How to shoot waterscape photograph

1.Choose a rock or tree undertakes collocation.

Taken general of rivers, lakes, whether local or panoramic affect performance, you must choose good collocation of scenery. Under normal circumstances, the water in the rocks, trees, branches and leaves are all very good foil. Note, rivers and lakes shooting method is different, it must be divided into two kinds of case.

First, for rivers, the performance of the focus is on line, s-shaped, diagonal direction of the river, has a strong sense of form. Generally as a foil of trees, rocks and other objects can occupy a large proportion, with trees and other large area the same scene, the same color to strengthen the river line.

Second, because of lakes in this scene, is to "face" is the focus of the performance, such as the plane like a mirror, or sparkling plane, so as a foil scenery etc. Must not be too much, or too, it is best to take up only rarely part of the picture, otherwise it will be a presumptuous guest usurps the host's role.

2.Using the waterfront line to organize the picture.

In most cases we can't use the means such as aerial performance panoramic view of the lake, so only in the shore of lake local. Better way is to use the composition on the shore of lake line series connection has the scenery of the lake, shore and the distance. Lakeshore line overall mostly in the form of C shape, the lake accounted for more than half part of the picture, the sky and the scenery of the shore occupy other than a small part of the picture.

Using the shore line organization image, not only to most objects in the scene together, strengthen the sense of order, can also lead the viewer eye to the deep image, enhance the depth and space feeling.

3.How to shoot the beauty of surface reflection

There is a water scene, the real scene and the reflection of symmetry, this symmetry in line with people's aesthetic feelings, photos will give people a harmonious, natural beauty. To shoot a good reflection effect, it is need some specific criteria:

3.1. There is no wind, the water is quiet, can only be effectively reflected as a mirror of the water on the scene.

3.2. The best scenery itself is backlit, shun is difficult to produce beautiful light reflection. Under the condition of ideal light, the sky and can form a strong contrast, cast a shadow on to the surface is clear and distinct.

3.3. The film ticket reservation. The camera toward the small Angle with the surface of the water some of the best. Perspective if too high, the reflection will be less, and appear very small; View of the low ticket reservation, reflection will be fuller.

3.4. Exposure to accurately. When exposed to scenery and reflection as a benchmark, that is to ensure that live and reflection exposure can be accurately.

3.5. To use the polarizer, but be careful. Because if improper use can eliminate a lot of reflection.

Using a polarizer, and can eliminate the reflection of the water, clear for reflection, and can improve the color saturation of the picture. But if polarizer used improperly, it could be part of reflection also eliminate cannot be taken out of a complete reflection. Therefore, multi angle rotation of the polarizer, to find the best angle

4.Slow shutter magic effect

Use the slow shutter photography movement object, the scene motion trajectory can be recorded, form a kind of motion blurs effect, and these photos have move feeling. By the same token, when filming waterscape, use the slow shutter can shoot the trajectory of the spray flying, silky beautiful.

5.How to shoot a waterfall

Waterfall is the fast-flowing rivers, only is the color of the direction of the flow and the surface is different, because of the splash and trajectory, different from general river. There will be two aspects of performance intention, the simple sense of movement sense of direction and water. For a sense of direction is mainly for composition; and the simple sense of water, it is through the shutter, adjust the shutter speed, to represent the flow of the dynamic or static feeling.

For general waterfall, if your camera shutter speed slower than 1/15 s, spray flow down the dynamic feeling is very obvious, the slower shutter speed, linear feel more strongly, namely the more dynamic, as if is a white satin. If use the shutter speed of 1/60 SEC above, the general will be instantly waterfall splash and water condensation, appeared on the scene is a static water and liquid water mass, shape or glittering and translucent get rid of, or it is strange, very has the beauty of the static.

In addition, the film falls actually not as easy as it seems, the difficulty lies in the exposure control, water shock after rock splash water is very white, and the submerged rocks are usually dark gray, even into black, black and white contrast is bigger, that is, white spray exposure normal rock may be underexposed, rock exposure to normal spray overexposed. Aiming at this situation, can see the stream when shooting skill, in front of the cameras installed in a grey filter, increase the exposure time, but should pay attention to ensure that spray part not to the image.

6.Calm lake

Although sometimes look in front of the splendid lake, very large, but hope the photographer don't try to show this, because usually lake surface is hard to provoke a larger waves, are very quiet, so if there is a large water in the picture, will seem very boring. Photographer should be in the lake on both sides of the material, such as shooting on the far side of the ferry, trees and lakes near the mountains are very good composition elements, etc.

There are, of course, not to say that we don't shoot without wind as smooth as a mirror of the lake, you can create a special atmosphere, such as the water in a pebble stir local spray, and other areas still calm, this picture is very interesting; In addition can also be used to calm to film the sky or the shore of the lake scenery reflection.

7.Morning and evening highlights contrast.

In the early morning or evening, when the sun is near the horizon, the intensity of light falls. Find the Angle of the light or side light shooting river water features, such as images of light and shadow contrast effect is obvious, rich tone level. And because of the change of the color temperature, scene color become red, yellow, this kind of warm color effect will be strengthened in the pictures, give a person warm sense as a whole. Images at this time, the details of the ground clutter may be large shaded area, and the surface will form highlighted area because the reflective, and formed a bright sky echo, contrast with the dark shadows, rich tone levels of images.

Backlight next shot, so we can improve the surface contrast effect. In addition, the manual setting of around 6500 k color temperature, can ensure that the picture has more strong warm color to move (not the function of the model can be set shadow white balance mode). Actually, set shot there's another advantage of high color temperature, color to red yellow migration, makes some very dark area presents certain details, such as the bottom part of the picture.

8.In the morning the transpiration of water vapor enhanced the beauty of the screen

Under normal weather, temperature drops at night, this kind of situation to be continued until the next day morning. But slower than air temperature drop in the water, so in the morning, the water temperature is higher than that of the air temperature, and evaporation of water vapor in the cold air will condense to form large water mist.

This kind of water mist is a thin layer, cover on the water, and water mist above is clean, connect fully, it makes the whole scene looks like a fairyland, have a fantastic beauty. It should be noted that the spring and autumn season in the larger temperature difference between day and night to more easily capture by the beautiful scenery.