Macro flower photography

Colorful flowers, with all kinds of varieties and shapes, are one of photographers' favorite themes. Although you can take good photos with a card digital camera or mobile phone, the digital SLR camera is superior in both visual effect and imaging quality. Of course, we should also pay attention to certain skills in lens selection, background layout and light selection.

Lens selection for macro photography of flowers

Even af18-105 mm f/3.5-5.6g.

Camera lenses like VR can also be used to shoot flowers. Adjust the focal length to above 50mm, slightly open the aperture, and then try to get close to the shooting, you can get good results. But for photographers who pursue high-quality effects, it is recommended to use a large aperture fixed-focus lens, such as AF-S.

35mm f/ 1.8G、AF-S 50mm f/ 1.8G

Wait a minute. The ordinary fixed-focus lens can't be used to shoot farther flowers, because it can't be focused when the distance is close to the nearest focusing distance of the lens. So the most ideal lens for flower photography is macro lens. The macro lens can not only shoot the flowers of 1: 1 at a very close distance, but also have a very high image quality.

Using macro lens to shoot flowers can not only shoot at a closer distance, but also get a more beautiful Jiao Wai effect. )

Focusing and exposure skills of macro photography of flowers

Like other macro photography, it is best to use a tripod to shoot flowers. Because when shooting at a very close distance, the slight movement of the camera and lens will also cause the focus shift, which will make the shot lens out of focus and weak. Moreover, it is best to choose the focus manually when shooting, because the focus automatically selected by the camera is probably not what you want, and the method of composition after focusing with the central focus is not applicable, because the focus will change after the lens position changes. If the manual focus selection is still not accurate enough, you can switch the lens to MF manual focus mode and turn on the instant view function of Nikon D7 100, so that you can focus completely accurately.

In terms of exposure, you will generally choose the A-stop aperture priority mode and shoot with a smaller aperture. Some beginners want to shoot flowers with the maximum aperture to get the most obvious blur effect. In fact, this method is wrong, thinking that it is easy to cause local ambiguity of clear subject. When shooting at a very close distance, the best blur effect can be obtained by using a small aperture such as F/ 16 in time to ensure that the subject is clear. So a small aperture like F/ 16-32 is the most commonly used when taking flowers at close range.

(When shooting flowers at close range, the camera should be mounted on a tripod to ensure that the main body of flowers is within the depth of field. )

(When taking flowers at close range, the small aperture can achieve the effect of small depth of field, so it is not appropriate to choose the maximum aperture of the lens. )

Techniques of Head Drawing in Macro Photography of Flowers

The macro photography composition of flowers pays attention to the principle of "green leaves with red flowers"

That is, choose a scene that is inconsistent with the color of the flower as the background, usually the green leaves under the flower. If possible, it is ideal to choose a background that can form a complementary color with the color of flowers, such as cyan with red, green with magenta, blue with yellow and so on. Choosing a background with complementary colors can highlight the color of the subject to the greatest extent. In addition to color, you should also be careful not to choose too messy background when composing. Although it can be blurred by controlling the depth of field, the background with messy colors and different shades will still be very ugly.

Arranging different backgrounds for flowers can enhance the expressive force of the picture.

In addition, when composing flowers, we should also pay attention to the shooting angle. The choice of looking down, looking up and looking up depends on the effect that the photographer wants to express. Looking down is in line with the effect we usually see flowers, and it is difficult to shoot new ideas, but generally it can fully show the details of flowers. It is best to cooperate with the branches and leaves on the front of the flowers when shooting head-up, so as to show the feeling of flowers thriving. Generally speaking, upward shooting is seldom used, but if used properly, it can make flowers have a noble, positive and positive special atmosphere.