{"slug":"clear-sky-3-solutions","title":"万里无云也能拍出大片？三招解决\"光板天\"难题！","author":"Thomas看看世界","date":"2018-01-14","wechat":"https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzI4NDA5MzE5NQ==&mid=2247486388&idx=1&sn=364e03991f0392b3c5a2a8cf51bc94e9&chksm=eb81f5d0dcf67cc67195270b4002171cb69c1fe657986870521370e61028a13879db23da7e1b&scene=21#wechat_redirect","blocks":[{"t":"p","x":"万里无云的大晴天，又被摄影师们戏称为“光板天”。光板天的天空缺少细节和层次，像一块光秃秃的板子一样，让照片显得特别的单调。","b":false,"xe":"A cloudless sunny day is jokingly called a 'blank-sky day' by photographers. The blank sky lacks detail and layering — like a bare board — making photos especially monotonous."},{"t":"p","x":"摄影爱好者常常见到光板天就头痛不已。托马斯经过长期实践，总结出以下三招，光板天也完全不怕，照样拍出好片。","b":false,"xe":"Photography enthusiasts often get a headache at the sight of a blank sky. Through long practice, Thomas has summed up three tricks below — fear no blank sky and keep making good shots."},{"t":"h","x":"1","xe":"1"},{"t":"h","x":"突出地景，减少天空","xe":"Trick 1: Emphasize the Foreground, Reduce the Sky"},{"t":"p","x":"优秀的摄影师善于在照片中，发挥人物、场景、天气的优点，掩盖现场环境的缺陷。","b":false,"xe":"Good photographers are good at playing up the strengths of people, scenes and weather in a photo, while hiding the flaws of the environment."},{"t":"p","x":"作为万里无云的大晴天，天空自然是十分单调，所以我们在这种情况的第一招，就是在构图时尽量少取入天空，多突出地景的特色。","b":false,"xe":"On a cloudless sunny day, the sky is naturally monotonous, so our first trick is to include as little sky as possible in the composition and emphasize the character of the land instead."},{"t":"p","x":"下面一张照片，是我在内蒙古呼伦贝尔的奇乾村，所见到的一个场景。当时的天空毫无云层，是一个标准的光板天。","b":false,"xe":"The photo below shows a scene I saw in Qiqian Village, Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia. The sky was completely cloudless — a textbook blank-sky day."},{"t":"img","f":"img-02","w":1000,"h":750},{"t":"p","x":"解决光板天的第一招，就是少取入天空，多突出地景。","b":false,"xe":"The first fix for a blank sky: include less sky and emphasize the land."},{"t":"p","x":"我仔细观察现场环境，发现地面的雪坑非常有质感和特色，可以在构图时进行强化。于是我趴在地面上，使用哈苏X1D无反相机以及30mm广角镜头，低角度近距离的拍摄雪地，天空只取入了不到三分之一。","b":false,"xe":"Observing the site carefully, I found the snow pits on the ground full of texture and character — something to strengthen in the composition. So I lay on the ground and used the Hasselblad X1D mirrorless with a 30mm wide-angle lens, shooting the snow up close from a low angle, with less than a third of the frame given to the sky."},{"t":"p","x":"由于我的广角镜头离雪地特别的近，因此其高低起伏的曲线、明暗交织的纹理，都被极大的凸显了出来，占据了画面的大半部分。","b":false,"xe":"Because my wide-angle lens was so close to the snow, its undulating curves and interwoven light-and-shadow textures were greatly emphasized, occupying most of the frame."},{"t":"p","x":"相信大部分读者在观看下图时，视线都会被雪地的光影纹理所吸引，而不会注意到背后的光板天。","b":false,"xe":"I believe most viewers of the image below will be drawn to the play of light and texture on the snow, and won't notice the blank sky behind."},{"t":"img","f":"img-03","w":1000,"h":651},{"t":"p","x":"后面我又在雪地上仔细搜索，发现了雪地中一棵孤独却顽强的植物。下面这张构图，干脆完全舍去了天空，只表现了雪地和植物。","b":false,"xe":"Later I searched the snowfield carefully and found a lonely yet tenacious plant. For this composition, I simply abandoned the sky altogether, showing only the snow and the plant."},{"t":"img","f":"img-04","w":1000,"h":520},{"t":"p","x":"第一招的关键在于两点：一是减少天空的构图比例，二是寻找到地景中特别吸引人的部分。","b":false,"xe":"The key to trick one lies in two points: first, reduce the proportion of sky in the composition; second, find the especially appealing part of the land."},{"t":"p","x":"下图是我在意大利的Santa Maddalena小镇的一张照片，非常的普通。虽然我装上了Haida偏振镜压暗天空，但天空仍然是大片空白、毫无美感，月亮也不太引人注目，地景更是显得杂乱。","b":false,"xe":"The image below is a photo I took in Santa Maddalena, Italy — very ordinary. Although I used a Haida polarizer to darken the sky, the sky was still a large blank with no beauty, the moon was inconspicuous, and the land looked cluttered."},{"t":"img","f":"img-05","w":1000,"h":668},{"t":"p","x":"下图是同样的时间地点，我的另外一幅作品。我在远处发现了一栋极富阿尔卑斯风情的小屋，用尼康24-120mm镜头的长焦端拉近，让小屋在照片中特别的突出。同时构图时因为只取入了少量天空，月亮也更加的明显了。","b":false,"xe":"The image below is another work of mine from the same time and place. In the distance I spotted a cabin full of Alpine charm and pulled it close with the long end of my Nikon 24-120mm lens, making it stand out in the photo. And because only a little sky was included, the moon also became more visible."},{"t":"p","x":"通过长焦突出地景，少取天空，我在光板天也拍到了一张不错的作品。","b":false,"xe":"By emphasizing the land with a telephoto and including little sky, I got a decent shot even on a blank-sky day."},{"t":"img","f":"img-06","w":1000,"h":668},{"t":"p","x":"下面一张照片，是我在经过内蒙古满归镇附近的大兴安岭时，用大疆Mavic Pro无人机拍摄的画面。可以看到光秃秃的天空毫无冷暖层次，极大的破坏了照片的氛围。","b":false,"xe":"The photo below was taken with a DJI Mavic Pro drone as I passed the Greater Khingan Mountains near Mangui Town, Inner Mongolia. As you can see, the bare sky has no warm-cool layering at all, which badly hurts the mood of the photo."},{"t":"img","f":"img-07","w":1000,"h":749},{"t":"p","x":"因此我干脆把镜头正对下方，完全抛弃天空，着重刻画地景的冷暖对比，反而拍出了一张不错的作品。","b":false,"xe":"So I simply pointed the camera straight down, abandoned the sky entirely, and focused on the warm-cool contrast of the land — and ended up with a good shot."},{"t":"img","f":"img-08","w":1000,"h":740},{"t":"p","x":"如果我们前期拍摄时没有注意，后期通过二次裁剪的方法，也能拯救光板天。例如下图，天空缺少细节却占到了画面的二分之一，削弱了读者对地面秋色的关注。","b":false,"xe":"If we didn't pay attention when shooting, we can still rescue a blank-sky photo in post by re-cropping. In the image below, for example, the featureless sky takes up half the frame, weakening the viewer's focus on the autumn colors on the ground."},{"t":"img","f":"img-09","w":1000,"h":668},{"t":"p","x":"后期裁图时我裁掉了很多天空，让读者把注意力放到秋天绚烂多彩的树林上面。","b":false,"xe":"When cropping in post, I cut away much of the sky, directing the viewer's attention to the gorgeous, colorful autumn woods."},{"t":"img","f":"img-10","w":1000,"h":601},{"t":"h","x":"2","xe":"2"},{"t":"h","x":"巧用框架，挡住天空","xe":"Trick 2: Use Frames to Block the Sky"},{"t":"p","x":"既然光板天如此恼人，我们除了在构图时少取入甚至不取入天空之外，还可以巧用框架构图，挡住光板天！","b":false,"xe":"Since blank skies are so annoying, besides including less or no sky in the composition, we can also cleverly use frame compositions to block the blank sky!"},{"t":"p","x":"例如下图，当天万里晴空，照片拍出来毫无特色。","b":false,"xe":"In the image below, for example, the day was perfectly clear, and the photo came out completely featureless."},{"t":"img","f":"img-11","w":668,"h":1000},{"t":"p","x":"因此我在山上仔细寻找，最终发现了这个树叶作为框架的构图。金黄的秋叶不仅挡住了恼人的光板天，还突出了季节特征，强化了层次感，一举多得。","b":false,"xe":"So I searched the hillside carefully and finally found this composition framed by leaves. The golden autumn foliage not only blocks the annoying blank sky, but also highlights the season and strengthens the sense of depth — achieving several things at once."},{"t":"img","f":"img-12","w":1000,"h":1000},{"t":"p","x":"又比如下图，是内蒙古敖鲁古雅的驯鹿部落，如果采用普通构图，天空实在是太平淡。","b":false,"xe":"Another example below: the reindeer tribe of Aoluguya, Inner Mongolia. With an ordinary composition, the sky is simply too plain."},{"t":"img","f":"img-13","w":1000,"h":663},{"t":"p","x":"因此我走到密林之中，用密密麻麻的树木挡住了天空。读者很难注意到背后竟然是一个光板天！","b":false,"xe":"So I walked into the dense woods and used the thick trees to block the sky. Viewers can hardly notice that there is a blank sky behind!"},{"t":"img","f":"img-14","w":1000,"h":750},{"t":"p","x":"下面这张照片，是我在内蒙古冷极村，用哈苏X1D相机拍摄的一幅小景风光。同样由于密林的遮挡，读者很难注意到光板天的存在。","b":false,"xe":"The photo below is an intimate landscape I shot with the Hasselblad X1D in Lengji Village, Inner Mongolia. Again, thanks to the cover of the dense forest, viewers can hardly notice the blank sky."},{"t":"img","f":"img-15","w":1000,"h":710},{"t":"p","x":"下图是我在奥地利萨尔兹堡，用小米6手机随手记录的一张照片。可以看到，光板天十分的毁照片。","b":false,"xe":"The image below is a casual shot I took with a Xiaomi 6 phone in Salzburg, Austria. As you can see, the blank sky really ruins the photo."},{"t":"img","f":"img-16","w":1000,"h":748},{"t":"p","x":"我并没有放弃拍摄，而是在山上仔细寻找框架构图，终于找到了一个植被天然形成的画框，不仅很好的挡住了光板天，还记录下了一颗独一无二的“城堡之心”。","b":false,"xe":"Instead of giving up, I searched the hillside carefully for a frame composition, and finally found a natural frame formed by vegetation — it not only blocked the blank sky nicely, but also recorded a one-of-a-kind 'heart of the castle'."},{"t":"img","f":"img-17","w":1000,"h":668},{"t":"p","x":"上面提到的两招技巧，不仅对万里无云的“光板天”很有效果，对阴云遮盖的阴天“光板天”也效果显著。","b":false,"xe":"The two tricks above work not only for cloudless 'blank-sky days', but also for overcast 'blank-sky days' covered by clouds."},{"t":"p","x":"例如我去瑞士西庸城堡时，天气阴沉，天空毫无层次，一片灰白。","b":false,"xe":"For example, when I visited Chillon Castle in Switzerland, the weather was gloomy and the sky had no layering at all — just a sheet of gray-white."},{"t":"img","f":"img-18","w":971,"h":1000},{"t":"p","x":"因此我再次使用框构图的方法，让密布的黄叶，完全遮掉了阴雨绵绵的“光板天”。","b":false,"xe":"So I used the framing method again: the dense yellow leaves completely covered the drizzly 'blank sky'."},{"t":"img","f":"img-19","w":668,"h":1000},{"t":"h","x":"3","xe":"3"},{"t":"h","x":"耐心等待，早晚时机","xe":"Trick 3: Be Patient and Wait for Morning, Evening and Night"},{"t":"p","x":"光板天虽然白天天空特别难看，但是到了日出日落时分，绚烂的阳光和丰富的明暗层次，会极大的掩盖平淡的天空。","b":false,"xe":"Although a blank sky looks terrible during the day, at sunrise and sunset the gorgeous light and rich tonal layering greatly mask the plain sky."},{"t":"p","x":"而到了夜晚，柔和的月光、璀璨的银河、绚烂的极光，更是把万里无云的光板天，从缺点变成了优点！","b":false,"xe":"And at night, the soft moonlight, the brilliant Milky Way and the splendid aurora turn a cloudless blank sky from a drawback into an advantage!"},{"t":"p","x":"因此克服光板天的最后一招，就是耐心等待日出、日落和夜晚的拍摄机会。例如下面的格陵兰峡湾，在光板天的下午十分平淡。","b":false,"xe":"So the final trick for beating a blank sky is to wait patiently for the shooting opportunities of sunrise, sunset and night. The Greenland fjord below, for example, looks quite plain on a blank-sky afternoon."},{"t":"img","f":"img-20","w":1000,"h":668},{"t":"p","x":"但到了日落时分，太阳的金光洒满天空和大地，极大的削弱了光板天对照片的不利影响。","b":false,"xe":"But at sunset, the golden light of the sun spills across sky and land, greatly weakening the blank sky's negative effect on the photo."},{"t":"img","f":"img-21","w":718,"h":1000},{"t":"p","x":"下面两张照片也是类似，由于夺目的日出光线，照片色彩绚烂，明暗层次丰富，读者很难被光板天空所吸引。","b":false,"xe":"The two photos below are similar: thanks to the dazzling sunrise light, the colors are splendid and the tonal layers rich — viewers are hardly drawn to the blank sky."},{"t":"img","f":"img-22","w":1000,"h":521},{"t":"img","f":"img-23","w":1000,"h":479},{"t":"p","x":"除了日出日落，夜晚更让光板天从缺点变成了优点。没有了云层的遮挡，星空、极光更加的光彩照人。","b":false,"xe":"Beyond sunrise and sunset, nighttime turns a blank sky from a drawback into an advantage. With no clouds in the way, the stars and aurora shine all the more brilliantly."},{"t":"p","x":"下面是我在格陵兰遇到的一个光板晴天，格陵兰缺少树木和洞穴，无法应用框构图大法，只能采取第三招：等！","b":false,"xe":"Below is a clear blank-sky day I encountered in Greenland. Greenland lacks trees and caves, so the framing trick was out — only the third trick remained: wait!"},{"t":"img","f":"img-24","w":1000,"h":748},{"t":"p","x":"我和队友在那里扎营耐心等待，竟然在晚上见证了一场极光飞舞的盛宴。","b":false,"xe":"My teammates and I camped there and waited patiently — and that night we witnessed a feast of dancing auroras."},{"t":"img","f":"img-25","w":1000,"h":561},{"t":"p","x":"下图是冬季内蒙古阿尔山的杜鹃湖，白天平淡的天空和零下30度的低温，并没有打消我们的摄影热情。","b":false,"xe":"The image below shows Dujuan Lake in Arxan, Inner Mongolia, in winter. The plain daytime sky and the -30°C cold did not dampen our passion for photography."},{"t":"p","x":"耐心等候到夜晚之后，漫天繁星让我们的照片不再单调，光板天反而拍出了大片。","b":false,"xe":"After waiting patiently into the night, a sky full of stars made our photos anything but monotonous — the blank sky actually produced masterpieces."},{"t":"img","f":"img-26","w":710,"h":1000},{"t":"p","x":"突出地景，减少天空。巧用框架，挡住天空。耐心等待，早晚时机。以上三招光板天拍摄秘诀，你学会了吗？","b":false,"xe":"Emphasize the foreground and reduce the sky. Use frames to block the sky. Wait patiently for morning, evening and night. Have you learned these three secrets for shooting on blank-sky days?"},{"t":"img","f":"img-27","w":800,"h":1287},{"t":"h","x":"欢迎关注@Thomas看看世界，","xe":"Follow @Thomas Chu Photo,"},{"t":"h","x":"每周学会一个摄影技能。","xe":"and learn one photography skill every week."}],"titleEn":"Great Shots Under a Cloudless Sky? Three Fixes for the 'Blank Sky' Problem"}