Seven key points of rime photography

Photo taken by Cui Yi in Wonderland where the fog covers the cold river

Whenever winter comes, on both sides of the Songhua River, the evaporated water vapor in the river will condense on the branches as expected, forming a rime that looks like ice and frost. Different kinds and shapes of trees condense strange honeysuckle overnight, which has a unique sense of beauty.

In order to shoot a unique rime landscape, we must skillfully use different shooting techniques according to the characteristics of different rime landscape in order to get a different picture.

Selected styling

For shooting rime, the composition layout needs to choose the expressive rime main body: the tree shape is strange to beat the whole tree, but the tree shape is not easy to choose the part; the people are in harmony, and the objects are combined with ingenious composition. Only by carefully selecting peculiar scenery and tree forms can we help to make the strange posture of rime brilliant.

Shooting the midrange and close-up of the rime should focus on showing a certain part and detail of the rime and showing the subtle characteristics of the rime. By showing the part of the rime in a magnified way, the audience can fully observe the texture of the rime and portray the external image of the rime.

Pay attention to echo

In shooting rime, we need to pay attention to the harmonious echo between rime and characters, buildings and other scenery, and skillfully make use of the relationship between the subject and the companion, such as primary and secondary, size, front and back, light and shade, so as to make the companion give full play to the role of the main body. The main body and companion should be scattered together, and it is best not to overlap and interfere with each other. The choice of companion can neither dominate the subject nor affect the aesthetic effect of the picture, accurate composition, and strive to balance the picture. In terms of color configuration, tone application and structural arrangement, it is necessary to ensure that the picture composition has a distinct personality.

Skillful use of light

It is necessary to know the local weather conditions in advance, arrive at the shooting point at dawn, select the rime landscape, and seize the opportunity to shoot when the light is right. As the sun rises slowly, the rime in the dark will slowly become glittering and translucent, and this is the best time to shoot rime. Smooth light shooting can fully show the natural beauty of rime and better show the hue, brightness and saturation of rime. Backlight and side light shooting can not only avoid reflection, but also well show the outline texture and level of rime.

Shooting a single color rime beauty, need to seriously consider the inclusion of different colors, to add life to the picture, enhance the hierarchical sense of the photo. Shooting rime before and after sunrise, in the fog, the picture will show rich changes in tone. Near noon, the ground temperature rises, the rime begins to melt and fall, and the breeze blows the falling rime flying in the air, which is a good time to catch the rime falling, render poetic, and use different shutter speeds according to creativity to capture the beautiful picture.

Flexible angle

Different tree shapes are conducive to showing the different beautiful shapes of rime, and we should consciously use flexible viewing angles to take the scene. For example, the ingenious use of wide-angle lens low-angle upside-down shot helps to show the tall, straight and magnificent rime, and the photo can give people a stronger impression.

Skillful use of prospects

Rational use of different prospects will help to improve the composition and achieve the role of rendering and highlighting the theme. Tree trunks or branches can be placed on the upper or both sides of the picture composition to help the audience's line of sight be naturally directed to the main body of the middle and long-range view to take the depth of the picture. Frame foreground is the most commonly used, frame can choose pavilions, doors and windows, branches and other aesthetic objects and landscape, but also can directly choose rime as the prospect of composition.

Purify the background

Skillfully grasping the scenery with rich local characteristics as the background is the premise of shooting rime. With the help of the blue sky background to set off the beauty of rime, the white "Yushu" is reflected under the blue sky, and the picture is clear, concise and beautiful, which is the most simple and effective way to shoot rime. The use of polarizer to eliminate light reflection can make the blue sky bluer and the rime whiter.

Accurate exposure

Shooting rime exposure, according to the actual situation of the shooting scene, flexible use of "white plus black subtraction" in order to obtain accurate exposure. If the white part only accounts for 1x3 or less, and the tone is mainly dark, it is necessary to subtract the exposure compensation by 1GP3-1 to make the color more layered. When the white occupies 2 beat 3 or the reflection is strong, the exposure increases by 1 stroke 3-1.