Take good plant macro photography

Spring flowers and autumn leaves are probably the most frequently used images related to the word "nature". Whether it is in the fields and mountains, or in the corner street, canvas prints or even in the couch window, we have the opportunity to enjoy the figure of the plants. In order to retain these beautiful, we can certainly resolutely rushed to the equipment city wantonly procurement macro lens.

You don't have to pick a fight with your wallet. Plants don't run away, they don't shy away, they don't move around, and nature makes perfect subjects. In that case, online canvas why not seize every chance encounter and inspiration, and let us practice the key points in a leisurely way. A small card machine, even a mobile phone camera can take the perfect picture without losing the SLR. Let's take plant macro photography as an example and briefly talk about how to play with the equipment at hand.

Narrowing the distance

As long as you are willing to close, aluminum mounted photos the foot of the humble plantain small inflorescence can also be beautiful. "If you're not good enough, you're not close enough." The quote, attributed to war correspondent Robert capa, has become an essential tenet of photography. For natural macro photography, this is also the first rule to follow. As long as we are good at discovering and approaching, we can open up new horizons. In most cases, a single flower in a picture has more impact than a few individual flowers. So we should choose a single flower when shooting, and put it in the middle of the screen or golden section.

Consider Angle

Looking at it from another Angle, the petite aster suddenly seems lively. Because of "material" and "coke", the depth of field is controlled. "I also want to take a picture with an empty background!" This question is my biggest wish when I first learned photography, of course, it is also very simple. The first thing you need to understand is depth of field. The larger the depth of field, the clearer the background, the smaller the depth of field, the more blurred the background.

Depth of the scene is conducive to highlight the details of the features

Magnolia paddock's two-color blood tonic grass - scene depth of the picture, is conducive to highlight the details of the characteristics, background is also very clean. Depth of field is related to three points: first, the aperture of the lens, the size of the aperture is inversely proportional to the depth of field; the focal length is also inversely proportional to the depth of field. Finally, the shooting distance is proportional to the depth of field. Sound a little lost? Never mind, just follow these steps: Turn your camera or phone on macro mode (usually represented by a small flower) to maximize distance.

2. Zoom the lens to the maximum focal length, which is "zoom to the nearest".

3. If the camera has an aperture priority mode (usually denoted by the letter A), set the aperture to the minimum acceptable value (minimum aperture, maximum aperture, e.g. F4).

Choose the closest distance you can focus (most cameras will have an autofocus sound), keep your hands steady, and press the shutter release to keep you alive!

In summary, shallow depth of field is "close, close, small aperture", isn't it easy? However, learn to properly use the depth of field composition, can also not blur the background and get good shooting results. Appropriate use of a bit of depth of field can also create a good mood

The trumpet creeper in the corner -- the appropriate use of a deeper depth of field can also create a good mood. "Let there be light". The blooming winter jasmine under the sun, the color of spring in the lens will not fade.

Try to choose a time when the sun is softer

Since photography is a technique related to the reflection of light, light is of course indispensable. Since the vast majority of nature control the masses do not have money to buy sharp weapons, in order not to cause the target white, background black cup, we only discuss the shooting without flash.

Of course, the light is also about, try to choose a softer time of the sun, such as: morning and evening, sunny clouds and so on. Also, you can stand in the flower's backlight so that you can take advantage of a very spectacular (and limited) backlight.

Another perfect time to shoot is on a clear day after a rain, when the sky is still covered with clouds and the flowers are still covered with raindrops. Of course, if you have a watering can handy, you can make it rain.

Take advantage of precious light in a dim environment

Water droplets hang from the lupine leaves in the greenhouse. Take advantage of precious light in a dim environment.

Defeat blur, defeat shadow

Since the flowers are usually posted to the side, the arm wobble is the biggest problem, but if you can't get a good picture, try these tips:

1. Use a simple tripod. Of course it costs money... But sometimes it's easier to create a "human tripod" with your surroundings or body parts: using the surrounding rocks to hold the camera in place, for example, or putting your elbows on the ground.

Choose calm times. When it's windy, first try waiting for the flowers to stop quivering, or use your body or clothes to block the wind (remember not to block the light). Or use a very slow shutter speed, so that you can see the flowers moving (when you press the shutter, you can see the flowers moving), and you can "see" the wind. Try this "wind watching" method and you may fall in love with this shooting method.

The slow shutter speed recorded the falling spring snow, especially the fruit branches of the southern snake vine under the snow.

Increase the shutter speed. The "safe shutter speed" is usually 1/ focal length second, for example, for a 100mm lens, the safe shutter speed is 1/100 second. You can choose shutter priority mode (usually denoted by the letter S) when the automatic mode is unable to get a clear image, generally speaking. 1/200th of a second or faster shutter speed is enough to eliminate the effect of wind. In addition, large canvas prints for sale improving the camera's ISO is also an effective way to ensure the shutter speed.