Macro photography skills of flowers

2. Understand the characteristics of fuzzy foreground and fuzzy background and use them flexibly.

3. Flexible use of tripod and spherical pan/tilt.

4. Know-how to find the right topic

5. Know-how to decide composition

6. Use a reflector to remove unnecessary shadows

1. Use a macro lens; (left) EF 100mmf/2.8LISUSM macro (right) EF-S60mmf/2.8USM macro. The focal length of macro lens can be divided into 100mm and 60mm, that is, the shooting distance is different. Generally speaking, it is more convenient to choose 60mm when shooting flowers nearby and use a lens with a focal length of 100mm when shooting flowers in the distant sea of flowers.

2. Understand the characteristics of fuzzy foreground and fuzzy background and use them flexibly; The degree of blur is determined by factors such as focal length and aperture. The blur of the subject's foreground is often worse than the blur of the background. If we can use foreground blur flexibly, we can better show the charm of the subject.

3. Flexible use of tripod and spherical pan/tilt; The tripod is very conducive to precise focusing, and the tripod head on which the camera is fixed is actually very particular. When taking macro photography, it is more convenient to choose a spherical pan-tilt with adjustable angle, and this pan-tilt is generally portable and easy to carry.

4. Skills to find the right theme; Flowers don't bloom everywhere. Especially in the city, it is a bit difficult to find flowers by yourself. The place where flowers are concentrated should be a botanical garden with a greenhouse. If it is macro photography, the background is often blurred, and it is basically impossible to see that it was taken in a greenhouse.

5. Know-how to decide composition; In the composition of flower photography, if you shoot large flowers, you usually take the stamen as the center, because the focus position will also have a great impact on the picture effect, so you need to focus effectively.

6. Use a reflector to remove unnecessary shadows; When taking macro photography under backlight or semi-backlight, you can use a reflector to eliminate the shadow in front. However, it is more troublesome to use a large reflector when shooting people. You should choose a small and portable reflector. Photographers can also paste silver paper on thick paper boards and make their own reflectors. A4 paper size will be more convenient to use. Put the camera on the tripod and your hands will be free. When focusing, you can operate the shutter button with one hand and the reflector with the other, observe the viewfinder, and find a position with good reflection effect to shoot. In this case, using a tripod is very beneficial to shooting.