Make the scenery more different with the use of reflections

In landscape photography, reflections are often added to make the picture look tenser. What should be paid attention to when creating this type of landscape photography, canvas prints or what kind of questions do you have?

Q: how to shoot the perfect reflection?

It is believed that many photographers love to shoot a beautiful morning and evening scene with perfect reflection. But the prerequisite for a perfect reflection is to find a surface that reflects the sky, which in most cases is usually water. Therefore, it is necessary to observe the local environment before taking photos. If you are at a seaside, canvas picture prints a lakeside or even a fish pond, there are many simple water edges. However, if you are not at the water edge, sometimes a small pool of water, or small water, will have surprising effects. In addition to water, a reflective surface, such as glass or acrylic, is sometimes used to create a similar reflection. But the slow shutter speed discussed in this book can be a handy trick when it comes to dealing with natural water that is often disturbed by the wind, which can blur or distort reflections even by tiny ripples.

Q: what were your thoughts and skills on the shoot?

In the face of a beautiful reflection, the author will often ask himself: do I want to take a mirror image that makes the viewer upside down? Or do we still have to keep it clear? If you want the former, it's best to calm the reflection to match the sky as much as possible, acrylic prints australia as long as the wind is not too strong, use a reduced aperture or even a reduced lens, and moderately slow the shutter down to a few seconds, so that you can get a nearly flat reflection of the water. If you want the effect of the latter, in addition to the exposure time can shorten to less than a second, to reasonably to keep the surface waves are outside, can also be arranged in the picture will attract viewer eyes, such as a person, a canoe, a dead, or a stone, let the viewer to produce a sense of direction, on the image can easily tell the sky and ground fluctuation relationship. These two design ideas have their own attractions; you might as well try to see them when shooting.

Q: what are the gadgets you can use when shooting?

When taking a reflection, there is often a large exposure gap between the actual image, such as the sky, and the reflection. Plus, if you want a slower shutter speed to create calm water, or if you want a slower shutter speed to make it easier for the black card to operate, a moderate amount of dimming will make shooting easier. Therefore, it is recommended to prepare several lenses with different light reduction values, such as ND8, ND64 and even ND400, which will be indispensable for you who like twilight photography.

In addition, polariscope, which is often used in landscape photography, can be a useful gadget for taking reflections. In normal use, the purpose of polarizer is to filter out the polarized light on the surface of the subject, so that the reflection on the surface of the subject disappears and the image becomes more vivid and three-dimensional. But when taking a reflection, we can do the opposite, deliberately rotating the polariscope to the point where the water or the reflective surface reflects the most light, making the reflection more realistic and the mirror more visible.

Q: what was the idea of composition?

The best visual way to create a perfect mirror image is to split the frame in half and use 1/2 composition. But in many older photographers, even in photography books, it is always recommended to use 1/3 composition or any other composition method, but not 1/2 composition. But in my opinion, the composition depends on the subject and the feeling you want to convey. Since you want to show a perfect mirror image, why not take the most intuitive 1/2 composition?

In addition, when shooting reflections, it is not necessary to lay a large reflection at the bottom of the picture. Using a small pond or a small bank of water, part of the main part of the picture is arranged in the reflection, which is another way to express the world in the mirror.

The author would like to give you advice: large photo in the face of such an interesting subject reflection, do not limit your creativity, do not stick to the traditional photographic composition thinking, please boldly play your imagination, shoot more interesting pictures.