Shoot the charming sky and clouds

1. The best time to show the sky and clouds

When shooting the sky, the photographer will choose the blue sky with clouds as the performance object, and this situation will be more often seen in sunny days or sunny days after rain. In the performance of the sky, the embellishment of clouds will enrich the picture, canvas prints and various unique clouds can also show their complete shape and white color against the blue sky.

In the performance of the clouds, the photographer will choose to shoot the clouds before and after the sunrise or after the sunset, canvas prints online the clouds during this period of time is often affected by the sun's rays, can give a warm and romantic feeling.

2. Recommended filters for shooting the sky and clouds

Medium grey gradient mirror is a kind of filter that transitions from grey gradient to colorless transparent. It can suppress the brightness of the sky in the dark picture without affecting the exposure of other scenes on the ground. Therefore, floating frame canvas it can make the picture get accurate exposure and show more details of the picture.

When shooting the clouds in the sky at sunrise or sunset, you can also use the orange gradient mirror to enhance the color of the sky, such as clouds. In the performance of the blue sky, you can use the blue gradient mirror to enhance the color of the sky, so that the blue in the picture more rich. If you only show the clouds in the sky before and after sunrise or sunset, you can use the orange filter to enhance the overall color in the picture, making the orange more saturated, bringing more warmth to people.

3. Use telephoto lens to incorporate part of the floating clouds

Sometimes there are beautiful clouds in the sky, but because of the distance, the photographer is often unable to show them better. Many filmmakers prepare a telephoto lens or a large zoom lens to make the clouds more complete and clear.

When choosing to shoot floating clouds with a telefhoto lens, it is usually possible to adopt some flexible composition methods according to the shape of floating clouds to enhance the interest of the picture, or compose pictures according to the shape of clouds to enhance the shape of floating clouds and make them more vivid.

4. Use a wide-angle lens to create a spectacular sea of clouds

Wide Angle lens can incorporate more sea of clouds and get a deeper picture depth of field. Therefore, when shooting the sea of clouds with wide-angle lens, a large area of sea of clouds can be included in the picture, giving a broad visual experience. Under the action of wide-angle lens, the clouds in the picture will also present the perspective relationship of near and far and small, making the picture clearer.

5. Capture the wonderful light that filters through the clouds

Most of the light that passes through the clouds is found in cloudy weather. This kind of light is extremely rare, so it requires the photographer to wait patiently for this wonderful light.

The light through the clouds is mostly radial, so when choosing the composition method, the photographer should also consider other scenes in the scene and consider whether the inclusion of other scenes will affect the overall effect of the picture. For example, when photographing the light shining through the clouds on a lake, the wave light of the lake can enhance the mystery of the picture. Sometimes also can regard this kind of wonderful light as performance objects directly, make the picture appear more concise.

6. Use surrounds exposures to capture sunsets

The sunset time is very short, but the light is warm. The pictures taken at this time can give people a warm and romantic feeling. In most pictures, the proportion of the picture occupied by the sun is small, and the illumination intensity is weak, so it is more difficult to master the exposure control. Many photographers turn on the camera's surround exposure to get a good sunset.

7. Use an orange gradient mirror to render the sky at sunset

The intensity of the light at sunset is very low, and the color temperature is low, so it often shows a warm hue of salmon. When photographing the sky at the moment, the photographer can also use the orange gradient mirror to enhance the color of the sky, so that the warmth in the picture is more intense, creating a certain atmosphere.

The orange gradient mirror is a filter that changes from orange to colorless and transparent. It can enhance the color of the sky without affecting the color of other scenery on the ground. The gradient mirror makes a natural transition without leaving any trace of transition in the picture. cheap aluminum photo prints It is an indispensable photographic accessory for rendering the sky color at sunset.