Shoot maple leaf

November is coming, in this autumn and winter alternating season, we should look forward to the most "maple journey", canvas prints looking forward to meet with the mountains of red maple, at this time whether you have been rubbing your hands, can't wait for the maple to go? Let's brush up on some of the shooting techniques of the maple leaves before they become red and yellow.

The mountains and forests in autumn began to put on the colorful earth dress, the autumn wind on the mountain always help the sky with a clear blue, canvas prints australia occasionally drifting to a few white clouds to bring the wind message. Mid-november to December is the time of year when the mountains are covered with red leaves. Intoxicant mountain red maple, will be a photographer to pursue the beauty, the mountains will begin to change between the autumn, the yellow and green of the earth began to add red orange, and the pursuit of this profusion of autumn scenery photographer to condense the beauty in an instant, always in the memory of everyone. I hope this introduction of the autumn maple leaf photography techniques, can let the friends of the photography hobby have help.

Shoot maple skill 1: the use of light, flexible use of backlight and transmission light

For those of us who love photography, light is god's carving knife. The aid of light can increase the three-dimensional sense of maple leaves, highlighting the unique atmosphere of the scene. In particular, maple leaf, a photographic subject, is to show the effect of bright colors, big canvas prints the use of light and capture, affecting the final picture presentation, but also related to the performance of the photographer's character. Therefore, the use of light is the key factor affecting the success or failure of a work.

Carefully observe the subtle changes in the light between the maple leaves. Even in the same place, gradually changing the Angle of light over time can make the red maple leaves show completely different colors, layers and even stereoscopic sense. As the Angle of the light gradually changes, the maple leaves begin to show different expressions. Especially in the light, oblique light and backlight differences, can make the maple leaf saturation, has a strong change, and even use light and shadow overlap, to create a unique image.

With polariscope, the picture is more divided, the picture is more divided

When photographing maple leaves, polar scope should be used in time. No matter it is sunny or rainy, polar scope can effectively inhibit the reflection of leaf surface, restore the original color of leaf surface, reduce the reflection of leaf surface, and make the texture of leaf surface clearer. Especially in rainy days, when the light is on the side, the effect is obvious. In the case of backlight, the existing effect of the polar scope cannot be shown on the leaves. However, at this time, the moderate rotation of the polar scope can increase the effect of the blue sky.

You can't change the direction of the light. Move your feet.

Under the condition of backlight and transmitted light, the leaves can be seen through the irradiation or projection of light and become stereoscopic. Under backlight, the leaves and veins of the leaves are more clearly visible. This is also the transmission light effect of light through the leaves, which is more transparent and more colorful than the reflected light effect seen in clockwise light. And there is a great contrast in the shadow when it is smooth, when the difference between the bright and dark parts is too large, it often exceeds the allowable range of exposure; The red maple looks very ordinary when it is smooth, when we change the Angle, the light into backlight or transmission light, the moderate Angle can see transparent and bright red leaves.

Cloudy weather is more suitable for shooting maple red

Sunny days are good for getting contrasting works, but the tone of the leaves is hard at this time. The rain-soaked maple leaves will be moderately moistened to show the soft side of the leaf. If you want to show the transparent softness of maple leaves, then cloudy weather may be more suitable. Basically want to know only with the control that USES light, different weather always has different "maple" feeling. No one can master the changing weather, but your feelings about the environment and your judgment of the moment will be reflected in the works you shoot. Therefore, after you have done your homework, take advantage of the characteristics of the environment at that time and enjoy it.

Shoot maple tip 2: background collocation, add the story of the photo

It is true that red maple is the leading role in maple leaf photography, but if the composition of the picture loses the arrangement of the picture and the choice of the background, and matches with the front and back scenes, the eye out of the viewing window only seeks for the gorgeous red maple, then the picture back is only a pile of bright red and lonely maple leaves. Even when shooting a close-up of the maple leaf, the background factors should not be underestimated. The following background selection and picture arrangement should be paid attention to when shooting the maple leaf.

First of all, the selection of the background should be to highlight the maple leaf, foil the maple leaf for auxiliary, must not steal the limelight. Observe the environment, arrange the placement of the red leaves, or look for appropriate light and composition in the environment of the maple leaves. In this way, it is not only conducive to foil the maple leaf and the current shooting background, but also to show the relevance between the maple leaf and the surrounding environment. In a similar way, arrange the maple leaves, and use the background colors, light and shade, or aperture to create a dramatic maple leaf.

Use add/subtract exposure compensation, or surround exposure

In addition to the arrangement of the selected background and the relevance of the picture, it is very important to increase or decrease the exposure value appropriately. Pay attention to the background brightness, the main maple leaf light Angle, and brightness difference, in which the appropriate increase or decrease exposure compensation, and increase or decrease the amount of compensation. Depending on the contrast between the red leaves and the background and the proportion of the picture, if the width cannot reach the exposure value of the picture you want, it is also an effective way to obtain successful works to use a large surrounding exposure or a black card to control the exposure.

In the above paper, I introduced the use of light and color collocation, as well as the difference of lens focus. The following is the camera equipment as a starting point, and with the traditional and digital differences, to analyze the need to pay attention to the focus of shooting the maple leaf, in addition, the author also particularly strengthen the use of light metering and exposure focus, please follow the author continue to see, you will know how to make good use of the equipment you have to shoot the maple leaf.

Precautions for traditional and digital devices

Although digital cameras are very convenient and can be adjusted after shooting, it is because of this that the photographer is trained to control the exposure freely during the shooting process. But in fact, no matter the digital, or the negative, only to get the correct exposure of the image, in the post-processing (post-production) can obtain a better effect. If the current exposure control of the shooting is too hasty, especially the severely overexposed works, it is easy to lose the color levels and details, no matter how excellent the post-production skills, it is also difficult to remedy. Finally, these overexposed photos as a monochrome processing, and then gorgeous red maple has lost its characteristics. In contrast, underexposed (over dark) works also lose dark details.

How can these situations be prevented? Before shooting, turn on the "highlight priority" and "overexposure warning" of the camera, zoom in immediately after shooting, and detect the brightness and darkness of the picture by the histogram, rather than simply see whether the picture is too dark/bright by the LCD. For full exposure, it is also necessary to use a grader or a black card to control the exposure.

It is worth mentioning that when using a negative camera, the tonality of the negative is the key to affect the color of the picture. In addition to the color, there are also differences in the contrast between different negatives. Prior to doing enough homework, according to the characteristics of different brands and models, choose suitable, can achieve the desired effect of the film, and is also an important factor in the success of this shoot red maple. For example, some brand negatives are easy to highlight the red tone, while some are easy to capture the bright green. Having a thorough understanding of the negatives in advance, I am also quite handy in mastering the current color of the creation. However, the RAW files shot by digital camera can be easily adjusted in the computer according to the properties and creation through software processing. The adjustment of the white balance can change the adjustment of image tonality, color level and color saturation, so that satisfactory works can be obtained. The adjustment of RAW file is an indispensable part of digital photography creation. To understand the image characteristics, and then to deal with the RAW file image is as important as how to shoot and develop the film after selecting the film.

When photographing maple leaves, if overexposed, there will be desideration and lack of tonal levels in the maple leaves themselves. In the case of normal light or side light, there is no need for special exposure compensation, only need to focus on the composition of the picture, whether there is to achieve the artistic conception in the mind, as well as the depth of field control and color matching can be. However, when backlighting, due to the large dynamic range, it is necessary to make necessary exposure compensation for the dark and bright parts according to the actual situation.

Please pay special attention to one point, if you shoot maple leaves from the tree trunk of red leaves, from the bottom to the top, most of the camera balance metering are weighted in the middle of the picture, the brightness of the central part of the picture, directly affect the metering and then affect the exposure, need to pay special attention to. It is suggested to use the manual exposure mode. After the aperture is determined, the exposure value of the main maple leaf can be measured, instead of relying on the automatic mode of the camera. This allows you to make adjustments to the composition so that the exposure is not affected by the camera's misinterpretation.

When using a wide-angle lens to shoot a long shot with a maple leaf, it is usually necessary to reduce the aperture in exchange for a larger depth of field. Due to the small CMOS size of apes-c camera, the depth of field of apes-c is larger than the full width of 35mm. Therefore, if you are using an aps-c frame camera with an aps-c lens, the depth of field will be approximately larger than that of a 35mm full-frame camera. For example, if Canon 7D+10-22mm 10mm and the aperture were reduced to F16, it would be approximately F22 for Canon EOS 5D2+16-35mm 16mm.

In other words, aps-c cameras are easier to take photos with a broad focus and a relatively shallow full depth of field. Therefore, attention must be paid to depth of field control. You can use the camera's depth of field preview button to view before you shoot. Note that the viewing window allows you to view the composition with the maximum aperture when the shutter is not pressed, or when the depth of field preview button is not pressed. In other words, it is easier to create a shallow depth-of-field image with the same lens in a full-frame camera when the subject is shot with a telephoto lens, while the foreground and background are clearly out of focus. If an aps-c frame camera wants to take a depth of field photo in depth, it is recommended to use a telephoto lens with a smaller depth of field, or a macro lens. If you are not familiar with the lens focus section, here are a few video games on the camera's official website to let you experience the visual effects of the different focal sections.

Wide - Angle shot pan - focal, medium - long - focal shot depth of field

The difference of lens also affects the difference of depth of field. The focal segment of lens less than 24mm belongs to wide-angle lens. If you want to take a pan-focal landscape photo with super focal length, you should use wide-angle lens. For close-ups or beautiful scattered shots, use a medium telephoto lens larger than 50mm. Perhaps the reader will ask: "I only have a lens of 24-70mm or 17-70mm. Is that 70mm medium focus?" The basic principle of a zoom lens is to use the wide-angle end of the lens and the floating lens in the lens to enlarge the image to change the zoom section. If 24-70 - mm or 17-70 - mm 70 mm, the zoom in, zoom out can change the composition of a picture but cannot change the depth of field, but the author provide you a free way to take pictures of a shallow depth of field, is to move your steps, lens is close to the object, and focal distance of the object, camera like distance and background of the proportion, the difference can take a picture of the depth of feeling.

The mountains and forests in autumn began to put on the colorful earth dress, the autumn wind on the mountain always help the sky with a clear blue, occasionally drifting to a few white clouds to bring the wind message. Mid-November to December is the time of year when the mountains are covered with red leaves. Intoxicant mountain red maple will be a photographer to pursue the beauty, the mountains will begin to change between the autumn, the yellow and green of the earth began to add red orange, and the pursuit of this profusion of autumn scenery photographer to condense the beauty in an instant, always in the memory of everyone. I hope this introduction of the autumn maple leaf photography techniques, can let the friends of the photography hobby have help. Finally, acrylic mounting I wish you all a pleasant autumn maple tour!