome, but also may lead to picture jitter. Therefore, it is necessary to take a zoom lens to take a photo with explosive effect, preferably a lens with a large zoom ratio.

Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens is a large zoom ratio lens.

Focal length: 35mm? Aperture: F 13? ISO sensitivity: ISO

Exposure time: 15s? Exposure compensation: 0EV? White balance: automatic shooting with tripod

Canon EF-S 18-200mm F3.5-5.6 IS lens is a lens with relatively large zoom ratio. ThIS lens has a telephoto end aperture of F5.6 and is equipped with an IS optical anti-shake device, which can reduce the shutter speed by up to 4 levels (data from Canon official website). If the photographer uses this lens to shoot, its large zoom ratio and relatively smooth zoom ring can obtain a strong' explosion effect'.

2. Ensure the stability of the camera

Because we need to use a lower shutter speed when taking photos of the explosion effect. If shooting in a dark environment, the photographer may use the B door to achieve a longer exposure time. Then in order to ensure that the picture will not appear obvious jitter, the photographer needs to use a relatively stable tripod to shoot, and ensure that the zoom operation during exposure will not make the camera shake.

Focal length: 24mm? Aperture: F9? ISO sensitivity: 100

Exposure time: 20s? Exposure compensation: 0EV? White balance: automatic

The photo above was taken by hand, without a tripod. Long exposure makes the picture shake seriously, which we need to avoid as much as possible. If the photographer doesn't have a tripod, he can put the camera on a relatively stable object to shoot.

Shoot in low light

Because it takes a long time to take a pop-up photo, the photographer may be overexposed even with the smallest aperture when shooting during the day. Moreover, using a smaller aperture will have a certain impact on the image quality. So we suggest that photographers shoot in dark scenes. Shooting at night is a good choice. Photographers can use such a moderate aperture as F8- 1 1, which not only ensures sufficient depth of field, but also obtains better image quality. F8- 1 1 aperture is also the aperture value of the general lens with the best imaging quality.

Focal length: 18mm? Aperture: F8? ISO sensitivity: 100

Exposure time: 15s? Exposure compensation: 0EV? White balance: automatic shooting with tripod

The photo above was taken at night. Using a tripod can ensure that the buildings in the distance are clearer and achieve obvious explosion effect.

4. Choose a reasonable exposure time

Choosing a reasonable exposure time is the difficulty of tension explosion effect shooting. If the exposure time is too long, the picture will be seriously overexposed, the details of highlights will be lost, and even the contrast of the whole picture will be significantly reduced. For the control of exposure time, we suggest that photographers try more, and if they find that the picture is overexposed, they will reduce the exposure time appropriately, and vice versa.

Focal length: 18mm? Aperture: F9? ISO sensitivity: 100

Exposure time: 8s? Exposure compensation: EV? White balance: automatic

The above photo better controls the exposure time and the color of the sky is better restored.

5. Smooth scaling

As we mentioned earlier, you need to use a zoom lens to take pop-up photos. When we focus, we should keep a constant speed, neither fast nor slow, so as to get more continuous linear radiation.

Focal length: 70mm? Aperture: F 1 1? ISO sensitivity: 100

Exposure time: 15s? Exposure compensation: 0EV? White balance: automatic

6. Reverse scaling

Generally speaking, when we take photos with pop-up effect, we zoom slowly from the wide-angle end of the lens to the telephoto end at a constant speed. But we can also do the opposite, shooting from the telephoto end and zooming to the wide-angle end. This will have a completely different effect. We also suggest that photographers try this.

Focal length: 18mm? Aperture: F9? ISO sensitivity: 100

Exposure time: 8s? Exposure compensation: 0EV? White balance: automatic