4 strokes to capture the ever-changing sky clouds

Lead: The floating clouds in the sky are like countless pictures drawn by artists on the vast canvas of the sky, which are beautiful works of nature. Various forms of floating clouds will tempt photographers to press the shutter, but even in the face of the same floating clouds, the results of photographers' shooting will vary widely. Because of the weather, people can't enjoy the beautiful sky every day, so it's not easy to find beautiful clouds. If a photographer wants to capture the beauty of this moment, he must accumulate knowledge about sky composition.

4. Catch the ever-changing sky clouds and compose with other objects.

No matter how beautiful the clouds are in the sky, it is difficult for photographers to shoot good works if they cannot be combined with the ground or other special objects. Only by making good use of magnificent mountains and seas or islands can the sky and clouds become beautiful photos.

▲ Aperture: F8 Exposure time: 1/4000s ISO: 200 Focus: 20mm. The clouds in the picture cling to the sea, and the photographer left a large area of blank space in the upper part of the picture, which made the whole picture look much more elegant.

Shooting a cloud-themed work is similar to shooting flowers. Photographers should pay attention to the shape and level of clouds in the lens.

Diagonal composition

The photographer shoots the wooden boat in the foreground diagonally in the picture and makes it echo the outline of the mountain range. In order to create the image of the sky in the picture, the photographer arranged a picture space of 1/3, and arranged a dark scene at the bottom of the picture to set off the effect that the diagonal layout echoes the sky.

▲ Aperture: F4 Exposure time: 1/2500s ISO: 200 Focus: 35mm. The nearby wooden boat echoes the distant mountain, and the whole picture is unified in the blue morning light.

Use color combinations

Blue sky photography without other scenery can only highlight its own color sense, but can not give it a deeper connotation. However, arranging some scenery such as green trees in the lower part of the picture can alleviate the visual pressure brought by blue to the viewer and highlight the beauty of the sky and clouds through the contrast effect of colors.

▲ Aperture: F 1 1 exposure time: 1/4000s ISO: 200 focal length: 16mm. The buildings on the ground completely conform to the composition of the trichotomy and are at the junction of the golden section line.

Classical trisection synthesis

In photography with the sky as the main body, if buildings or other scenery on the ground are included, the photographer should carefully consider the composition of the picture. It can make the sky with beautiful clouds occupy about 2/3 of the picture, fully display its width and height, and arrange other ground scenes at the intersection of the golden section line to avoid the situation that the ground scenes occupy the central area of the picture as much as possible. This not only shows the characteristics of the ground scenery, but also depicts the beauty of the clouds in the sky.

▲ Aperture: F 16 Exposure time: 1/2000s ISO: 100 Focus: 16mm. The flower sea at the bottom of the picture accounts for 2/3 of the whole picture, while the sky accounts for 1/3.

The sky in the city is always full of smog, so it is difficult for everyone to see the clear sky with a wide field of vision, and it is even more difficult to see the floating clouds in the sky. However, even if there are not many opportunities, I can always meet several times in a sunny morning in the city when there are beautiful clouds floating in the clear sky.

▲ Aperture: F8 Exposure time: 1/2000s ISO: 200 Focus: 35mm.

▲ Aperture: F5.6 Exposure time: 1/8000s ISO: 200 focal length: 180mm. Photographers can describe the rich clouds in the daytime from two aspects: forward light or backward light.

When all the scenes in the image are far away from the camera, this photo appears to lack a sense of depth and distance, looks unremarkable and has no obvious perspective effect.