What should I pay attention to in insect photography? What are the insect photography skills?

Next, let's take a look at the explanation of insect photography skills.

Show bright colors with contrasting colors.

Many insects have beautiful colors, such as red, which stand out in the green nature. In fact, this color is also a protective color. In nature, beautiful and bright colors often represent virulence, which can make their natural enemies stay away.

It is not difficult to grasp the picture when shooting brightly colored insects. Photographers only need to use complementary colors as the background of the picture and deliberately highlight the bright colors of insects. Under the strong color contrast, the color characteristics of the subject are further strengthened, and the subject is more independent and prominent in the picture.

It should be noted that different colors often have different exposure tendencies and have different effects on the camera metering system. Photographers had better use the spot metering function to measure the light of the subject, and make subtle exposure compensation according to the characteristics of different colors, so as to better represent the brightly colored subject.

Vividly display the protective color of insects.

In nature, many insects have good camouflage skills. Protective colors and mimicry are the most typical camouflage techniques. This is the ability of insects to escape from natural enemies in the cruel evolution of nature.

It is difficult to find such a subject by yourself. When shooting unique insects with protective colors, don't worry about the monotonous color of the picture. In fact, the photos of insects' protective colors blending with the environment are full of vivid interest. When taking this kind of photos, we need to think backwards and find a shooting angle that is more conducive to highlighting the protective color and mimicry characteristics of insects, so as to show their cunning to the fullest.

Make good use of the contrast between light and shade

The light in nature changes quickly. If the subject is bathed in the sun and the background is in the shadow under the illumination condition of side light or backlight, once the light ratio is slightly larger, the photo will form a perfect black background picture by metering the subject through the metering function. The photos taken at this time, like still life photos taken in the studio, have a prominent theme and a strong sense of ceremony.

Shoot butterflies from directly above.

Butterfly is the most common and easily grasped subject in insect photography. Butterflies are slow in action, low in vigilance and easy to approach, which creates powerful conditions for shooting.

The first thing to determine when shooting butterflies is the shooting angle. Because the butterfly's physical characteristics are special, different shooting angles will produce diametrically opposite shooting effects. Photographers often use the shooting angle directly above, which can show the pattern of butterfly wings well. The trick of shooting butterflies from directly above is to choose the spread state of butterfly wings, and at the same time, make the focal plane of digital SLR camera parallel to the plane where butterfly wings are located as much as possible, so that butterfly wings can be clearly displayed within the depth of field. At the same time, try to use manual focusing function to reduce the sound of operation and avoid disturbing and scaring butterflies.

Shoot the butterfly from the right.

Shooting butterflies at the right angle, like the angle directly above, can often get very ideal shooting results.

The side shot focuses on one side of the butterfly wing. Photographers should choose the moment when butterflies close their wings or flap their wings. This shooting angle can not only show butterflies, but also show beautiful flowers and the head and trunk of butterflies.

It is not difficult to shoot butterflies from the front, because flowers are often in a very low position, photographers have to shoot at a very low angle, and at the same time, they have to focus accurately without disturbing the subject, so they can succeed with rich experience and many attempts.

Shoot butterflies from the top.

Many cinematographers are used to shooting insects from above, but this angle is not suitable for shooting butterflies. Because of the butterfly photos taken from this angle, its beautiful wing patterns are often not fully presented.