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In spring, there are many purple and red flowers blooming, and the flowers are stubble after stubble, and photography enthusiasts take pictures one stubble after another.
Some time ago, it was to shoot plum blossoms and plums, and then to shoot rape flowers and magnolia flowers;
Now that the tulips have blossomed, of course, hurry up and shoot them.
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How to photograph tulips?
Shi Mo summed up 3 very practical photography techniques.
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First, how to shoot a close-up of flowers?
The tulips are brilliantly colored, and the flowers take the form of a goblet.
If you shoot a close-up of a tulip flower alone, it is easy to capture the details on the petals and reflect the texture.
When tulip blossoms, connect into pieces.
Because they are artificially grown, the spacing between the flowers is small; often the colors are matched together.
If you shoot a large tulip blooming scene, the eyes are full of flowers and greenery, and it is easy to shoot the effect of "visual feast".
Figure 1
Close-up of tulip flowers.
Figure 2
A grand view of tulips blooming in large areas.
Figure 3
So, when you see tulips, don't be in a hurry to press the shutter.
Before you shoot, think about it – what kind of effect do you want to shoot?
Is it a close-up of the flowers of the tulips?
Or photograph the beauty of the flowers in a large area of flowers?
If it is a close-up of the flowers, then we have to carefully select the subject before shooting.
Or choose a particularly beautiful flower as the subject of photography; or choose a flower with a strange shape as the subject of photography.
In short, it is necessary to choose a characteristic flower as the main body of photography, which can be remembered at a glance.
Then select the photographic companion to clarify the primary and secondary relationships in the photo.
Figure 4
We can choose a beautiful tulip as the subject of photography, and then choose one or two slightly smaller flowers as a photographic companion.
Figure 5
Or take advantage of the height gap of tulips to shoot "standing out".
Figure 6
You can also take advantage of the color gap to shoot "a little red in the evergreen bush".
Figure 7
If the two flowers are about the same size, the bokeh photographic companion can also highlight the photographic subject.
Figure 8
Second, how to shoot "blooming flowers"?
Because tulips are artificially grown, they are usually arranged into many long strips of color according to the color of the flowers.
Because tulips are very colorful when they bloom, they usually put together two flowers with a large difference in color.
So the scene that we see is,
Red next to yellow, yellow next to purple, purple next to pink... Eyes full of jumping colors.
If you are shooting a large area of tulips and the grand beauty of the opening, then pay attention to the overall color collocation of the photo and the smoothness of the lines.
If you want to shoot tulips of different colors with a sense of layering, so that the tulips in front and the tulips in the back show a progressive feeling, you just need to narrow the depth of field - take a clear shot of the middle shot, and blur the foreground and background.
Figure 9
When photographing a large area of flowers, pay attention to horizontal and vertical, it is best to let there be a striking landmark in the sea of flowers, as a visual center to attract attention.
Figure 10
If you want to shoot tulips with a sense of layering, you can use a large aperture to reduce the depth of field and blur the photographic foreground and background.
Figure 11
Third, pay attention to color saturation
The flowers of the tulip are brightly colored and very saturated.
Especially the red tulips, the color can easily overflow. It is particularly easy to "paste" into a large piece when shooting, and the layering of the petals cannot be seen.
How to deal with similar problems?
First, change the average metering to spot metering.
Because the effect of shooting with average metering will make the flowers brighter.
Correspondingly, the chance of color spillage will be higher.
For example, in Figure 12, although the flowers are very beautiful and the overall shape is good, the color saturation is too high, and the color overflow is very strong.
Second, let the photos be exposed a little.
If you're shooting tulips with your phone, or with your camera's auto or semi-auto,
Then it is better to reduce the exposure compensation a little when shooting.
Because, a little underexposure, you can ensure that the color does not overflow while retaining more flower details.
If you're taking a close-up photo, you can also sprinkle a little water on the petals.
Water droplets can make photos look more vivid, and at the same time, because the water droplets themselves reflect light, they can also reduce the chance of the petals "pasting" together.
If you are shooting a "big scene" of tulips blooming, you should also pay attention to the exposure of the photo.
Don't make the tulips very attractive and ignore the accurate exposure of other picture elements.
Figure 12
The red flowers appear to overflow with color, and the petals are "pasted" together, with no details.
Figure 13
The tulips on the ground looked "bright", but at the same time, the clouds in the sky were also exposed, and they were dead white.
Figure 14
Shooting a close-up of the flowers can also sprinkle some water droplets on the petals to increase the flexibility and reduce the chance of the petals being "pasted".
Figure 15
In this issue of photography reviews, ShiMo shared 3 photographic techniques for shooting tulips
1. Take close-ups, highlight the subject of photography, and pay attention to the relationship between primary and secondary;
2. Shoot the big scene, pay attention to the color collocation and the smoothness of the lines.
3, the exposure can be slightly underwhelming, to avoid color overflow, to preserve more details.
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