Chaka Salt Lake Travel Guide Chaka Salt Lake Photo Guide

Chaka Salt Lake is located near Chaka Town, Wulan County, Haixi Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province. It is a famous salt lake in rock crystal, which is called "the mirror of the sky". The area in the scenic spot is empty, with a wide field of vision and very strong reflection ability of the lake, which is very suitable for taking pictures. Here are some tips for taking pictures. Let's have a look.

Chaka Salt Lake Chaka Salt Lake is a famous natural crystalline salt lake in Qaidam Basin and the "mirror of the sky" in China. Its salt output can be used by people all over the country for about 75 years. There are many salt sculptures in the scenic area to watch, and you can also take a small train to visit the depths of the salt lake. Visitors can walk barefoot to the lake, watch and photograph their reflections. If they are lucky, they can see the mirage formed on these rivers during the day. If it rains for several days, the salt layer in the lake may be diluted and dissolved, and the silt below will be exposed, so you can't go down to the lake to play. Many small black holes in salt lakes are actually traps. Don't step on them. The darker they are, the more dangerous they are.

Traffic Chaka Salt Lake is located in Chaka Town, Wulan County, Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, 298 kilometers east of Xining and 70 kilometers away from Heimahe Township. It's about 5 kilometers from the town to the salt lake. There is no public transportation, so you can only walk or take a taxi. The taxi for the guests will stop at the intersection of Salt Lake City.

① Xining-Chaka Salt Lake

Passenger transport:

1. Xining Xinning Road Bus Station has a shuttle bus to Chaka Salt Lake every noon 12. It takes about 5 hours by car, and the fare is about 60 yuan.

2. Xinning Road Bus Station has 4-5 buses to Wulan County every day, all passing through Chaka Town. The journey takes about 6 hours, and the fare is about 70 yuan.

Charter: Traveling around Qinghai Lake, you will pass through Chaka Salt Lake on the way. It usually takes 2-3 days to charter a car around Qinghai Lake from Xining.

② Heimahe-Chaka Salt Lake

Passenger transportation: follow the salt truck from Heima River to the lake area, around 50 yuan.

Charter car: Charter car from Heimahe, and the fare is about 200 yuan.

By car: Xining City-Kunlun West Road-Tonghai Road-Xihe Expressway-Beijing-Tibet Expressway-Xidao First Class Highway-Beijing-Tibet Expressway-Yanhu Road-Chaka Salt Lake.

Ordinary ticket: 70 yuan RMB.

Half-ticket: 1.2m- 1.4m children (including 1.4m), full-time students with bachelor degree or below; Residents with valid identity documents in Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai Province; 60-69 years old vouchers are half price.

Free:1children under 0.2m; Older people over 70 years old, active servicemen, disabled soldiers, and retired military cadres; Disabled people (with 1-4 disability certificate) are free.

Photo guide, shooting skills

1. Because you want to shoot the reflection effect, you should use a wide-angle lens;

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Because of the refraction of light, Chaka Salt Lake is recommended to carry a reducing mirror or a polarizer (due to the high reflectivity of the water surface, it is recommended to use a polarizer to control the reflection when shooting to emphasize the color of the lake or blue sky) to avoid overexposure of photos;

3. The best shooting place of tea card is deep in salt lake. If you want to take a good photo, don't be afraid to go to the deepest place;

4. The timely use of trees, stones and other composition elements to create a sense of space in the front, middle and back scenes, or to increase the richness of the picture, such as boats, is also a very important part of shooting;

5. The super wide-angle lens can capture the feeling that the rail extends to the horizon indefinitely;

6. The white balance should be slightly colder when shooting, which will make the sky bluer;

7. You need a powerful flashlight and tripod to shoot the starry sky;

8. The simplest way is to shoot at a low angle, which can be used everywhere.

9. The best shooting time is around 10 in the morning or around 4 pm, and it is easy to have reflections.

How to reflect?

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Want to take a reflection is not only photography, but also personality, so be sure to check the weather forecast before going to the tea card, accumulate personality and pray that the weather will not change suddenly. Not only is it sunny, but there is no wind, so it is better to have a breeze. If the wind is too strong, the lake will completely ripple.

2. The best shooting time is 10 am and around 4 pm, when the light is not too hard and easy to reflect;

3. Don't move around often when shooting, and keep the water calm. Too much walking will make the lake turbid;

If you want to take beautiful photos in the lake, it is not recommended to wear shoes or rain boots, which will affect the aesthetic feeling. The salt particles in the depths of the salt lake are relatively fine, so don't worry.

Tea card portrait shooting guide

1. After shooting a still portrait, be sure to wait for the water surface to calm down before shooting, and pay attention to the clean background, and don't shoot the person behind the subject;

2. Try to move as much as possible when shooting dynamic portraits. The premise is that you stand on the lake first, and when the level of the lake calms down, you suddenly rush to the photographer to capture and shoot the beauty of moving and quietness;

This kind of wide-angle lens for photography looks more beautiful. If you shoot with a flat-focus lens, the distance between the camera and the subject will be further narrowed;

4. It will be more natural to take photos on the rails of Chaka Salt Lake, and the subject should try not to look at the camera;

5. It is basically consistent with the photography method on the railway track, and pay attention to the proportion of salt lake and sleeper in the composition;