How to take good pictures of trees?

In landscape photography, trees often appear as supporting roles, and we can also take trees as representative subjects to make them really full of vitality in the photos.

Extension of tree

Except for trees that grow naturally, most of the trees we can see now are planted artificially in a planned way. When we walk in the park, can we find this neat and orderly formal beauty? If found, how to show it? A wide-angle lens is a good choice. Wide-angle lens not only has a wide viewing angle, but also has a strong perspective deformation effect. When it is used to shoot close-up scenes with similar shapes and orderly arrangement, it can produce obvious visual extension effect in the picture. This effect not only meets the photographer's psychological need to rearrange the existing landscape in the film according to his own aesthetic and visual angle, but also points out the direction for the photo viewer's line of sight.

Order of trees

Naturally growing trees can also be full of order and formal beauty in the photographer's lens, and lush branches can play a role in dividing the picture area in the photo. As an auxiliary scenery, the existence of trees is irreplaceable by other scenery, because its function can be played properly and quietly.

Tension of trees

Like other seemingly unremarkable landscapes, with the help of photography, trees can fill the whole picture and become the absolute core of the picture through backlight shaping and exaggerated composition. At this time, the photographer's choice of modeling characteristics and environment will also play a role, so that the picture is both realistic and freehand, giving trees a proud and straight shape.

Strengthen the details and shoot the leaves.

When shooting green leaves, we often use telephoto or emblem to describe the details of green shoots, and use large aperture to blur the background and highlight the main body.

Try to avoid using flash when shooting, which will make the light too stiff. Soft, slightly diffused light is ideal, and it is best to capture scattered light skillfully or shoot in cloudy weather. At this time, we should pay attention to the setting of white balance. When set to automatic white balance, the photo is obviously blue, and you need to switch to white balance to get green.

When shooting, you can carry a small reflector to reflect the light to the shadow area on the green leaves. When the light gets cold. A good reflector can also warm the colors of plants.

Enthusiastic explanation

Leaves are sometimes easily blown by the wind. If necessary, you can increase the ISO value to increase the shutter speed.