Analysis of structural skills of flower photography

Lead: The action of completing composition is actually very simple, and it may be only one step away from the position, but the image results are quite different. How to get the best composition has become a problem that both novices and veterans are discussing. In this spring season, it is the time to shoot flowers. Let's discuss the composition skills in flower photography.

The true meaning of composition

Form a work with colors.

Minimalist composition

Composition is a process of thinking, looking for potential order from the original chaotic things. Composition is also an organizational process, which organizes a large number of elements into a relatively complete whole. The purpose of composition is to convey the complete feelings felt by the filmmakers to the viewers through the elements that make up the picture.

Composition gives painting meaning. For the composition of flower photography, the most basic requirement is that the theme is outstanding, creative and full of aesthetic feeling. The elements of composition can be divided into five aspects: modeling, lines, light and shade, color and texture. How to judge the success of flower photography composition? Good composition can make the flowers in the picture more real, vivid and beautiful. It should be noted that there are many kinds of flowers, and the size and distribution of flowers are different, so the composition method also depends on it. Flowers? It's different.

Jiugongge composition method

Jiugongge composition legend

Legendary dividing line and exciting point

Jiugongge composition method simply assumes that the picture is divided into three parts horizontally and vertically, and the four lines separated will form four intersections. If the main location falls on these four intersections, it can not only effectively stand out, but also make people feel comfortable. Fundamentally speaking, Jiugongge follows the golden section theory, and the four dividing lines and intersections are called excitation lines and excitation points respectively.

Jiugongge composition legend

Legendary dividing line and exciting point

When shooting flowers, flowers must be the main body we want to highlight. So the position of the flower will be set at? Excited? In fact, a flower can center the stamen at the exciting point. If it is a dense cluster of flowers, the selected focus can coincide with the exciting point to ensure the best imaging position to stand out in the picture.

Diagonal synthesis method

The most common application of oblique composition in flower photography is to put the branches obliquely. People like to put the flower branches obliquely because they are more elegant and natural than other ways of putting them. This feeling comes from life. In nature, due to the attraction of flowers, thin branches generally have a certain inclination. Another reason is that diagonal placement can hold more content than vertical placement.

Diagonal composite legend

Don't aim at the two corners of the picture completely, just approach the diagonal trend.

Simple placement is not simple. Pay attention to the following points to maximize composition. When a single flower branch is placed obliquely, it is necessary to pay attention to the fact that both ends of the flower branch should not be completely aligned with the two corners of the picture, otherwise it will be too deliberate and artificial. If you put the flowers on the same plane, the overall picture lacks realism and layering, and you need to have a little angle when shooting, which can not only combine reality with reality, but also have a sense of depth.

Centripetal component

Centripetal synthesis of central helix

Radial centripetal synthesis

The application of centripetal composition depends on the actual situation, and it is mostly applied to flowers with large inflorescences (large single petal area and loose petal distribution). This flower takes the stamen as the center, and the petals are radially surrounded and shrink inward into a circle. Centripetal composition is suitable for representing stamens of flowers, and the texture and details of stamens are recorded by macro lens. Of course, close-ups of flowers can also be taken from the front.

The color of the center point of the error example is different, but it is dim and the imaging effect is poor.

Centripetal composition has the function of highlighting the central point, so we are required to focus on the central position very accurately and image clearly.

The composition of flowers is not just what the flowers in the painting look like. Placement? Good flower composition needs color, image, tone, level, line and realism.

The background highlights the color of the flowers.

The purpose of background selection is to make the flowers more prominent and colorful. If you choose a background with messy colors, it is difficult to achieve this effect, especially for beginners.

Processing method optional background

Operational recommendations:

You can put a black (white) background behind the flowers. Remember, the flowers should have a certain distance from the black (white) background, so the effect will be better.

? Optional? background

Fuzzy background

note:

Keep the background? Clean? Degree, pay attention to the control of aperture depth of field range.

Try to use a single-tone scene as the background, or use props such as background cloth, cards and paper as an artificial background (if you don't prepare in advance, you can also use the lining of your coat to achieve a similar effect). Whether it's fuzzy or. Optional? The way of background, should we pay attention to preserving the background? Clean? Degree, pay attention to the control of aperture on the depth of field range and the influence on the sense of space in the picture.

Constitutive means

Virtual contrast+color contrast

You can make a composition by contrasting light, shadow, color and rhythm. If you shoot a large area of flowers, using the contrast between light and shadow and color to make the composition will make the flower clusters more vivid and vivid.

combination of virtuality and reality

The choice of focus is also beneficial to composition? Weapons? . For example, if you take a close-up of a flower, you'd better focus on the stamen and make it the center of interest in the picture. It is best to preview the depth of field and actually control the depth of field according to the size of flowers. Because the aperture is too large, the depth of field becomes too small and the subject is not clear; The aperture is too small, the depth of field becomes larger, and the background blur is not in place.