Sharing of water shooting skills

The stream flows slowly, and the fallen leaves walk or stop in the water. Water photography is a theme that landscape photographers will not miss. How to capture the crystal clear in the dynamic? How to show excellent texture in static state?

In this article, Yu Feng, who is good at landscape photography, will share with you the shooting skills of water.

1. Fuzzy floating objects

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This is a reflection in a pond. The water without a trace of wind is unusually calm. Focus the reflection of trees and leaves with a large aperture, while the petals or fallen leaves on the water are naturally in a virtual focus state. Pay attention to the choice of shooting angle, so that the floating objects appear white under the action of light. In the later period, only sharpening strengthened the color saturation.

2. Deformation reflection

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Shooting such a reflection requires the following conditions: there are trees by the water and bare branches in winter; There should be wind when shooting, and the size of the wind should be appropriate, blowing the water surface to form the reflection of the bent branches; There's sunshine. There's sunshine? If the angle is appropriate, the picture will be bright; It is best to have a calm lake surface, and the water itself does not move. Meet the above conditions, and the shutter speed is 1/500 for quick shooting.

3. Reflective aperture

When there is a reflection of the sun on the water, look for an angle around a fallen leaf on the water, and a beautiful light circle will appear around the fallen leaf.

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4. Raindrop circle

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When shooting raindrops on the water surface, try to choose a dark place on the water surface, so as to shoot a small circle where raindrops hit the water surface. It is best to shoot at low altitude, and the effect is obvious. It was taken on a boat.

5. Wet ground

This is also a rainy day effect of squatting on the ground at a low angle.

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6. messy rain

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Of course, you can also add some raindrops later. The method is to shoot the rain with dark background at a slow speed when it rains, and then use "color selection" to select white raindrops to superimpose on the picture.

7. Use a shift lens

Moving lens shooting can produce unexpected painting effects. This is a shot that moves up and down, and the reflection of the lotus flower has a beautiful ink effect. The most suitable shooting speed is about 1/5 seconds. Too fast will have no effect, too slow will be too vague. This picture can be used as a good material for lotus theme.

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Use a polarizer

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Use a polarizer. Under the sunlight, at the slow speed of110, find a certain angle and rotate the polarizer in a certain direction, and you will get such a picture effect.