​Ecological macro photography skills

The most attractive part of macro photography is that it can present the details that people usually ignore in our eyes, canvas printing giving us unprecedented visual impact. In the macro world is very wonderful, today you can follow the micro classroom together to continue to analyze the secret of the macro world.

1. Traditional composition and scenery

Macro composition has inherent advantages, canvas because the photography itself is subtraction, cut out the messy part of the picture. In terms of thinking, the composition of macro photography can be divided into two categories. One is the key composition, in which the subject is placed for shooting. The second is the composition method of average distribution. The premise of such shooting method is that the picture should have diversity and consistency. When both are available, you can choose the composition method of average distribution to shoot.

2. Reasonable use of light for distribution

Light is the most fundamental condition of photography, floating canvas frame and also the most abundant means to use in the changes of photography. There are two types of direct light shooting in ecological photography, one is natural light with weak supplementary light, and the other is completely artificial light. Side light is usually used to shoot objects that are transparent to the subject, usually against a dark background. Backlighting generally requires a combination of silhouette effects and lighting.

Supplementary light is also very important in shooting. The most commonly used ones are ring flash and double head flash. The light given by ring flash is very even in shooting. The use of two-head flash to shoot will be very good to present the sharpness and level of the subject, that is, we say low resolution contrast. Ecological macro photography outdoors when most of us choose to use double flash to use, by changing the incident Angle of light, to create the ideal lighting environment, also has a lot of play in the filming, in the use of double flash when shooting part in subject biological glasses can present a similar lenses effect of light, relative to the ring flash on double flash add diffusers will be more convenient.

At present, many photographers like pictures with strong contrast, which often have a sense of story, and so do macro photography. At this time, we often choose side backlight for shooting. Under the condition of side backlight, we can choose a dark background, which can further expand the contrast of pictures. Especially when photographing plants, the color of plants will appear more transparent under the effect of side backlight.

3. Shooting Angle

Different perspective will bring different aesthetic feeling to the same picture. A 45-degree slanted semi-top view does not create a visual impact. In general, ecological macro photography USES a horizontal perspective to balance the subject and the photographer. In addition, there is an overlooking perspective, to achieve "completely vertical"; such a perspective is suitable for shooting a rich variety of subjects. There is also a lower elevation Angle, suitable for wide-angle and fish-eye lenses to shoot.

4. The principle of addition and subtraction

Because of the magnification, macro photography is easy to apply the principle of subtraction. In photography, the theme is very prominent when the picture is simple, but the oversimplified picture will weaken the performance of the content. In wide-angle macro photography, the principle of addition will be applied.