Six simple techniques for shooting scenery films

Lead: We are always attracted by the unique scenic blockbusters in National Geographic. This paper analyzes how to make this kind of film easily from the perspective of mass photography. Let's have a look!

First, the artistic conception in composition.

Say the composition first. Photographic creation is inseparable from composition. There are generally several forms of composition that are often used in landscape photography.

1. Line of sight extensibility combination

? Extensibility? As the name implies, it is to lead the viewer's eyes to the picture. Generally speaking, extensional composition should guide the viewer to the most attractive place in the picture. This is a form of composition that concentrates the surrounding scenery to a certain center, which can strongly lead people's eyes to the main body of things and play a role in gathering.

EOS 5D Mark II exposure 305 takes about 5 minutes. Aperture f/22 focal length16mm ISO 100.

Perspective makes the fishing port plank road shrink, effectively gathering the line of sight.

2. Single-line composition

Divide the picture into two parts, left and right or up and down, to form a left and right echo or up and down echo. One part of the picture is the main body and the other half is the companion, so the performance space is relatively broad.

EOS 5D Mark III shutter: 1/60s aperture: f/18.0sio: sensitivity 50, focal length 24mm.

The distant coastline divides the picture into two, corresponding and balanced.

3, picture-in-picture composition

Picture-in-picture composition is artistic and has strong visual impact. There are pictures in the painting, layer upon layer? .

EOS 5D Markⅱ ii shutter: 0.5s aperture: f/8.0sio: sensitivity 100 focal length 16mm.

The work was shot at Ocean Wonderland Beach in Adelaide, South Australia. ? I began to be obsessed with the light at sunrise. There was no direct sunlight in my eyes, but only faint and quietly changing colors. ?

Second, slow down the excitement.

Slow door is a creative form that we often use in landscape photography. When shooting with a slow door, a moving object can leave a moving image on the negative, forming a virtual shadow. This kind of virtual shadow can sometimes reflect some dynamic characteristics. There are several points to pay attention to in slow door photography:

1, the exposure time is related to the effect you want. The exposure of 0.5 seconds, 1 second, 8- 15 seconds, 30 seconds and hundreds of seconds have their own characteristics, and different scenes have different usages. It doesn't mean that a long exposure time is necessarily a good work, and long exposure time is prone to noise, so balancing noise and long explosion effect is what we need to measure most.

EOS 60D shutter: 15s aperture: f/ 18.0 ISO: sensitivity: 100 focal length: 35mm.

The slow door spray of Harriet Cliff Address Park is inseparable from the tide. Generally speaking, the bigger the spray, the better the effect, so I accidentally took over this slow door spray job at 3 pm.

EOS 5D Markⅱ ii shutter: 305s aperture: f/22.0siso: sensitivity 100 focal length 16mm.

The exposure time of "Brighton Beach Trestle" is 300 seconds, which can reduce pedestrians walking in the cool on the trestle and reduce line of sight interference. The sea water was completely blown into a mirror-like calm lake, and the clouds in the sky were pulled into filaments.

EOS 5D Mark III shutter: 30s aperture: f/7. 1 ISO: sensitivity 100 focal length 20mm "Sunset on the Rock in marino" has an exposure time of 30 seconds, which makes the water calm, the clouds a little atomized, and the almost motionless fisherman adds a little vitality to the picture.

2, the exposure must be thorough, the explosion is not as good as owed, if the whole picture is that kind of dark gray feeling, then even if your water surface is as smooth as silk and as calm as a mirror, it has shortcomings.

3. The camera is prone to shake when exposed for a long time. When shooting, the relatively stable tripod can keep the picture clear after a long exposure.

4. Pay attention to the traditional photographic composition. Slow door does not mean that traditional skills are not needed. Appropriate foreground, medium-term perspective, visual focus, etc. Still need attention. Slow door is just a means, not everything in work. It doesn't make any sense to slow the door for the sake of it.

Don't worry, shoot less and do subtraction. Shooting with the mentality of only taking one picture at a time, shooting is not just pressing the shutter, sometimes waiting is the best way, scenery photography is sometimes lonely, and it is sometimes important to maintain a good attitude.

Third, accurate exposure and correct exposure.

Photography is a tool to express emotions. In photography, there are two concepts that can fully explain this point, namely accurate exposure and correct exposure.

EOS 60D EF 17-40mm f/4 exposure time 15s aperture: f/ 18, focal length: 35mm ISO: 100.

20 10 The cleanest beach in Australia, the mouth of Onkaparinga River.

The so-called accurate exposure is to expose the picture with a realistic exposure, so as to obtain a picture that can objectively reflect the real picture, without overexposure or underexposure; Correct exposure means that you can set the exposure according to your own understanding of the picture, and finally you can achieve the effect you want to shoot. In terms of correct exposure, your photo may be overexposed or underexposed, but if the photographer achieves the effect of highlighting the subject and reflecting the theme, then this photo is a good one.

Fourth, find interesting points.

Good landscape photography always has something special to attract your attention, such as the following scenes.

EOS 5D Mark II exposure time1125 seconds aperture: f/ 13, focal length: 24 mm ISO: 100 Australian haystacks with blue sky and golden fields, a group of haystacks that complement each other.

EOS 5D Mark III aperture: f/6.3 exposure time:1100 iso sensitivity:100.

Rape flowers in Adelaide are in full bloom on a small farmer's farm beside Prince's Expressway, with no boundaries. At this time of year, with the sun following the clouds, yellow flowers always make people unable to move. It's lucky to see rape blossoms in Australia. There is no money, and no one appears in your photo. All you need is patience and pace. Wait a little longer and take one more step. The difference is too great.

Fifth, capture light.

The first factor that affects the quality of photos is light. To take a perfect image, the light must be just right.

EOS 5D Mark II exposure time: 35s Aperture: f/7. 1 focal length: 24mm iso: 50.

"Slow Door Seascape: New Year Fireworks on the Trestle" The slow door shooting will bring gorgeous fireworks and the warmth of street lamps into the bag.

EOS 5D Mark III exposure time:1100s aperture: f/6.3 focal length: 200mm iso: 100.

Under the light of Aba dwellings, the green grass is woven, and the halo makes the sheep as crystal clear as pearls.

EOS 5D Mark III exposure time: 30s aperture: f/4.0 focal length:17miso: 3200.

The light in the starry night of Panoramic Galaxy is different from the heat in the daytime.

Sixth, cultivate aesthetic consciousness and post-processing skills.

EOS 5D Mark III exposure time: 1/400s aperture: f/5.0 focal length: 24mm iso: 100.

Digital post-black and white processing, HDR effect, make the picture more pure and more tense.

The so-called stones from other mountains can attack jade. Seeing and appreciating the works of excellent photographers, learning from each other's strong points and cultivating aesthetic consciousness can subtly enhance our aesthetic feeling.

Post-processing can make photos look more comfortable and beautiful. We can save the RAW format when shooting, and the processing of RAW format gives us any possibility to adjust the color temperature, hue and retrieve details properly. RAW is almost the information obtained directly from CCD or CMOS without processing. Through post-processing, photographers can maximize their artistic talents.

Conclusion:

In the history of photography at home and abroad, landscape photography has always occupied the limelight, and many landscape photographers have appeared. Like Ansel? Adams has been filming his hometown, Gassimi Valley, all his life. He has just built a world-class forest park. No matter what angle you take landscape photography, the ultimate goal is an aesthetic activity carried out by photographers using lens language. In the face of nature, whether it is technical photography with careful light control or thematic photography with one's own mood, the love for the land and mountains under one's feet is described by lens language.

The above six points are for your reference, and I believe they will be helpful for you to take a scenic note. Let's discover beauty from now on, step by step, and shoot a large-scale landscape that will never be forgotten.