First, choose the appropriate lens
Good photographic equipment is half the battle. The selection of equipment for shooting rape flowers can be summarized into three key words: "large aperture", "telephoto" and "macro"
1, macro lens
Macro lens is born for shooting close-ups, which can not only avoid the influence of the environment on the subject to the greatest extent, but also give the most incisive interpretation of the beauty and elegance of a small cluster of rape flowers.
2, telephoto lens
Using telephoto lens can not only blur the background, but also effectively cut the background and put unnecessary messy background outside the view frame.
3. Large aperture
Large aperture can achieve a very good background blur effect, so that there will be no messy background to take away the eye when shooting rape flowers. Create a very small depth of field with a large aperture or set macro shooting directly to create a clear stamen and hazy background.
Second, looking for multi-angle light
1, shoot along the light
Sunlight is the most commonly used lighting method in photography. Sunlight shooting can truly record the elegant characteristics of rape flowers, and can also better show the "blue" of the blue sky when the sky is used as the background. However, if all the photos are taken along the light, it is inevitable that you will be tired after seeing too many photos of the same type.
2. Backlight shooting
Rape flowers are dense and the characteristics of flower shape are not obvious, so they are not suitable for backlighting. However, the petals of rape flowers are very bright and reflect light very well. If you shoot against the light when shooting a big scene, the layering and spaciousness of rape flowers and background shot against the light can be strengthened.
3, low sensitivity
When shooting, you can choose to reduce the sensitivity as much as possible, so that the details of rape flowers can be more delicate. It is best not to exceed the sensitivity of ISO250 for card machines and ISO400 for SLR cameras.
Third, clever composition
1, avoid "full" composition.
The blooming rape flowers will inevitably make the picture lose its focus, and it will tend to be dull without the main points. In the big scene full of rape flowers, there must be a finishing touch or a proper blank space. The combination of primary and secondary composition is more likely to highlight the lush rape flowers because of the comparison effect.
2. Close-up or close-up shooting
3. The sky is the background
Rape flowers are light in color, clustered, and small in single flower. Because of the green leaves, it is difficult to take a fresh look of the bustling flowers, so it is necessary to melt all the flowers into the bright blue sky, reflecting the beauty of Zhang Xiangrong Japanese.
4, tree trunks or ancient buildings as a foil
Fourth, witty framing
The flowering period of rape is not long, so Shang Huashi will be more concentrated, which will inevitably lead to very noisy scenes. If you want to shoot beautiful flowers, you must think about how to simplify the background. And framing is often the key to success.
1, choose an unusual scene
Try to choose a place where the background is relatively clean and concise. If there is a situation where people can't escape, the back shot is a good compensation method.
2. Stand tall and look far.
So-called? "I don't know the true face of Lushan Mountain, but I am only in this mountain", so we in Shang Huashi should be in the sea of flowers, but we should try our best to stay away from the sea of flowers when shooting big scenes.
3. Pat the object next to the flower.
In addition to taking pictures of rape flowers, we sometimes need to find some backgrounds that can reflect the environment at that time, explain the background of the site or add charm to the photos.