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The original title: "the most perfect strategy for photography of urban scenery"

Today, I would like to share with you a detailed strategy for photography of urban scenery. We will explain it from the following six aspects.

1, equipment selection

2, sunrise and sunset

3, night view of blues

4, Black Gold City

5, track shooting

6, urban architecture

First, the selection of the fuselage lens is recommended to use the full-frame fuselage, the focal length of the lens will not be lost, otherwise the wide-angle lens commonly used in shooting scenery will be wasted. If you use the fuselage of an APS-C frame, which is equivalent to multiplying the focal length by 1.6 times, the field of view will be greatly reduced. If the budget is really limited, buy an APS-C picture, then be sure to buy a wide-angle lens dedicated to it, without losing focus.

In addition, some students are concerned about whether the medium picture is worth buying in the end. For the theme of urban scenery, the medium picture is OK. Its advantage is that the static shooting quality of the low sensitivity is very excellent, but for portrait snapshots, dark light photography, and galactic starry sky, the medium picture has no advantage, because its high-sensitive picture quality, focus and continuous shooting speed is far lower than the full picture. So if you want comprehensive performance, suitable for a variety of themes, full frame is the best choice.

In terms of lenses, there are more cityscape shots of large scenes, and the utilization rate of wide-angle lenses is more than 90%. For example, the advantage of 18mm, 16-35, 14-24 18mm fixed focus is that the distortion is small, and the large aperture can also capture the starry Milky way. Recently, my work is using Panasonic 18mm 1.8.

Panasonic S5 + 18mm 1.8

Panasonic S5 + 18mm 1.8

There are also local scenes shot by telephoto, such as shooting parts of distant buildings and bridges, 85 or 70-200 are more commonly used, and 400mm is rarely used.

Panasonic S5 + 85mm 1.8

This is a Chinese bottle photographed by climbing the stairs. I am used to wearing 85mm most of the time, because it is light, and the large aperture can also take into account the night scene portrait. If the 85mm focal length is not enough, I will bring 70-200. I rarely use this kind of focal length, because there is indeed a difference between the picture quality and the aperture.

Second, urban sunrise and sunset backlight should be combined with the scene to consider the direction of the light source

That is, which is more appropriate, sunrise or sunset

If all the directions are right,

Just consider the details and whether it is convenient to shoot.

Hong Kong Taiping Peak, flight seat facing east

So we can only photograph the backlight of the sunrise.

I was just in time for the low-pressure cloud when I was shooting.

The scene of upper and lower layers is formed.

Guangzhou Liade Bridge seat

It is characterized by CBD's glass curtain wall texture.

Only the light from the sunset can shine directly on the building.

The video of the scene of the hunting de plane.

Panasonic S5+18mm 1.8

Use Haida ND1000 to draw wire on the water surface

Plane seats in Datang Village, Guangzhou

Sunrise and sunset are pure side light.

I went three times in the morning with the sunset.

Found a small boat in the morning to add to the humanistic atmosphere.

Datang location scene video

Panasonic S5+18mm 1.8

Using Haida CPL to reduce the reflection of water surface

Beijing China bottle

Sunset side backlight, sunrise side smooth light

The sunrise side is the best, but it is difficult to climb the stairs in the morning.

So we can only shoot in the afternoon.

Scene video of climbing plane

Panasonic S5+85mm 1.8

Third, the theme of urban architecture should capture the details of the building.

Express lines and structures with local characteristics

Use the composition of a special angle to express a unique perspective.

When shooting, the influence and distortion of ambient light should be considered.

Beijing Lize SOHO

It is a hollowed-out building from east to west.

So we need to find the best angle of light.

I went there four times in four days at different times.

There are stars on the roof at noon, but the color is ordinary.

The afternoon sun rendered the interior into a warm color

In the end, I chose to shoot at 4 p.m.

Panasonic S5 + 18mm 1.8

The window of the old city of Kashgar

The window shape of each street is different.

We should not only choose the appearance, but also look at the light.

If you shoot the window in a smooth light, you will have a sense of being illuminated.

In order to reduce vertical deformation

Try to stand across the street and shoot.

Draw closer with the middle focal section and stretch deformation in the later stage

Panasonic LX100m2 24-75 f1.7

Beijing COFCO Plaza staircase

The stairs should be photographed in the direction of a light source.

In order to form the level of light and shade, the expression structure.

This kind of scene relies on ultra-wide angle to reflect tension.

Panasonic S5 + 18mm 1.8

Guangzhou Grand Theater sinking Square

Shot from the doorway of the square, frame composition

Need exposure synthesis + depth of field synthesis

This is a video of the scene.

Leave space around when shooting.

Convenient for later correction of distortion and cutting

18mm fixed focus distortion control is much better.

Guangzhou Grand Theater ground Plaza

When shooting at sunset, the building has light and dark layers.

Highlight the three-dimensional sense and contrast with the prospect

The vertical structure is taken upside down, and the distortion is large.

Tensile distortion with deformation tool in the later stage

This seat was taken in Haolao Street, Longmen, Chongqing.

Navigate the entrance of "both downhill sunyata Hotel"

The flight seat is on the left-hand side of the step.

Use depth-of-field synthesis and surround exposure to shoot

Panasonic S1H + 24-105f4

Chongqing Halo Shopping Center

Express the structure by the lines of the ceiling

So choose to shoot at noon, the light and shadow is the most obvious.

In the later stage, the monochromatic collocation is more prominent.

Chongqing Longxin Huayang four Seasons

Looks like the rainbow village in Hong Kong

But I think it's more three-dimensional than Rainbow Village.

The lines seem to be out of order, but in fact they contain rules.

The plane is located at 1399 Jingwei Avenue, Jiulongpo District.

Shoot with medium and long focal length on the overpass

Panasonic S1H + 24-105f4

Night view car track is not the main body, but the prospect

We need to find a subject with characteristics.

You don't need a dimmer to shoot the tracks.

The exposure time in the night scene is already long.

The shutter time is determined according to the green time.

It's a little shorter than the green light.

Because the tracks are smooth when driving at a constant speed.

So get rid of the time to start and stop

If you want to shoot the taillights of the car, the color is better.

Aerial photograph of Liade Bridge in Guangzhou

The track of the bridge serves as a guide.

Beijing Yinhe SOHO climbing seat

The tracks on both sides act as frames to surround the main body.

Black gold, blues city black gold is not really black

By no means reducing saturation to black and white

But a low-purity blue-gray.

That is, "metal ash."

Black gold photos suggest shooting local buildings.

Because too much gray in the big scene will be oppressed.

It is better to choose glass curtain wall buildings.

It is easy to reflect the texture of metal.

The above picture was taken on the roof of Xinda Plaza in Tianjin.

Shoot with medium and long focus, and the track is used as the foreground guide.

VI. The night scene of the city contrasts with the bright neon through the blues.

So choose a building with good lighting.

Shoot in the blues time

Chongqing Grand Theater Metro Station exit 3

Filming Qiandongmen Bridge with 100mm focus

Panasonic S1H + 24-105f4

Moon theme, don't just shoot a big moon.

The landscape must embody the regional characteristics.

If everyone has a big moon, there is no recognition

This is the seat in my bathroom.

In the Mid-Autumn Festival shooting last year, the moon was on top of the TV tower.

Panasonic S1 + 85mm 1.8

Separate the moon from the landscape and surround the exposure.

Part of the cutting was carried out in the later stage.

Xi'an Furong Garden

Use the eaves of ancient buildings as the foreground

Panasonic S1 + 85mm 1.8

Surround exposure + depth of field synthesis

Chongqing Guotai Art Center

This building lies in the local details and levels.

Each post is a seal, and the lights are on at 8 o'clock.

The black background contrasts with the scattered red.

The combination of ancient and modern times

The design inspiration comes from multiple bucket arch members.

The use of traditional bucket arch space interspersed form

Express the connotation of traditional architecture in a modern and concise way

Therefore, urban landscape photography does not have high requirements for equipment, nor does it involve very difficult shooting techniques and picture quality problems, so it is very suitable for beginners to enter through urban scenery, mainly to find an attractive subject, which may be a piece of building. it may also be local details, and then shoot at the best time. Simple themes want to express new ideas, but also test the photographer's ability to innovate.

This is the end of the photography skills of urban scenery.

Please take a look at more works next.

This article is from the official account of Wechat: light and Color World of Shadow Leaf (ID:wangyikai-2016). Author: shadow Leaf.

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