Shooting skills in the water

The performance of many forms of water, including dew, ocean or river. So how do you come to shoot different subjects, in which the exposure time and play what role? Here you can learn the appropriate knowledge.

Water features rely on movement, surface reflection and reflection to the performance, which makes the corresponding shot is not too easy. Tell you how to use the right technology perfectly capture the water and use some "tricks" to create a completely different atmosphere.

Exposure time on the picture plays a decisive impact on the atmosphere: a short exposure time can be instantaneous movement solidified. This camera can capture the moment the naked eye can hardly notice. Even as the glass in an overflow or a water column of each small water droplets, can suddenly appear.
What kind of exposure you need time, which must be taken through a number of experimental determined. Long exposure time can produce the opposite effect. The longer the exposure time, motion blur becomes. For example, you can use a long exposure time to capture a mysterious stream. Using a long exposure time of the case, we must use a tripod. The only way to ensure that photographs did not shake. Using a tripod Another advantage is that you can focus on the subject, determine the size of view and consider the reflection. When shooting in hand, the exposure time should be longer than the reciprocal of the focal length. For example, you shoot using 60mm focal length, the maximum exposure time can not exceed 1 / 60 sec.

Reduce the image elements

Reduced by reducing the depth of field and shooting range, dew on the photo placed in the center. Only one was really clear record of dew down, the leaves and the background are integrated into in a blur. On the camera you select the "Macro mode" in order to bring the largest possible format dew to shoot down. As for the subject matter you can go and how close shot, depending on your camera in macro mode provides the kind of close-distance, as shown above.

Create fuzzy

Clear stones and rushing water create a collaboration between the understanding of the movement. To get the motion blur effect is very strong need to use 2 seconds or longer exposure time. To do this, you have to "shutter priority" mode (Tv), select the exposure time. Then, the camera will automatically calculate the appropriate aperture. Clear position will appear in fixed places, this can be the stone river can also be a bank. If your camera does not "shutter priority" mode, you can also choose "landscape" mode. In this scene mode, the camera will choose a small aperture, so that at least can get a longer exposure time

Change the color of the water

Use of white balance, you can set the color tone fundamentally. When the white balance in the "light" option, the colors in this picture gives the impression that the overall cool. To reinforce this effect, the best way is to use a white board as the background, and then illuminated by a blue piece of cardboard aluminum foil. Of course, you can simply put a piece of blue as a background to use photo paper. Water and glass will increase the background color, and reflection will make this picture becomes angry. In order to state solidification of the movement of water down, choose 1 / 1000 ~ 1 / 2000 seconds exposure time is necessary, as shown below.

Use of reflection

Clouds reflected in a broad reflection in the water, the flat surface reflection of the sky color. The sky is almost perfect in the photos show up in the abstract, blue plane became the main theme. You go under the "golden section" rule for the photo composition. This means that the important image elements to the page on the ratio at 2:3. The middle of the upper horizon in the photo, such a match will lead to more harmonious picture, as shown below.

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