Skills of shooting sunset glow

Every summer is the best season to shoot scenery. Especially at dusk, everyone can take pictures of the sunset, sunset and other scenery in one breath. It's not easy to take photos of the sunset glow. Only by making some efforts in equipment application, composition and exposure can the photos be different. Then, let me introduce you to the skills of shooting the sunset glow.

Techniques of shooting sunset glow 1, use of focal length and composition

A wide-angle lens and a telephoto lens are often used to shoot sunset scenes. The former can highlight the foreground of the photo and create a sense of space through composition, while the latter helps to cut out a few distinctive places in the photo, and can also be close-up when the sun goes down.

When shooting with a wide-angle lens, the foreground will become very large and the scene in the background will become relatively small because of the lens angle. Take the photo taken this time as an example, the use of ultra-wide-angle lens can absorb a lot of foreground objects and the sky, while the sun and container terminal in the background are small, and the environment seems to be broader. Based on the principle of big foreground and small background, you can arrange some distinctive subjects (such as old tires and mottled soil) in the foreground to illustrate the background and highlight the subjects.

Pay attention when using super wide-angle lens, for example, don't use too thick filter to avoid black edges on the edge of the picture. In addition, objects that are too close to the edge of the picture will be widened or lengthened, so pay attention to whether the position and proportion of objects in the picture are ideal.

Speaking of shooting sunsets, many beginners want to shoot a big one with a long lens. Salted egg yolk? Take a close-up of the sunset. But experienced photographers know that such shooting has not changed much. There is only one sunset. If there is no other prospect, almost everyone takes the same sunset anywhere. So when shooting with a telephoto lens, remember to explain the foreground environment.

Tips for shooting sunset II. Contrast control and white balance

Photographs of sunsets and sunsets are taken in a backlit environment with great contrast, so we need to use appropriate methods to control the contrast of photos. The most common method is to use gradient grey mirror to reduce the brightness of the sky.

In addition to controlling contrast, white balance is also a major problem in taking sunset photos. If you are used to using automatic white balance, you must quit shooting such subjects. Because the automatic white balance of the camera is originally designed to help you correct the color temperature problem of the light source, if we use automatic white balance when shooting sunsets and sunset clouds, the beautiful colors of the sky will become dim.