Teach you how to shoot charming sky and clouds.

In landscape photography, some special elements in the natural environment, such as clouds and clouds, are often photographed. In the process of shooting these objects, we still need to master some skills and methods to get satisfactory results.

1. The best time to show the sky and clouds.

When shooting the sky, photographers often choose cloudy blue sky as the object of expression, which will appear more in sunny days or sunny days after rain. When representing the sky, the embellishment of clouds will enrich the picture, and various unique clouds can also show the complete shape and white color against the blue sky.

When showing clouds, photographers often choose to shoot clouds around sunrise or sunset. Clouds during this time are often influenced by the sun's rays, which can give people a warm and romantic feeling.

2. Recommended filters for shooting the sky and clouds.

The medium gray gradient mirror is a kind of filter that changes from gray to colorless and transparent. It can darken the brightness of the sky in the picture without affecting the exposure of other scenes on the ground, so it can make the picture get accurate exposure and show more picture details.

When shooting clouds in the sky at sunrise and sunset, you can also use an orange gradient lens to enhance the color of some parts of the sky, such as clouds. When expressing the blue sky, you can use the blue gradient mirror to enhance the color of the sky and make the blue in the picture more intense. If only the clouds in the sky around sunrise or sunset are displayed, you can use the orange filter to enhance the overall color in the picture, making orange more saturated and giving people a warmer feeling.

Step 3 use a telephoto lens, including some floating clouds

Sometimes there are all kinds of beautiful clouds in the sky, but photographers often can't show them better because of the distance. Many photographers will prepare a telephoto lens or a large zoom lens for themselves when expressing clouds, so that the clouds on the horizon are more complete and clear.

When choosing to use telephoto lens to shoot clouds, we can usually use some flexible composition methods according to the shape of clouds to enhance the interest of the picture, or make composition according to the shape of clouds to enhance the shape of clouds and make them more vivid.

4. Show the spectacular sea of clouds with a wide-angle lens

Wide-angle lens can be integrated into more sea of clouds and get deeper depth of field. Therefore, when shooting the sea of clouds with wide-angle lens, the picture can contain a large area of sea of clouds, giving people a broad visual experience. Under the action of wide-angle lens, the clouds in the picture will also show a perspective relationship between far and near, making the picture level clearer.

5. Capture the wonderful light passing through the clouds

Most of the light that passes through the clouds can be obtained in cloudy weather. This kind of light is extremely rare, and photographers need to wait patiently for this wonderful light.

Most of the light passing through the clouds is radial, so when choosing the composition method, the photographer also needs to consider other scenes in the scene and whether the addition of other scenes will affect the overall effect of the picture. For example, when shooting the light shining on the lake through the clouds, the mystery of the picture can be enhanced by the wave light of the lake. Sometimes, this wonderful light can be directly used as the object of expression, making the picture more concise.

6. Use surround exposure to shoot a beautiful sunset.

The sunset time is short, but the light is warm, so the pictures taken at this time can give people a warm and romantic feeling. In most pictures, the sun accounts for a small proportion of frames and the light intensity is weak, so it is difficult to master the exposure control. Many photographers turn on the camera's surround exposure function in order to get a satisfactory sunset view.

7. Render the sky at sunset with an orange gradient lens.

At sunset, the intensity of light is very low, and the color temperature is also low, so it often presents a warm orange-red tone. When shooting the sky at the moment, the photographer can also use the orange gradient lens to enhance the color of the sky, make the warmth in the picture stronger and create a certain atmosphere.

The orange gradient lens is a filter that changes from orange to colorless and transparent. It can enhance the color of the sky without affecting the color of other scenes on the ground. The gradient mirror is a natural transition, and there is no trace of transition left in the picture. This is an indispensable photographic attachment for rendering the sky color at sunset.