​Simple 4 tips to take a wonderful mountain photo

In the landscape photography, the mountain with its towering, endless, canvas prints is the subject of the most concerned by photographers. And mountain photography works, not only because of its structure, the direction of their own quality and different, but also by the four seasons, time, light and shadow, near and far and other natural factors, showing a different style; In the process of creative shooting, the mood and thoughts of the photographer are more able to express different themes. Perhaps it is this factor that will bring countless photographers together here; It is also this factor, the same photographer will also be countless times to take pictures of the same mountain - is the so-called "horizontal view of the mountain into a peak, the distance high and low are different"!

Establish the "main peak" position

Majestic peaks, there is no doubt very striking, canvas prints australia let a person it is hard not to focus upon it, and placed it in the center of the picture, so take pictures of the mountains is good, but look around with sweeping the whole mountain or mountain range, all round its changing scene with light, then we can as the visual center - the main peak, to find a better position.

It is best to choose a sunny day to shoot snow mountains. The strong lighting effect can show the light and dark levels of snow mountains and make the picture rich in changes in tone. When composition, the choice of the peak position can have a variety of considerations: put in the right center of the position, can highlight the "egocentric" effect; And the proportion that USES golden section, arrangement peak position, the picture is richer change. In a golden ratio, large canvas prints the author places the mountain on one side, while the other side is the ridge line winding upward. With the snow line under the dark part of the rocks, the holy snow mountain is no longer high, more a bit of intimacy.

In mountain photography, composition is often the first, when the scene is to focus on the whole or part, the position of the subject, etc., need to be carefully considered. When in doubt, it is better to take several shots from multiple angles and ranges.

The difficulty of mountain photography composition lies in the change, which is fully reflected in this work. Different from the usual center method, diagonal method, and three-part method, the author creatively placed it on the side of the picture and very close to the border according to the strange mountain and the craggy rocks. Most of the picture is empty sea of clouds and blue sky. Such a method of composition, usually the picture will be close, solid, dark side tilt, easy to make the picture lost balance. In this work, the picture is not out of balance, but makes the imposing manner of strange mountains, sea of clouds and blue sky complement each other and superimpose each other, forming a sense of power. In mountain photography, the method of composition must be more open and exploratory for different mountain conditions.

The use of polarizers shooting snow mountain, can filter part of the reflection of the snow, more conducive to reflect the texture of the snow. When the snow mountain occupies a large proportion in the picture, it is necessary to increase the exposure of 1~2 levels. The greater the proportion of snow surface, the greater the exposure.

Climb high and wait for sunrise and sunset

Landscape photographers often say with a laugh that we depend on the weather. To depend on the weather means to be lucky with the right weather and light. For mountain photography, this kind of luck is usually achieved by climbing to the top of a mountain at sunrise or sunset.

In fact, a careful analysis of the cause will find that, at a certain altitude on the top of the mountain, the haze covering the scenery, will settle in the lower elevation of the valley and the plain, the weather is naturally different from the mountain; And at sunrise and sunset, oblique Angle of the light shot mountains, more conducive to the three-dimensional performance of the mountain.

All the mountains are immersed in a haze, but only the highest main peak broke through the influence of confusion, standing proudly, in the dawn of the rising sun, brought a transcendent experience of fairyland. Take photos of famous mountains at sunrise and sunset, it is best to have sufficient homework in advance -- through the network to check the local sunrise and sunset time, determine the sunrise and sunset azimuth, in advance to find a good shooting location; It's best to arrive at the spot 40 minutes in advance and observe the subtle color changes in the sky.

If the sun is above the horizon, it is recommended to reduce the exposure by 0.5~1 on the basis of the average metering to prevent the sun from overexposure. The use of a small aperture such as f/22 can not only increase the depth of field, but also increase the starlight effect of the sun by taking advantage of the diffraction phenomenon.

Before sunrise, after sunset, is actually the best time for mountain photography. The dawn before sunrise, the mountains form different shades of blue and gray silhouette effect, especially has a quiet magical creative effect. This is due to the ground scenery by the weak light of the sky, and the transparency of the morning fog caused by the double effect. As a result, we usually see photographers who arrive early before sunrise and don't hurry to leave after sunset.

The sky before dawn will be in a faint blue, the scene in the picture will have a blue tone, can bring a mysterious, quiet feeling to the picture. Near the sunrise, with the continuous strengthening of the sky light, the blue and cool color of the sky will gradually to purple, pink, orange red warm color change, at this time shooting picture dynamic.

Take advantage of the ethereal clouds

Fog and fog appear in the mountains, most in the early morning or after the rain. Especially in coastal areas, sea or plain areas at night humidity is higher, the temperature before dawn is lower, the moisture will condense into clouds and clouds, as the sunrise approaches, the temperature rises, the air will flow.

When fog is over the scene and visibility is very low, this is not the best time to shoot. As the sun breaks through the fog, the clouds begin to drift and slowly disperse, which is the best time to photograph the cloud scene. Under the action of the wind, the scenery time and time, rapidly changing, the best shooting time appeared, clearly presented a mountain, or a lonely tree, are very beautiful subject, must be good at in the unpredictable light and clouds capture the beautiful moment.

At sunrise, when the clouds and clouds are moving up the mountain and the light is changing in myriad ways, the author takes a steep stone wall on the ridge as the main body and USES the natural mountain to capture the misty moment with diagonal composition. The most important thing for shooting cloud and cloud mountain scenery is the contrast between reality and illusion. When the stone wall completely breaks through the cloud and cloud, it is the best time to shoot. When composing a picture, if the clouds occupy most proportion of the picture, it is necessary to increase the exposure of about 1 level to show the whiteness of the clouds. When shooting the fog scene with sunlight, it is recommended to use the setting of solar white balance to correctly restore the color effect of the scene.

On famous mountains and rivers, the rare sea of clouds is the ultimate scenery for landscape photographers to pursue. Such scenery is often seen from the highest peak. The sea of clouds is characterized by its density and thickness, which will block out all the scenery in the low-altitude areas. Therefore, to highlight the contrast between virtual and real, it is necessary to start from the distance and high and low scenery. Usually, the scenery near the shooting point will be presented more clearly due to the high altitude and close distance. Therefore, when taking pictures of the sea of clouds, we should be good at using close-up scenery to enrich the picture.

A hazy sea of clouds prevents the camera from doing autofocus, so you can focus on a clear scene at close range. Exposure to such a mysterious sea of clouds is hard to grasp, and the best way to do this is to use spot metering to aim light at the rock wall hit by the sun.

Improve the feeling of smoothness

When we shoot in a place far away from the mountains, we can only observe the panorama of its undulations, which are relatively gentle and lack of momentum in the works. Especially when shooting with a wide-angle lens, the mountains in the distance are too flat and often fail to hold the viewer's attention. At this point, we need to use some advanced photography techniques to improve the gentle feeling and highlight its dominant position. Foreground enhancement is one of the most direct and effective ways to select artifacts with regional characteristics that can serve as an indication of the location.

After the foreground is added, the focus operation must be accurate, to avoid the camera's automatic focus on the foreground prayer flags, to use manual selection of focus, the focus will be selected in the temple in the mountains. If it is possible to wait in place for more time, waiting for the light to illuminate the middle view temple or distant mountains, the work is more excellent.

Although the light and shadow effect is good, but it can be imagined that if you just take a picture of a cloud and mist covered distant mountain, because of the air transparency, the picture will be due to the reason of weak contrast, not a few. At the bottom of the picture, the author added two relatively gentle ridges as the foreground, which all of a sudden increased the subjective perspective of the work and made the audience, feel as if they were on the scene. And the distant mountain that cloud and mist is enveloped, light and shadow is blurred, added the taste of mysterious and distant of a few minutes more. Note that when adding a foreground; try to darken it to avoid distracting and distracting the viewer.

Spot metering, aluminum photo prints which measures the brightness of distant mountains or clouds and determines the exposure is a great option. The long distance and heavy fog will affect the performance of the work, and the contrast can be appropriately enhanced in the later period to reproduce the feelings of the author at that time.