What is floating leap gold?
"Floating gold" refers to the spot or reflected light on the water surface or reflecting surface, which usually appears when taking landscape photos or buildings.
Suggestions and settings
1, camera selection and lens selection
First, you need to choose a camera and a lens to meet your shooting needs. Shooting "floating gold", choosing a full-frame camera with large photosensitive element or APS-C frame of the camera can improve the light collection ability of the camera.
In addition, wide-angle or ultra-wide-angle lenses, such as 16-35mm lens or 14-24mm lens, can better capture the "floating gold" effect.
2. Use tripod and cable to release.
Using a tripod can ensure the stability of the camera, reduce the risk of image blur and capture more details and colors. Using cable release on tripod can reduce camera vibration and maintain camera stability.
3. Exposure Settings
F-stop: Choosing a smaller aperture, such as f/ 16 or smaller, can increase the depth of field and make the whole scene clearer. Shutterspeed: Choose an appropriate shutter speed, such as 1/30 seconds or slower, so that the camera can be exposed for a longer time and collect more light.
But make sure that the shutter speed is not too slow, otherwise the image may be blurred. ISO sensitivity: choosing a lower IsO sensitivity, such as IsO 100 or 200, can reduce noise and ensure a clearer image.
4. White Balance Settings
Choosing the correct white balance setting can ensure the accuracy of image color and make the reflected light more obvious. You can use automatic white balance (AWB) or manually adjust the white balance to make the color of the image more accurate.
5. Focus setting
In the focus setting, you can choose manual focus or auto focus. It is suggested to use autofocus to ensure the clarity of the image, and choose single-point autofocus or central-point autofocus to ensure that the camera focuses on the reflected light more accurately.
6, polar angle mirror
Using polar mirror can reduce reflected light and light, increase color saturation and contrast, thus improving the effect of "floating gold".
7. Selection of shooting angle and composition
Usually, choosing a suitable low angle can capture reflected light and light better and reduce ground interference. In addition, the composition using one-third or golden section line can make the image more aesthetic.
8. Shooting time
Choosing the right shooting time is also important. You can choose to shoot at sunrise or sunset to reduce strong reflected light and light and get softer light.
9. Shooting mode
Choosing manual shooting mode can better control the camera parameters and make the image more personalized. In addition, you can take multiple photos in continuous shooting mode so that you can choose the best one later.