How to deal with mesh netting in arenas
Jan 30, 2014 04:58:45 #
amehta
Loc: Boston
nekon wrote:
Cricket pitches in New Zealand don't have mesh fences
True. And you can't get that close to either the bowler or the batsman. :-)
Jan 30, 2014 18:42:01 #
Dun1
Loc: Atlanta, GA
Here are two images that I took baseball season last year, both were shot thru a mesh net
Oct 25, 2014 14:47:58 #
To add my dilemma, my grandson's Little League Baseball field is surrounded by a chain link "cage" from first to third base and a very big backstop. I'm sure the Liability Police are happy, and the less than attentive over-communicating moms are spared.
The field primarily faces West, and the games are played in the early evening. The photo challenge is that the chain link is brightly lit. I haven't tried shooting right on the fence. We'll see. I usually use my Canon 75-300 3.5-5.6 IS on a 50D crop or my Tamron 90mm 2.8 for my shots.
What should I expect next Spring with the shiny links with either lens?
The field primarily faces West, and the games are played in the early evening. The photo challenge is that the chain link is brightly lit. I haven't tried shooting right on the fence. We'll see. I usually use my Canon 75-300 3.5-5.6 IS on a 50D crop or my Tamron 90mm 2.8 for my shots.
What should I expect next Spring with the shiny links with either lens?
Oct 25, 2014 16:40:35 #
Pablo8 wrote:
Perhaps you could explain to me, and others,........... what is a 'slower f-stop'.? I can guess what you mean, but others might not, and will be searching their cameras and manual hand-books for an explanation.
I miss-typed. It should have been lower. f4 will give less DOF than f8' Sorry for the error. When shooting through mesh a tighter DOF on the subject will lessen chance of seeing the mesh
Oct 25, 2014 17:32:01 #
Photocraig wrote:
To add my dilemma, my grandson's Little League Bas... (show quote)
Many of the lower league backstops have a baseball sized hole in them to get the foul balls back to the ump. These holes are sometime placed just right, and of the perfect size to poke a lens into. Look around for them. Of course if there's already a photog there, ask for a turn. ;-)
SS
Oct 26, 2014 03:15:46 #
Put the lens an inch, or so, from the mesh, and focus on the action beyond. It blurs the mesh out. I did the same with the metal mesh bars at the monkey house in a zoo awhile back. It worked fine...no bars in the images.
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