How to shoot the dog tail grass in the sunset?

The dog's tail grass is generally inconspicuous, but the photos taken are very nice. How can I shoot the dog tail grass in the sunset? According to my shooting practice, my suggestions are as follows:

The best shooting time is about half an hour before sunset. At this time, the sun is golden yellow, the light is soft and warm, and it has a sparkling effect on the dog tail grass, which can add a lot of beauty to the picture. If there is a sunset glow in the sky after sunset, you can also take a silhouette effect of dog tail grass with the sky as the background.

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Setaria viridis is a kind of herbaceous plant, short and mixed with other grasses. Choose a dark background when composing to avoid other weeds entering the picture. According to the morphological characteristics of Setaria viridis, several branches are selected and composed in the form of trisection, triangle and diagonal, which keeps the picture simple and is more conducive to highlighting the main body.

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Because of the special shape of dog tail grass, it looks very good in backlight.

Pat the dog's tail grass in the sunset. First, choose backlight or side backlight camera to shoot, and find a dog tail grass with clean background to shoot. The large aperture of telephoto or macro lens can shoot shallow depth of field and beautiful facula, and the small aperture can shoot better details of the subject, which can be used to evaluate metering or spot metering, or to find a wormy dog tail grass and enjoy shooting.

In my computer, I found some dog tail grass in the sunset taken a few years ago for your reference. (The shooting data is above the picture)

Camera manufacturer: Canon

Equipment model: Canon EOS 60D

Camera lens: EF 100mm f/2.8L macro is USM.

Shutter speed: 1/500 seconds

Aperture value: F2.8

Focal length:100.0mm.

Sensitivity: ISO 100

Exposure compensation: 0

Flash: off

White balance: daylight

Shooting mode: aperture priority

Measurement mode: weighted measurement

Camera manufacturer: Canon

Equipment model: Canon EOS 60D

Camera lens: EF 100mm f/2.8L macro is USM.

Shutter speed: 1/500 seconds

Aperture value: F2.8

Focal length:100.0mm.

Sensitivity: ISO 100

Exposure compensation: 0

Flash: off

White balance: daylight

Shooting mode: aperture priority

Measurement mode: weighted measurement

Equipment model: Canon EOS 60D

Camera lens: EF 100mm f/2.8L macro is USM.

Shutter speed:1125s

Aperture value: F9

Focal length:100.0mm.

Sensitivity: ISO500

Exposure compensation: 0

Flash: off

White balance: daylight

Shooting mode: aperture priority

Measurement mode: weighted measurement

Camera manufacturer: Canon

Equipment model: Canon EOS 60D

Camera lens: EF 100mm f/2.8L macro is USM.

Shutter speed: 1/500 seconds

Aperture value: F8

Focal length:100.0mm.

Sensitivity: ISO500

Exposure compensation: 0

Flash: off

White balance: automatic

Shooting mode: aperture priority

Measurement mode: weighted measurement

Camera manufacturer: Canon

Equipment model: Canon EOS 60D

Camera lens: EF 100mm f/2.8L macro is USM.

Shutter speed: 1/80s

Aperture value: F8

Focal length:100.0mm.

Sensitivity: ISO500

Exposure compensation: 0

Flash: off

White balance: automatic

Shooting mode: aperture priority

Measurement mode: weighted measurement

Camera manufacturer: Canon

Equipment model: Canon EOS 60D

Camera lens: EF 100mm f/2.8L macro is USM.

Shutter speed:11250 s

Aperture value: F4

Focal length:100.0mm.

Sensitivity: ISO400

Exposure compensation: 0

Flash: off

White balance: automatic

Shooting mode: aperture priority

Metering mode: spot metering

I hope my answer is helpful to you! Different opinions are welcome to leave a message in the comment area for discussion, or you can exchange private messages.

I like mobile phone photography, and often take some flowers and plants by the park road. Although it is rare to see green bristlegrass, its big cousin "Pennisetum" is very many.

"Pennisetum" is more suitable for viewing and shooting in appearance. I will sort out my three-point mobile phone shooting experience in Xiaoyue, hoping to help friends who like mobile phone photography.

Shooting "Pennisetum" in the sunset with a mobile phone, Abortion usually shoots in three ways:

Let the afterglow of the sunset pass through Pennisetum, and the details are beautiful in the little sunshine!

You can also use the glow of the sky as the background to make the picture more colorful.

When shooting in backlight, it is best to shoot at a low angle, which can make Pennisetum look straighter.

Shoot Pennisetum "needle flower" with a mobile phone at a macro, and you can spray some water with a watering can, which will make you feel better.

When using a mobile phone for macro shooting, the key is to "focus accurately" and ensure that the picture is clear, so as to show the beauty of the wolf tail flower.

You can highlight the other side of the "wolf tail" by contrasting the light and shade (or color) of the background.

These are three relatively simple ways to shoot Pennisetum and other plants with mobile phones. No matter which one is used, the key is to focus on the position of "needle flower".

The flower patting the dog's tail in the sunset is actually a cherry blossom.

The sun is about to set, but the light is just right. At this time, the light is soft and warm, and the photo effect is generally good.

First of all. If you follow the light, the primrose will be beautiful because of the light. You can choose a few as the focus of the theme, and then the background is a piece, or you can choose a piece of cherry blossom as the theme, which is two effects.

Second. Add a potential customer. When shooting, put the scene near the primrose, blur the grass in front of you, and then choose the branches behind you as the theme, so as to achieve a dreamy effect. The foreground can be empty, the background can be empty, the primrose can be empty, and both the foreground and the background can be empty. Only the middle theme is real. In the dream, only this grass smiles proudly in the bushes ... it's charming to think about it.

Third. When shooting in backlight, the bright film will always be backlit or sidelight, and the light will penetrate the primrose, making it fluffy and bright ... The background can be a primrose or other backgrounds, but the primrose as the main body will definitely be a very beautiful highlight.

Fourth. Take a silhouette. The outline must be backlit. The key point is the setting sun, because the sun and sunset glow are bright, and the primrose flowers in front of us are naturally dark. Choose a few more angles, and different primrose pictures will be born. One is straight, the other is curved, the other is unique, and the other is whispering ... Each picture has a different artistic conception, which is really charming.

Photography is hard, but it's fun. Thank you for your question, which can be used as another topic of creation. Tomorrow is the May Day holiday, and I look forward to meeting all kinds of dog tail flowers with my friends.