What should I pay attention to in insect photography? What are the insect photography skills?

Next, let's take a look at the explanation of insect photography skills.

Show vivid colors with contrasting colors.

Many insects have beautiful colors, such as red, which stand out in the green nature. In fact, this color is also a protective color. In nature, beautiful and bright colors often represent virulence, which can make their natural enemies stay away.

It is not difficult to grasp the picture when shooting brightly colored insects. Photographers only need to use complementary colors as the background of the picture and deliberately highlight the bright colors of insects. Under the strong color contrast, the color characteristics of the subject are further strengthened, and the subject is more independent and prominent in the picture.

It should be noted that different colors usually have different exposure tendencies and have different effects on the camera metering system. Photographers should use spot metering to measure the light of the subject, and make subtle exposure compensation according to the characteristics of different colors, so as to better represent the brightly colored subject.

Vividly display the protective color of insects.

In nature, many insects have good camouflage skills. Protective colors and mimicry are the most typical camouflage techniques. This is the ability of insects to escape from natural enemies in the cruel evolution of nature.

It's hard to find such topics by yourself. When shooting unique insects with protective colors, you don't have to worry about the monotonous color of the picture. In fact, photos of insects with protective colors that blend in with the environment are full of vivid interest. When taking this kind of photos, we need to think backwards and find a shooting angle that is more conducive to highlighting the protective color and mimicry characteristics of insects, so as to show their cunning to the fullest.

Make full use of contrast between light and shade

The light in nature changes quickly. If the subject is bathed in the sun and the background is in the shadow under the illumination condition of side light or backlight, once the light ratio is slightly larger, the photo will be measured by spot metering function to form a perfect black background screen. The photos taken at this time are the same as the still life photos taken in the studio, with prominent subject and strong sense of ceremony.

Shoot butterflies from directly above.

In insect photography, butterflies are the most common and easy to capture. Butterflies are slow in action, low in vigilance and easy to approach, which creates powerful conditions for shooting.

The first thing to determine when shooting butterflies is the shooting angle. Because the butterfly's physical characteristics are special, different shooting angles will produce diametrically opposite shooting effects. Photographers often use the shooting angle directly above, which can well represent the pattern of butterfly wings. The trick of shooting butterflies from directly above is to choose the spread state of butterfly wings, and at the same time, make the focal plane of digital SLR camera parallel to the plane of butterfly wings as much as possible, so that the butterfly wings can be clearly displayed within the depth of field. At the same time, try to use the manual focusing function to reduce the operating sound and avoid disturbing and scaring butterflies.

Shoot the butterfly from the right.

Shooting butterflies at the right angle, like the angle directly above, can often get very ideal shooting results.

Side shooting focuses on depicting one side of the butterfly wings. Photographers should choose the moment when butterflies close their wings or flap their wings to shoot. In addition to representing butterflies, this shooting angle can often well represent beautiful flowers and the head and trunk of butterflies.

It is not difficult to shoot butterflies from the front, because flowers are often in a very low position, photographers must shoot at a very low angle, and at the same time focus accurately without disturbing the subject, so rich experience and many attempts can be successful.

Shoot butterflies from the top.

Many cinematographers are used to shooting insects from the top, but this angle is not suitable for shooting butterflies. Because the butterfly photos taken at this angle, its beautiful wing patterns are often not fully presented.