How to take wonderful sports photos?

A common misunderstanding in sports photography is that if a photo lacks clarity and blur, it will fail. I want to tell you three ways to make photos more vivid and interesting with the help of dynamic blur.

First, Pan shot.

Pan is a technique for shooting moving objects, which allows you to sharpen the focus and blur the background, thus increasing the sense of speed, especially if the background of the frame is unattractive or distracting. Translation is based on the choice of shutter speed, and the camera will move with the subject. Here are some tips on how to set up the camera correctly for translation. Please try:

-Hold down the shutter button when taking multiple photos in high-speed or continuous shooting mode.

-Select shutter priority mode Tv or S.

-Starting from the value of 1/30 seconds, slow down the shutter speed if the motion dynamics are not good, and vice versa; If the picture is blurred due to strong motion, the shutter speed will increase.

-Practice moving objects

-Point the camera at the upcoming subject, press the shutter button and follow the movement of the subject in your field of vision, and hold it down after the movement, even if the shutter button is released.

Of course, this requires a lot of practice, most of which is trial and error, but in the end, some very amazing artistic effects can be put forward in the photos. Try to shoot these same subjects at a higher shutter speed and capture an action called freeze, and then repeat the shooting effect and compare it.

Here are some translation examples:

Shutter speed-1/25 seconds

Shutter speed-1/30 seconds

Second, long exposure.

Slow shutter speed requires slow shutter speed. There are many reasons for using low shutter speed: the movement of water, the trajectory of meteors at night, the movement of car headlights, and general night photography. You need a tripod, a remote camera trigger and time. A lot of photography is obtained through trial and error, but this is not a problem in this era of digital photography.

Shutter speed-1/5000s.

In addition to shooting at night, you can also use a slower shutter speed to shoot flowing water and waterfalls. There is no right or wrong method, it will only give different results, depending on what you want to achieve. A higher shutter speed will "freeze" the water in motion. Long-term contact will wash away the water, even make it disappear or turn into fog.

Shutter speed-1100 second

With running water, the exposure will stop changing and look like it, but the wood will be washed away in 5 seconds, so I decided to use a shutter speed of 2.5.

Third, zoom the screen.

Last but not least, you can use scaling to increase the motion of the image. This technology is based on the use of magnification (actually a distorted lens) during long exposure. This is very useful, and it has interesting effects in backlit night scenes, neon lights and even fireworks. You can try this effect all day, and then see what you can create and what ideas you have.

Here are some tips for zooming during long exposure.

Focus on the subject, then press the shutter button completely and start zooming while opening the shutter. You can use the focus lock: use autofocus and turn it off. Whichever method you choose, just make sure to focus on the longest focal length.

Practice turning the zoom ring on the lens. Know how to turn it, how to move it smoothly without moving suddenly.

Use a shutter speed of about one second or longer. When the shutter speed is1100, it is difficult to do this.

Try different zoom speeds (the speed of rotating the lens). If you pause at first and then zoom in quickly, the image will look different; In contrast, the image will look different compared with the slow zoom at the beginning and end of exposure.

Zoom at a shutter speed of 2 seconds.

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If you haven't tried the shutter speed, I suggest you try the above method, shooting moving subjects and blurring the background, or taking abstract photos with zoom.

The truth is, not every image needs to be completely clear. Some photos are completely blurred, but they are great photos. These techniques can add some movement to your lens or not focus on the subject at all.