How to take pictures of empty people in crowded scenic spots?

I give four solutions to this problem, and I believe there is always one suitable for you.

1, shooting time

This is easy to understand, that is, stagger the peak period of tourism, and it is best to choose the time when the scenic spot has just opened or is about to close. For example, the following photo was taken when the scenic spot was about to close.

2. Shooting angle

This is the easiest way. Generally, the backhand angle can avoid shooting a large number of tourists.

3, framing range

I took the photo above, just in time for a couple to take wedding photos in Heshun ancient city. At that time, the scene was in chaos, with many tourists and local residents.

I took it with an iphone8 phone and a 65mm external lens. Narrow the field of vision and take the next door as the background, and the picture will be simpler.

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4. Shooting skills

This is more complicated, such as the photo below.

This is the best place for tourists to film this trip. There are always many tourists in the photos. I took it with slow shutter software and the exposure time was as long as 25 seconds.

Some Android phones, such as Huawei, Nubian and other brands, have the function of slow door shooting. Of course, you need the support of a tripod to shoot this effect.

Through slow door shooting, you can blur the moving tourists in the picture and let you get a clean picture of the scenery.

There are three ways:

First, get to the scenic spot first. When no one is around, take two photos and leave quickly. Of course, this is harder to do. You can try it if you are interested.

Second, if you have a SLR camera, you can add an antireflection mirror in front of the camera and shoot with a slow door, which makes people blurred. This method is relatively high.

Third, use PS post-processing. If there are not many people, you can just pick them out. If there are many people, you can take hundreds of pictures in the same seat and then use PS stack to deal with them. It takes time to make use of the effect.

I know all these three kinds, welcome to add, it is my home feeling to see how to shoot the Forbidden City.

Photography pays attention to quick eyes and quick hands, and needs sensitive tentacles. You are looking for an empty space, and finding an angle is the instinct of photography. Technically, you can take a back shot to combine the scenery behind with the people in front and filter out the tourists around you. You can also signal the tourists around you. Let's be humble to each other on the journey. Can I travel at the wrong time? Why do you have to squeeze oil when squeezing?

Teach you the easiest way.

Stay until the Forbidden City closes, about half an hour before it closes. There are not many tourists in some places, and this time is the best.

Secondly, when you close the museum and leave the Forbidden City, you must not follow the crowd out the back door and walk backwards. The Taiji Hall is basically empty. Take some pictures quickly, and then you can also take pictures of the White Bridge that just entered the Forbidden City. Against the setting sun, your background is so beautiful that you basically don't need to retouch.

Hello. You need to use interval shooting. Set the interval parameters for the tripod on the shelf, and only take one picture in about 10-30 seconds, and take pictures in 5- 10 minutes. The specific parameters depend on the actual situation. If the tourists stay for a long time, set the time longer. If tourists are passing by without stopping, they can set the time shorter. Finally, the empty scene can be obtained through the post stack. The principle is to use multiple photos to eliminate moving objects through the stack, leaving only static scenes.

Shoot the sky, there is no one in the sky!

I haven't taken it myself, but I've heard of the method: use ND reduction mirror and long exposure.

The first method is to shoot when no one is around.

The second method, focus! Focus! Focus! Choose an airplane seat, fix the airplane seat, adjust the camera shutter to the lowest limit under the conditions, and take n photos until you feel enough to synthesize a clean photo, and then synthesize ps. If there are some defects, ps is fine.

Third, buy a filter, control the speed above 30 seconds, and repeat the second method. Over!

Look, the Forbidden City is empty!

Just use a selfie stick, preferably an extended version.