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Matters needing attention in night scene shooting

How to take good night photos? The scenery at night has a special flavor. Here are some precautions for shooting night scenes. Let's have a look.

1. Step on it in advance

Take advantage of the good light during the day and choose the shooting location in advance. If you shoot directly at night, it will be time-consuming and laborious. Not only must Jingmei have a good view, but also ensure safety. Good scenery is basically in the suburbs, so we need to find a convenient parking place. In addition, it should be noted that if you need to break into other people's yards and fields in order to find a good shooting angle, you should say hello in advance ~

The farther away from the city, the easier it is to take good photos of natural scenery. Try to avoid the lights in the city, so as to shoot bright stars and the moon, and use the slow door to pull out colors that are difficult to distinguish with the naked eye.

2. Take everything.

"The body is the capital of taking pictures". You must ensure your health first, and then you can think carefully and take good photos. Although the weather is very hot now, the temperature difference between morning and evening is quite large. You'd better take a coat and socks. If it is other seasons, we should pay more attention to keep warm.

A tripod is essential for shooting night scenes. Take scenery, use a wide-angle lens, or you can carry different lenses according to your personal preferences. You'd better take another spare battery.

In addition, bring some light sources and illuminate the foreground with high-intensity flashlight to help the camera focus accurately; You can also use LED lamps to adjust the exposure, but the wattage of the lamps should not be too high. At the same time, you should pay attention to the color temperature and illumination angle so as not to destroy the overall atmosphere of the picture.

3. Frame and composition

Due to the serious lack of ambient light, all you can see through the viewfinder is darkness. You can design the composition by taking a long exposure to determine the surrounding scenery first. For example, take a photo with a 30-second shutter first. Even if the photo is still dark, it is much brighter than the naked eye. See the general outline of the surrounding scenery and adjust the composition.

One of the great charms of night photography lies in the interesting tones, colors and textures of clouds in the sky. Every day, every moment is different, but unpredictability will always surprise you. The sky is most beautiful when there are clouds, especially when the clouds float after a long exposure. Therefore, it is best to leave more space for the sky. You ask me "how long exposure time is needed", and I will tell you longer ~ because the speed of clouds is not fast, you don't have to worry about overexposure under extremely low ambient light at night.

In addition, paying attention to placing the stars or the moon in the correct position in the sky will make the night sky more beautiful. If you want photos to catch people's eyes, there is naturally an interesting prospect. For example, an old barn, a dead tree with a sense of vicissitudes, or a winding stream.

4. Start shooting!

The most important thing is to ensure that the subject is clearly focused. Turn on the flashlight to illuminate the main body and help the camera focus automatically. If you focus manually, it is difficult to ensure that the subject is very clear because the light is too dim for people to see clearly. Or, you can focus on other bright scenes, such as the horizon, a lamp in the distance, and sometimes even bright stars.

Long exposure needs to set the camera to B-door mode and control the exposure time freely by manually controlling the shutter opening and closing. According to the specific lighting conditions, the shutter speed generally ranges from two to three minutes to fifteen minutes. Long-term exposure can only shoot colors invisible to the naked eye, which can brighten both stars and clouds. Generally speaking, we will adjust the ISO to the lowest 100, but due to the long exposure time, the photos may still form noise (mainly thermal noise).

Therefore, try to save the photos in RAW format in the early stage, so that there is more room for adjusting exposure and noise reduction in the later stage.