Firefly photography tips

Preparation for shooting fireflies

1 Fix the camera with a tripod

2 Use a small aperture to set a long exposure of about 3-10 seconds, if necessary. Extend the time

3 It is recommended to focus on the fireflies manually

4 Do not use the flash

5 Take more pictures

6 Because Fireflies will fly and some will just leave a trace of light in the sky

7. If you want to take pictures of stationary fireflies and want their bodies to be shown, you need auxiliary light, but the intensity of the light should not be too high. For example, use The light from a mobile phone or something will suffice. In addition, the irradiation time of the auxiliary light? Just flash it for a shorter time than the exposure time of the camera (depending on the situation), so that the bright light of the fireflies can be expressed.

Tips for shooting fireflies

1. Put on a tripod and add a shutter release cable!

2. Properly match the aperture and ISO: it is recommended not to open the aperture to the maximum Less than 2.8 (you still have to rent it if you don’t have a large aperture), and the highest ISO is 800. (F1.2 can open 400, f2.8 is recommended to open ?800-1250)

3. Turn off the focus and switch to manual focus. It is recommended to use B shutter.

4. Little DC, please turn off the flash (fireflies cannot reproduce after being illuminated).

5. If the light source is complex, please shoot RAW files.

6. Turn on noise suppression and noise elimination.

How to take pictures of fireflies

1. Turn the focus of the medium telephoto lens to infinity. When taking a normal viewing angle, the horizontal angle photo will look like this: a small light spot in the distance, and a large light spot in the near distance. Light spot

2. The focus of the medium telephoto lens is at the position where the fireflies fly, about 5-9 meters (depending on the focal length of the lens and the flight position of the fireflies)

3. In use Use a telephoto lens, focus to infinity, stick a homemade flower black card in front of the lens to shoot!

4. Use a medium telephoto lens (or standard lens), focus to a scene 15-20 meters away, and take pictures Take the photo at a slight angle.

▲Depression and elevation angles: Because the focal plane at the focal point extends more horizontally, it is easier to record fireflies flying forward and backward.

5. Use a medium-long focal length lens. The elevated camera shoots at a low angle, with the focus at 9-10 meters.

6. Shoot at a medium height with a medium telephoto, at a slight angle, with the focus at infinity (or far away)

8. Shoot at a low angle with a standard lens of 50mm, set up a tripod Go to a very low altitude and tilt the lens slightly! In this shot, the fireflies will fly higher than the lens

9. Finally, I would like to share an experience: Because the fireflies fly in a large range, under a large aperture, the focus is The area can be presented in a very small range, and one focus can often only capture a small part of the firefly's flight path. Therefore, it can be suggested that in the long exposure of the same photo, the focus distance of the shooting can be changed, which will have the following similar effects!

10. Taking the exposure of 7 minutes as an example: you can cut the first 4-5 minutes Go to infinity or a farther focus point to expose the entire scene.

In the remaining 3 minutes, depending on how many meters away the firefly is flying, turn the focus to how many meters away it is! You can change it 2-3 times or even more times! Of course, you can also experiment in reverse, and the fun of photography will be there. In these experiments!