5 tips for taking good butterfly pictures

Ecological butterfly photography in addition to skills you will also need to a certain understanding of each species, and the equipment selection is also important, because different species have certain habits, they will not content with the present situation for your shooting, But I believe that as long as know the following four tips, you should have been able to shoot the satisfied photo, let me share some of my photography skill!

In general, I think shoot butterfly photographic is best to have a telephoto lens and a macro lens, you can also need a flash, macro lensmainly used as the corresponding some tiny butterfly or stable type. For example, butterfly, butterfly, butterflies, etc. The butterfly dielectric heart is not high, there are a certain extent, so the focal length for 100mm above, hereinafter referred to as " micro". Just put light footsteps close to carefully still can let you make a satisfactory picture ~ but a best micro lens is not enough to shoot all varieties. Some varieties are flying high and very quickly, which can't close. At this point is the telephoto lens playing time ~ but telephoto footage is flexibility but low, walking distance to become longer. If use a short focal length you may just need to move the arm. Most of the time they will have some strange Angle, some will open wings to stop breeding, its wings are always great. To shoot him down the success of the positive requires micro lens.

First, pay attention to the shooting angle

Butterflies live in flowers, seemingly mixed and disorderly, if you want to get rid of messy feeling, it is the most effective ways to a shallow depth of field. Of course, I mean by a shallow depth of field is not aperture 1.4 the degree of shallow, but lighter than ordinary insect ecology photography, when using the micro lenses, I personally the most commonly used f / 5.6 to f / 13. To whole adjustment can also clear under the shallow depth of field, let it can jump out in a cluttered environment, so most of the time are taken is on the side of a butterfly. Fritillary belongs to special the up and down or so as long as there is a slight deviation, you also have the opportunity to make fuzzy control. When shooting just little bit to the right, which will cause the left wing is fuzzy. Photography is very convenient, of course, there is no certain specified limits. In addition to the above method you can also try other angle.

Second, with the entire environment, don't be obsessed with magnification

Micro lens is the most common butterfly photographic lens, because it can photograph small butterfly, also almost no "in recent focus distance" problem, so it has a high flexibility. But there is no need to pursue large butterfly? Personally, I think this is satisfied curious feeling more than a piece of work. I this statement is not opposed to macro adjustment photography, of course, just don't addict to everyone. I think it need to put it into shooting ecological in nature, try to go after a bit, flowers and plants, leaf is used as the light before and after the scene, ecological photography can also be very beautiful.

Third, consider cropping when shooting, to shoot first then composition

I often talk to a friend into ecological photography and say to them "ecological photography is a good training for decisive moments. In fact, the ecological photography is very close to this idea, it is necessary for observable way to wait for the best action, pay attention to speed, as the best shot moments which pass fast. At the moment to complete the whole process of photography is really not easy. But the current camera pixels are higher and higher; even many entry-level SLR has amounted to 24 mp high pixel.

Fourth, pay attention to shooting speed

Shutter need between 200 and 2000, according to different kinds of butterfly. It is due to the speed problem, this is the reason why does not mentioned in the above about safety shutter, because filming butterfly need shutter speed already far above the safe shutter ~