The weather in the south is slightly warmer, and the plum blossoms have bloomed during this time; The north will gradually bloom after a while, and today I will share with you five ideas for shooting plum blossoms.
1. Camera settings
Shoot floral subjects, set to "aperture priority" exposure mode, and sensitivity auto lets the camera automatically adjust the shutter speed based on your aperture value and ambient light.
One thing to say is "focus", shooting with autofocus, shooting with "AF-S (single autofocus)" with "single point focus", so that the shooting accuracy is higher.
Now it's convenient to have a camera with a touch screen, and you can tap your finger directly on the screen to focus, making sure the focus point is the flower you want to shoot.
Second, shoot the flowers
Place the plum blossoms in the middle of the frame and shoot with a "centered composition". As long as you have a large aperture lens or telephoto lens, you can show the details of the flowers very well, and the background will be very clean.
If you don't have a large aperture or telephoto lens, you just need to be close enough to shoot even with a pullover, even with a mobile phone.
Third, use "diagonal" composition
When shooting plum blossom branches, you can use a lot of "diagonal" composition, so that the picture can be fuller and dynamic. When shooting with diagonal composition, you must control the contrast between virtual and real pictures, otherwise the picture will look very messy.
Fourth, blur the prospect
When shooting large clusters of plum blossoms, just shooting the picture like this will look chaotic and monotonous, if you can find some foreground for occlusion and blur, then the combination of virtual and real will be much richer. And it is best to shoot this effect with a telephoto lens, so that the compression of the picture will be better, and the plum blossoms will not look so scattered.
5. Photograph parts
If you feel that the above shooting method is too messy, you can choose to shoot less and only part of it. Let the plum blossoms occupy the picture, and leave the other half blank.
Just shooting is to choose a slightly cleaner background, if the background is too complex will directly affect the plum blossoms, resulting in the plum blossoms are not prominent enough.
Sixth, find bonds
Simply shooting plum blossoms, no matter how you shoot, it will look monotonous. But if you combine the environment with plum blossoms, the picture will be rich.
If you want to combine the environment and plum blossoms, it is best to choose a telephoto lens for shooting equipment, which is more convenient to shoot and easier to shoot.