If you want to capture the fairy spirit of lotus flowers, should you use double exposure, or use slow shutter speed and panning?

It should be said that double exposure and slow shutter speed and panning are both effective ways to add a dreamy feel to the picture. In addition, slow shutter speed and panning are also good ways to add movement to the picture.

1. Let’s review multiple exposure first. “Multiple exposure is a technical method in photography that uses two or more independent exposures and then overlaps them to form a single photo.” Popular To put it simply, it means taking 2 or more photos and then superimposing them into one photo, such as the flowers and fog in the picture below.

It is divided into the following common gameplay methods: clone, afterimage, and overlap.

Thanks to the various black technologies now available in SLRs and mobile phones, it can be said that it is not difficult to take a multiple exposure photo. Although multiple exposures can achieve dazzling effects, it does not mean that You can expose it randomly while holding it. If you want to master multiple exposures well, you must first have a solid basic skills, and then try from the shallower to the deeper. Please refer to the previous article to shoot flowers in spring, try multiple exposures, and have fun and creativity

2. Let’s talk about slow shutter speed and panning, that is, using a slow shutter speed to shoot and shaking the camera at the same time to make the picture dynamic. .

▲Slow shutter + panning to increase the dynamic beauty of the picture.

Photography method: The shutter speed is usually not too fast, 1/4s, 1/8s, etc. are good choices. The aperture is generally set to F32-F22. First, aim at a patch of flowers, conduct average metering, reduce the exposure by 1 stop (in order to make the background darker), hold the camera while pressing the shutter, and shake the camera quickly. When shooting, you can pan left and right, up and down or in the same direction according to your own composition needs.

▲Simulate the "zoom" effect

Of course, there are many special shooting techniques for lotus, such as macro, folding lens + multiple exposure, rotating focus, partial color, tonal creativity, Later, seals, text and other elements are added to achieve Chinese style.

However, it should be noted that if the skills are used properly, they will achieve the purpose of eye-catching and perfectly expressing the theme; but if they are simply "skills for the sake of skills", they will overwhelm the guest and lose the due value of the skills themselves. value.

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