New Zealand Travel Photo Guide 2018

When you travel, you must take photos, so today I will tell you about how to take photos in New Zealand, or how you take photos in New Zealand. Wouldn’t it be great if you are camping and taking photos. Photographic equipment

Camera: Canon EOS6D

Lens: Canon 17-40F4L, Canon 70-200F2.8L, Sigma 24F1.4Art, Sigma 35F1.4Art

Others: Tripod, Gopro, iPhone

Tips:

Wide-angle lens: essential; landscape, portrait, starry sky; for shooting starry sky, it is generally believed that the wider the wide-angle end, the better, and the aperture The bigger, the better

Telephoto lens: essential; for landscapes, portraits, and wild animals, I personally use the 70-200F2.8 specification. When shooting animals, you can equip it with a teleconverter

Medium focus : Zoom or fixed focus, depending on the situation, I prefer 35mm fixed focus

Tripod: essential; time-lapse photography, video, fixed camera selfies

Shutter remote control: If you don’t have a companion, it’s a must-have for taking selfies (if the camera supports WiFi, you can use the app instead)

The better the equipment, the heavier the weight will naturally be. Plus a tripod, it’s very impressive. Many shooting spots require long and arduous hiking first, so hiking with weights is a necessary skill. Photography skills

If you let strangers help you shoot (or take selfies with a remote control), select the shooting location in advance, and after the composition is completed Test shooting, and when satisfied, lock the camera position, focus, exposure, and then shoot is the most commonly used and most effective method. Remember, be sure to lock any parameters and positions that can be locked. Your friends or passersby are just a shutter.

In popular locations, try to choose sunrise, where the light is soft and there are few people. In general places, good shooting conditions can be obtained at sunrise and sunset. Since the sun rises early and sets late in New Zealand in the summer, the author’s timing for shooting this time was not good. Clothing

It’s really, really cold in New Zealand in early December! Moreover, the weather changes greatly, and the temperature difference between day and night is also large, which often causes roller coasters. The lowest temperature at night is only 5 or 6 degrees, and if there is no sun during the day, it is only 12 or 3 degrees. When we were shooting at Lake

Tekapo, the temperature was only over 10 degrees, and there was a strong wind. My wife was almost frozen to death. But two days before we arrived, it was sunny and the temperature was over 20 degrees. Therefore, if you really like Lu Binghua, it is recommended to stay here for two more days when making your itinerary plan.

December is the summer in New Zealand. What can you see during stargazing in the summer when you need a jacket and a down jacket?

First of all, when you come to New Zealand, you will find that the air quality here is very good. It is a big city. At night, if there are no cumulus clouds, the sky is still full of stars. Looking to the west, you can still vaguely see the Milky Way.

You can see the stars and the Milky Way with the naked eye, so in a professional observatory, the 20-40CM main mirror telescope allows you to have a clear view of these favorite constellations. Every year, many astronomy enthusiasts and photographers come here.

There are three reasons that make New Zealand a stargazing destination:

1. Very clean air quality. The country has very few industrial enterprises and very little pollution.

2. There are no neighboring countries or pollution sources.

3. The strict light control system of the Aoraki Mackenzie I.D.S.R. Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve implemented in June 2012 has made stargazing a kind of enjoyment. How else can you enjoy stargazing?

Many people are no longer satisfied with seeing the sky full of stars and the dazzling Milky Way. How else can they enjoy stargazing?

Photographing the Milky Way. As long as you have a slightly better quality mirrorless camera or SLR that can be used manually, and a tripod, you can shoot starry blockbusters. Uncle Tuo will teach you how to do this later, so read on.

Photograph nebulae. This is a bit difficult. If you are a professional astronomy photographer and have a passion for it, this is definitely the right solution. A better digital back (preferably full-frame), a star finder, and an equatorial mount are essential.

Please enjoy the previous M42 Orion Nebula taken by a professional player.