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04-19-2009, 08:41 PM   #1
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Shooting through fences and such

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I'm hoping someone here can give me some tips on shooting through fences. My roommate did some shots where the fence pretty much disappeared, but she can't recall what she did. You can view my Red-Tailed Hawk shot in the user gallery to see how I made out.

Big thanks up front for the help.

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QuoteOriginally posted by hachoo Quote
Hi all

I'm hoping someone here can give me some tips on shooting through fences. My roommate did some shots where the fence pretty much disappeared, but she can't recall what she did. You can view my Red-Tailed Hawk shot in the user gallery to see how I made out.

Big thanks up front for the help.
Open up the lens to a wide aperture (to maximize the 'out of focus area'), and if AF is problematic, switch to quick-shift or manual to touch it up.

Better yet, get right up to fence and position the lens between the wires.

protip: Use circular polarizers to eliminate reflections on glass windowed enclosures.
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QuoteOriginally posted by hachoo Quote
Hi all

I'm hoping someone here can give me some tips on shooting through fences. My roommate did some shots where the fence pretty much disappeared, but she can't recall what she did. You can view my Red-Tailed Hawk shot in the user gallery to see how I made out.

Big thanks up front for the help.
Use a wide aperture; focus on the object inside the fence. The fence itself is closer than the inside limit of the zone of focus, and is so blurred that it nearly disappears.

This image was shot through a wired enclosure. vertical wires were spaced 1.5" apart. The eagle was perhaps 72" inside the wires.

K10D, DA55~300mm f/4~5.8; 300MM @ f/5.8 [EXIF attached]

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QuoteOriginally posted by CSoars Quote
protip: Use circular polarizers to eliminate reflections on glass windowed enclosures.
Except for cutting out extra light, would a polarizer help when shooting through store windows as well? Sometimes the reflections are good and what I want but I don't know how to get rid of them in lower light settings through glass windows and store fronts or inside a mall. Any ideas that don't require carrying a tripod?

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Position the lens as close to the fence as possible, focus as far as possible.

This owl was behind a wire cage. I positioned the len less than an inch from the cage.



On this, the lens was more than 6 inches away from the wire.

04-19-2009, 10:14 PM   #6
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Or you could do this....

Like my cousin... Cupcake Texas Terry did on these Elk shots...

But I dont recommend it!





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Welcome back Gus.
I want a reply to the PM though.

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Except for cutting out extra light, would a polarizer help when shooting through store windows as well? Sometimes the reflections are good and what I want but I don't know how to get rid of them in lower light settings through glass windows and store fronts or inside a mall. Any ideas that don't require carrying a tripod?
It sure would.
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I'd also switch to manual focus just so the camera doesn't suddenly try to focus on the fence instead. Other than that, as said : wide open aperture (f1.4,1.8,2.8 etc) and closer. Love the manual removal of fence technique though - a great way to spend time 8))
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Thanks for the input. Looks like I need faster glass if I keep at this.

BTW, who is Gus?
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Thanks for the input. Looks like I need faster glass if I keep at this.

BTW, who is Gus?
...and does he feel like giving lessons? :P
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photoshoping a whole fence out is alot of work
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That fence series is pretty funny - way more effort than I would be willing to put in.

At this point you could claim there never was a fence and that it was added in post processing to highlight the contrast between man and nature or something along those lines.
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QuoteOriginally posted by hachoo Quote
Thanks for the input. Looks like I need faster glass if I keep at this.

BTW, who is Gus?
QuoteOriginally posted by MrEspie Quote
...and does he feel like giving lessons? :P
You can learn quite a lot sometimes if you read the words that go with the pictures.

Gus is Igilligan.
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QuoteOriginally posted by monochrome Quote
Use a wide aperture; focus on the object inside the fence. The fence itself is closer than the inside limit of the zone of focus, and is so blurred that it nearly disappears.

This image was shot through a wired enclosure. vertical wires were spaced 1.5" apart. The eagle was perhaps 72" inside the wires.

K10D, DA55~300mm f/4~5.8; 300MM @ f/5.8 [EXIF attached]



That's really weird, I was about to post the following, which was taken through
a chain link fens in the same manner:




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