Reflecting, it seems that we pay much more attention to the moon than to the sun, I think of legends and most speak of the moon, in songs and many others come to mind that mention the moon more than the sun, in movies, is the moon also more protagonist?Our satellite, despite being “incredulous”, “liar” and sometimes “traitor”, has a romantic and mysterious component that fools fall in love with. However, our sun deserves special attention for its importance to us, without it there would be no life on Earth. Besides, who said the sun doesn’t have its romantic point, do you think of sunrises and sunsets, now, yes, no, it seems that the sun is more important. than we think.
Well, how did George Harrison write that wonderful Beatles song?Here’s the sun. And I quote this song because today’s article is about how to photograph the real star, do you want to represent it this way, as shown in the following image?So join me, throughout this article I will try to give you the keys so that you can immerse yourself in it.
- If you wanted to photograph the sun very closely with its stains and explosions.
- Something similar to the following image.
- You would need telescopes and special filters.
- But this speaks of larger words.
- And I doubt that most of you have them “gadgets”.
- Since nothing but the right filters exceed 600 euros?So we’re going to focus on being able to photograph the round sun but from “far away”?And if you want to see images of the sun.
- Moon or planets up close.
- Visit this page and take a look.
- You can also see which team the photos are taken with.
Telephoto lens: If you want to photograph the sun of a considerable size, that is, more than a few millimeters in diameter, you need a telephoto lens with a focal length of at least 200 mm.
Tripod: When working with long focal lengths, it is important to avoid moving the camera. To do this, use a tripod. If you don’t already have one and are thinking of buying it, it can be helpful to know which tripod you would like to have your SLR camera.
Delayer: for the same reason I just told you you have to avoid the slightest movement of the camera, so it is better to use the timer, this will prevent you from trembles when pressing the trigger.
that will help you in this task
2. Light measurement. Measure the light and step up, if you don’t master these terms very well don’t worry, Iaio explains it perfectly in this detailed guide.
3. Deepen the field. Depth of field is the number “f” of your camera. Select a high or medium depth of field, unless you want to include a nearest object or building, in which case the number “f” must be low. If you get involved with these terms, here’s an explanatory chart. This image is made with a depth of f/18.
4. Shutter speed. When using a large depth of field, or what is the same a small aperture, the amount of light that will enter will be low, for this reason you should use as slow a speed as possible (hence the importance of the tripod). I recommend that you take several exposures with the slowest speeds and select the one that gives you the best result.
5. ISO. It is best to set your camera’s ISO as low as possible, to 100 or 200.
6. Flash. Please turn it off!
7. White balance. Adjust your camera’s white balance in day or sunny mode. If you are afraid of this term, you should read this article.
8. Equipment Once the settings are set, choose the appropriate location and deploy your computer. Mount the tripod (correctly) and place your camera.
9. Composition. Take your time to make an appropriate composition, for this take into account these “laws”:
I recommend you read these tips to improve your photographic composition, I must tell you that we are not in favor of always following the rules to the letter, you can break them, but it is important to know them before jumping them with a clear intention. .
You can also add other elements to your photo composition: buildings, trees, people, here’s an example:
10. Concentrez-vous. Es your camera probably isn’t focusing very well on auto mode when you want to focus infinity. Well, now it’s time to dare to manual focus.
1. Es very important that you plan well, I’ve already told you about planning in the first stage, but I remind you because it’s a fundamental point, it will allow you to make adjustments easily and study the place for a better composition And so that you don’t have a surprise shower or the clouds hide the sun when you find all your team ready to shoot?Do you avoid more than one disorder?.
2. Be very careful when you spend a lot of time photographing the sun, this is not recommended as it can damage your eyesight. You can use filters, but the problem is that they tend to cause reflections and reflections. They were considered a great failure, now they have become fashionable and many photographers are intentionally looking for them Do you decide whether or not you want them in your image ?.
3. Whether at dawn or dusk, one of the routes (round trip) will be at night, at the risk of seeming paranoid, I have to tell you to be very careful where you decide to go, because the photographic material has a sweet for the “friends of the outside”. A little caution is never too much.
4. Even though there is only one sun, there are many photographers, make sure your image is not the same as others, try to let your essence permeate in one way or another, be original and make sure your capture has something different Nobody will teach you this, neither with tuning tips, composition, nor using a more or less expensive camera, it is something that only you can realize, with the sensitivity and artistic eye that you have. Remember that a beautiful photo is not taken by the camera, but by the person taking the photo.
5. Be patient. Maybe you won’t come out the first time or the second time?In addition, you will probably need to shoot several times to get the desired result, don’t despair, the beauty of photography is in making mistakes and overcoming these obstacles. In this way, the fruits will give you even more satisfaction.
The closer you shoot the horizon sun, the bigger it will appear. This seems to be because there are other benchmarks that make the sun appear larger (it is not known for sure whether this is due to this optical effect or if it is for some other reason, although we really care about the effect and not the reason?).
I must admit I didn’t think of trying it, but I read in a photography book that in order not to damage your eyesight and take a photo with a “big” sun, you can paint a matte black tray, cover it with a layer of water and put it where the sun reflects. Instead of photographing the sun in the sky, you photograph the reflected sun. Do you dare try?
If you don’t have a stopwatch, set up your camera’s stopwatch, and in case you don’t already know, I’d like to take this opportunity to remind you that there are other ways to take a photo that can be useful for this occasion. . ?
No matter how many advice we give you, no matter how many steps we tell you to take, if you don’t give them, if you don’t practice, you won’t get what you’ve set out to do. You learn by experimenting, making mistakes over and over again. If you don’t get the result, adjust the settings and keep testing until you get what you want. It’s not easy, but it’s not such a difficult task that you can ” accomplish.
You’ve already seen that you don’t need any extraordinary equipment to get a great round sun, so I encourage you to go out as soon as possible to “chase” the king of the stars. And also to share this post so that others can also embark on the capture of the sun. Thank you and soon!