{"slug":"drone-best-aerial-angles","title":"无人机只能航拍吗？摄影师如何在空中找到最佳视角！","author":"Thomas看看世界","date":"2021-11-07","wechat":"https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzI4NDA5MzE5NQ==&mid=2247494215&idx=1&sn=056fb468df3efa288b6bc356ff1be3ec&chksm=eb821423dcf59d35462d2839273d7078f884191b56680f2c239deb4adf761b8d2b91137f6733&scene=21#wechat_redirect","blocks":[{"t":"h","x":"Thomas看看世界","xe":"Thomas Chu Photo"},{"t":"p","x":"无人机只能“航拍”吗？","b":false,"xe":"Are drones only good for top-down aerial shots?"},{"t":"p","x":"今天Thomas会分享自己是如何找寻无人机的拍摄视角的。我发现经常最佳的拍摄高度并不是三五百米，而是只有三五米。","b":false,"xe":"Today Thomas shares how he finds drone viewpoints. I've found that the best altitude is often not 300-500 meters, but just 3-5 meters."},{"t":"p","x":"而且我们要充分利用无人机的机动性，去搜寻更好的前景和构图。","b":false,"xe":"And we should make full use of the drone's mobility to search for better foregrounds and compositions."},{"t":"h","x":"视频教程","xe":"Video Tutorial"},{"t":"bili","bv":"BV1Q44y1e7F3","bpic":"bili-1","bt":"无人机只能“航拍”吗？职业摄影师是如何用Mavic 3找到最佳视角的？"},{"t":"p","x":"这一篇是上面视频的图文整理。御 3（Mavic 3）发布后，Thomas 没有聊参数，而是以职业摄影师的身份分享航拍经验：别被「航拍」两个字绑住——无人机是一个能到达任意角度、任意位置的拍摄设备，最佳高度常常不是三五百米，而是三五米。以下按视频顺序整理，并配上飞行界面的实拍截图。","b":false,"xe":"This is the illustrated companion to the video above. When the Mavic 3 launched, Thomas skipped the spec talk and shared his experience as a working photographer: don't be shackled by the word \"aerial\" — a drone is a camera that reaches any angle and any position, and the best altitude is often not 300-500 meters but just 3-5. Sorted in the video's order, with screenshots from the flight app."},{"t":"img","f":"v01","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"h","x":"01 别被「航拍」两个字绑住","xe":"01 Don't Let the Word 'Aerial' Fence You In"},{"t":"p","x":"无人机的出现解锁了从空中看世界的视角，但很多爱好者也恰恰被「航拍」这个词限定住了：一起飞就直上高空，用俯视的角度扫一遍大地。Thomas 的定义完全不同——无人机是一个非常自由的拍摄设备，能到达任意角度、任意位置、完成任意构图；它轻便灵巧，无论是高山河流的夹角，还是完全悬空、只有无人机能到的地方，都能给出更多可能（视频 0:49 处）。这样用无人机，其实和在地上端着相机拍摄别无二致。","b":false,"xe":"Drones unlocked a view of the world from the sky, yet many photographers are fenced in by the word \"aerial\": launch, climb, and sweep the land from a high top-down angle. Thomas defines the tool completely differently — a drone is a wonderfully free camera that reaches any angle, any position, any composition; light and nimble, it works in the folds of mountains and rivers, in mid-air places only a drone can reach (at 0:49 in the video). Flown this way, it feels no different from shooting on the ground."},{"t":"p","x":"以水上胡杨林为例。常规思路是把无人机飞高、拍下一大片胡杨林——结果往往杂乱（视频 1:19 处）。更好的做法是找水边那些周围干净、背后是空地或沙漠的树，画面立刻简洁美观。更进一步的灵感来自地面拍摄的常识：我们常用石头、草、花做前景，那为什么不能用这一大片干净的秋天黄叶做前景呢？","b":false,"xe":"Take riverside poplars. The routine move is to fly high and swallow the whole golden forest in one frame — which usually reads as clutter (at 1:19 in the video). Better: find trees at the water's edge with clean surrounds — bare ground or desert behind — and the picture instantly simplifies. Then borrow a ground-shooting instinct: we use rocks, grass and flowers as foregrounds, so why not a blanket of clean autumn yellow leaves?"},{"t":"h","x":"02 低空飞行：前景与框架","xe":"02 Flying Low: Foregrounds and Frames"},{"t":"p","x":"把 Mavic 3 直接飞进树丛，屏幕上不断弹出避障提示、实时显示距离，非常智能，但为了最佳角度该近还是要近——让秋叶成为前景，就是一张地上拍不出的照片（视频 1:51 处）。另一张拍的是新疆棉田里运棉花的车队：正好取到一棵树形成框架结构，把中间的拖拉机与道路包裹起来，再等到车队驶入的最佳时刻按下快门（视频 2:09 处）。","b":false,"xe":"Fly the Mavic 3 straight into the grove: obstacle-avoidance warnings pop up constantly, distances ticking on screen — smart, but when the best angle demands closeness, get close. Autumn leaves become the foreground, a picture no ground shot could take (at 1:51 in the video). Another frame catches a cotton convoy in a Xinjiang field: a tree happens to form a frame wrapping the tractor and the road, and the shutter waits for the exact moment the trucks roll in (at 2:09 in the video)."},{"t":"img","f":"v02","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"img","f":"v03","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"img","f":"v04","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"p","x":"这类照片的共同思路是：用无人机较低的高度，先找到一个合适的前景和框架构图，再进行拍摄；有些机位甚至非常接近地面视角（视频 2:26 处）。有人会问：这么低为什么不用相机拍？因为无人机有无可比拟的搜索效率——车开到旁边，无人机一起飞，方圆三四公里的树木树林立刻尽收眼底。它不是非要飞到四五百米，有时三五米的高度，恰恰是它最方便、最高效的工作区间（视频 2:54 处）。","b":false,"xe":"The shared idea: use the drone's lower altitudes to find the right foreground and framing first, then shoot; some positions come within arm's reach of the ground (at 2:26 in the video). Why not just use a camera this low? Because the drone's search efficiency is unmatched — park the car, launch, and every tree within three or four kilometers reveals itself. It doesn't have to climb to four or five hundred meters; at three to five meters it is at its most convenient and most productive (at 2:54 in the video)."},{"t":"img","f":"v05","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"h","x":"03 精准高度：不多不少刚刚好","xe":"03 The Precise Altitude: Neither More nor Less"},{"t":"p","x":"高度不是越低越好，而是要精准。以一张 S 形水面的照片为例：飞得太高，背景会显得特别凌乱；飞得太低，前景 S 形的水面形态又显示不全。无人机的价值就在于它能精准地停在某个高度——那个让曲线完整、背景又足够干净的高度（视频 3:03 处）。飞行界面的截图可以直观看到这一点：高度读数停在三五米，取景构图里水面的走向已经清晰可见。","b":false,"xe":"Lower isn't automatically better — it must be exact. Take a photo of an S-shaped waterway: too high and the background turns to chaos; too low and the S-curve can't unfold in the frame. The drone's real value is holding precisely the altitude where the curve completes itself against a clean background (at 3:03 in the video). The flight-app screenshots make it visible: the altitude readout sits at three to five meters, the water's path already legible in the composition."},{"t":"img","f":"v06","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"img","f":"v07","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"h","x":"04 机动性：搜索与采点神器","xe":"04 Mobility: A Scouting Machine"},{"t":"p","x":"无人机还能帮我们取光线。拍那张红色山体时，起飞点在对面的公路上，Thomas 把无人机直接飞到 1.5 公里之外；当时正值日落，特意取逆光、侧逆光的角度——低角度的光线最能显出山体的层次（视频 3:22 处）。这种跑到对面山头才有的视角，靠两条腿走过去根本来不及，无人机的机动性几分钟就能办到。","b":false,"xe":"Drones also find the light. For a photo of red-rock mountains, the takeoff point was on the highway across the way, and Thomas flew the drone 1.5 kilometers over; at sunset he deliberately chose back- and side-light — low-angle light that sculpts the mountain's layers best (at 3:22 in the video). A viewpoint that would demand hiking to the far ridge is a few minutes' work for a drone."},{"t":"img","f":"v08","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"p","x":"今天的摄影师还把无人机当成采点工具：每到日落，先飞起来把周边搜一遍。在尉犁县葫芦岛拍摄时，近处的沙漠脚印太多、树也茂密，Thomas 就用 Mavic 3 的长焦去找远处的沙漠——看能不能找到干净的一片，或者沙漠里孤立的胡杨、灌木丛，那就是极佳的拍摄视角（视频 4:13 处）。长焦的画质还有提升空间，所以干脆把飞机飞过去近距离取景拍下，视角非常震撼。无论最后是走过去拍、还是无人机直接拍，先用它把最佳角度找出来，这已经是现代摄影的标准流程（视频 5:00 处）。","b":false,"xe":"Photographers now also use drones as scouting tools: on arrival at sunset, launch and sweep the surroundings first. Shooting at Hulu Island in Yuli County, the nearby dunes were trampled with footprints and the trees dense, so Thomas used the Mavic 3's telephoto to scan distant dunes — hunting for a clean patch, or an isolated poplar or shrub clump in the sand, which makes an exceptional viewpoint (at 4:13 in the video). Telephoto quality still has room to improve, so he simply flew the drone over and took the picture up close — the perspective is spectacular. Whether you end up walking in or shooting from the air, letting the drone find the best angle first is the modern workflow (at 5:00 in the video)."},{"t":"img","f":"v09","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"h","x":"05 常规航拍也要会拍","xe":"05 Classic Aerials Still Matter"},{"t":"p","x":"强调低空不等于放弃常规视角。同一趟行程里，Thomas 也拍了鸟瞰整个峡谷的气势大景、日出时分河流上的光线，以及一些极简构图——比如水面上孤零零的一棵胡杨，飞到合适的高度后完全不取天空，让极简的画面自己站住（视频 5:23 处）。低空与高空不是对立的两种技术，而是同一个工具箱里的不同工具：先想清楚要什么，再决定飞多高。","b":false,"xe":"Championing low flight doesn't retire the classics. On the same trip Thomas also shot the sweeping bird's-eye of a canyon, dawn light on the river, and minimalist frames — like a single poplar on the water, flown to an altitude with no sky at all, letting the minimal composition stand alone (at 5:23 in the video). Low and high aren't rival techniques; they're different tools in one box. Decide what you want first, then choose how high to fly."},{"t":"img","f":"v10","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"img","f":"v11","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"quote","x":"1. 无人机不是「高空俯拍机」，而是能到达任意角度、任意位置的自由相机；2. 最佳高度常常是三五米：低空带来前景、框架与情绪，但要知道太高乱、太低缺，精准才是关键；3. 充分利用机动性：飞进树丛取前景、飞到对山取光线、起飞先搜索——把它当成采点神器；4. 常规的鸟瞰与极简同样要会拍，先想表达，再选高度。","xe":"1. A drone is not a top-down machine; it's a free camera that reaches any angle and any position; 2. The best altitude is often three to five meters — low flight brings foregrounds, frames and emotion, though too high turns messy and too low cuts off the scene; precision is the point; 3. Use the mobility: fly into groves for foregrounds, cross to the far ridge for light, and scout from the air before every shoot; 4. Classic bird's-eyes and minimalism still matter — decide the expression first, then the altitude."},{"t":"img","f":"img-02","w":1080,"h":720},{"t":"img","f":"img-03","w":1080,"h":808},{"t":"img","f":"img-04","w":1080,"h":808},{"t":"img","f":"img-05","w":1080,"h":720},{"t":"img","f":"img-06","w":1080,"h":720},{"t":"img","f":"img-07","w":1080,"h":720},{"t":"img","f":"img-08","w":1080,"h":720},{"t":"img","f":"img-09","w":1080,"h":720},{"t":"img","f":"img-10","w":1080,"h":720}],"titleEn":"Drones Aren't Just for Top-Down Shots: Finding the Best Angle from the Air"}