Many people say that we should use a medium telephoto lens or a macro lens to shoot lotus flowers. Isn't it good to pat the lotus with a spittoon?

The lotus pond is usually shot from a long distance, and it is definitely not possible to shoot the stamens with a macro lens. If you take a close-up of lotus, 70200 lens is the best choice.

Many people say that we should use a medium telephoto lens or a macro lens to shoot lotus flowers. Isn't it good to pat the lotus with a spittoon? For this problem, talk about my experience for reference.

Why do you like to use a medium telephoto lens?

The medium telephoto lens does have many advantages in lotus shooting. For example, the medium telephoto lens, because of its large focal length and small depth of field, is conducive to Jiao Wai blur, and can obtain images with simpler pictures and more prominent subjects; A medium telephoto lens can also zoom in on distant scenes. The longer the focal length, the closer it will be. Some lotus ponds are too big to take pictures in. Using a medium telephoto lens can solve the problem.

(Photography/Xia Xue)

Why do you like macro lenses?

Macro lens has the characteristics of high resolution, Gao Fancha, low aberration and accurate color reproduction. Compared with other close-up shots of lotus flowers (such as stamens), it has stronger close-up ability, delicate picture quality, outstanding details and excellent texture.

(Photography/Xia Xue)

How about a small spittoon (lens) taking pictures of lotus flowers?

(Photography/Xia Xue)

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Cheap spittoons are also used to shoot people! Send some small spittoon portraits. The photos are all of me.

Photography: Dragon and Phoenix Houjia (my wife)

I took these with a spittoon!

It is more convenient to shoot lotus flowers with telephoto lens.

Lotus flowers usually bloom in the center of the lake, which can't be photographed by macro lens at all, so I often shoot lotus flowers with telephoto lens. It's easier to shoot a lotus than to shoot a lotus. If you don't use it up, make a composition, choose a background, choose a shape, and focus accurately, the lotus flower you shot will not be artistic and ornamental, and it will be a failed shooting.

This is the lotus I just photographed after beginning of autumn, and it is also a vivid contrast. Only you can use your head, and the lotus flower is not like the lotus flower after autumn.

Generally speaking, the spittoon is really not suitable for lotus. It's not that its imaging quality is not good, but the focal length is too short, only 50 mm Lotus flowers are generally in lakes and large ponds, far from the shore. You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. How to take a close-up of 50mm Therefore, telephoto lens is the best choice for lotus, and excellent close-ups of lotus can be taken at 70-200mm, 150-400mm and 150-600mm.

(shot by Canon 70-200mm F2.8)

(shooting by Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 C)

What if I just want to shoot with a spittoon? Of course, it is not impossible. Think from another angle. Try to get close to the lotus first, and then get close. Regardless of the lens, if you want to shoot a good picture quality, you must be in its best focal length range. The spittoon is a standard focal length lens, so you can only shoot close enough to the lotus. For example, choose a small pond and photograph the lotus flowers on the shore. Or go deep into the lake by boat and shoot on the boat. Second, don't just think about taking close-ups of the lotus, open your mind, but also take pictures of the distant view of the lotus, "the lotus leaves are infinitely green" and the distant view of the lake. These 50mm shots can be taken, and the aperture of the big scene should not be too large. As long as you choose a good angle, you can also shoot beautifully.

A set of lotus pictures for your comments.

Shoot some interesting lotus flowers.

Many people blame the camera for not shooting the lotus well. In fact, they should find the reason from themselves. It doesn't matter what level of camera or lens you use to shoot lotus flowers. What matters is the idea behind the camera. Whether you use the header, macro or telephoto, as long as you have enough aesthetic cognition and unique composition thinking, you can get it. There is a popular saying in the photography circle that "composition determines everything", so composition thinking and aesthetic consciousness are the key to success or failure of shooting. For a photographer, it is better to change ideas than to change equipment.

First of all, thank Wukong for inviting me to answer.

Many people say that we should use a medium telephoto lens or a macro lens to shoot lotus flowers. Isn't it good to pat the lotus with a spittoon?

The arrival of summer is a good time for photographers to shoot lotus flowers, and the beautiful figure of lotus flowers presents a feminine figure under our lens.

Many photographers ask, what lens is good for shooting lotus flowers? Can I shoot lotus flowers at 50 fixed focus? Let's talk about the problem of using a mirror first.

In fact, you can shoot all the lotus shots. If you can shoot at close range, wide angle is a good performance. Of course, you can also shoot beautiful lotus flowers at 50 fixed focus.

but ...

normally ...

1, if the lotus is not presented at close range, then we can't do anything with a 50 lens. After all, its focal length is slightly shorter. Most lotus flowers are in the middle of the pond. Personally, telephoto shooting is the best.

2. Jiao Wai's performance. As we know, the softness of Jiao Wai is related to the length of the lens, the aperture size and shooting distance, which can't be compared with the telephoto lens with 50 lenses.

From the above two points, we can see the shortcomings of 50 shots of lotus flowers. Of course, if you can shoot at close range, 50 rounds is no problem.