Solutions for Photos Through Chain Link Fences?
May 15, 2014 15:33:48 #
picturedude
Loc: Yosemite natl. park, Ca.
I have found it's easier and better to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission!!!
May 15, 2014 17:08:11 #
This would take a lot of time. It would be easier to eliminate the fence in camera.
May 15, 2014 17:19:02 #
I am late getting in on this one. I figured out a trick a while back shooting thru netting and chain link. Put you lens about 2 inches from the fence and try to zoom in as much as you can and the fence will most of the time focus out of the picture. You have to be zoomed all the way out for this to work.
May 15, 2014 17:19:20 #
Although I have a press pass and usually shoot from a press box or the actual dugout some times it's nice to get a different perspective so I go fence hunting. In your lens manual it should tell you what the minimum focusing distance is for any given lens. You want to get inside that distance and close down your aperture setting. I usually put on a clear or UV filter for protection and get rid of the hood for these shots. Here are a couple from last season and one from Sunday...........
May 15, 2014 17:28:26 #
picturedude wrote:
I have found it's easier and better to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission!!!
One of my favorite truisms :thumbup: :-D
May 15, 2014 17:46:53 #
From the responses I've read, it sounds like most of the people are not familiar with depth of field, manual focus, shutter speed and aperture settings.
They all take part in eliminating the fencing and they are all manual applications.
Welcome to Photo 100
They all take part in eliminating the fencing and they are all manual applications.
Welcome to Photo 100
May 15, 2014 18:12:40 #
ducwic wrote:
From the responses I've read, it sounds like most of the people are not familiar with depth of field, manual focus, shutter speed and aperture settings.
They all take part in eliminating the fencing and they are all manual applications.
Welcome to Photo 100
They all take part in eliminating the fencing and they are all manual applications.
Welcome to Photo 100
We appreciate your welcome if you will tell us where Photo 100 is :)
May 15, 2014 18:23:00 #
bunuweld wrote:
It's a class he teaches for people who know nothing and it makes him feel better about himself. I shoot for newspaper and a bi-weekly baseball publication---did you see him give credentials or any shots he's taken. I literally have thousands of baseball photos to say nothing about other sports. The shots I posted were all taken in shutter priority, nothing manual about it---just have to know what you're doing.........We appreciate your welcome if you will tell us where Photo 100 is :)
May 15, 2014 18:38:26 #
strobe
Loc: Central Iowa
I had to find a spot where there weren't people behind me and then I put up a navy blue nylon blast jacket in the fence over my camera lens. With my head and the camera under the jacket, like an old time 8" X 10" plate photography camera. The idea was to keep the fence as dark as possible so it would reflect as little as possible. On our 'home' field I spray painted a small square of the fence flat black to make it disappear even more. On away fields I'd put black electrical tape over the wires of one of the diamonds and that would help it mostly disappear.
May 15, 2014 18:48:41 #
sirlensalot
Loc: Arizona
strobe wrote:
I had to find a spot where there weren't people be... (show quote)
Most interesting and helpful. I was wondering why, according to the posted advice, the few shots I took should have shown the fence, but did not. The chain-link was coated in a black vinyl. Now as they say, we have the rest of the story. Thanks very much.
May 15, 2014 22:47:46 #
rocketride wrote:
The second leopard was a whole lot farther from its fence than the first. There was no way you were going to get that first fence blurry enough to not be a distraction.
Well OK FINE!! here's one closer then...
May 15, 2014 23:37:28 #
Michael66
Loc: Queens, New York
reMarkable wrote:
My son's baseball team plays at a field that is completely surrounded by chain link fence - everywhere!
Thanks in advance for sharing your wisdom!
Thanks in advance for sharing your wisdom!
I kind of cheated.
If you help the team at practices you become an 'assistant' coach. Just don't get in the way and be very agreeable. It also helps to give the players, coaches and other parents prints from the last time. Whenever you can, let your camera hang at your side towards your back and help with equipment. Especially the catcher. Shoot the batters of your team and don't forget the outfielders!
I was allowed to go where ever a coach could go but I usually stayed on the foul side of third.
May 15, 2014 23:40:52 #
Michael66
Loc: Queens, New York
coco1964 wrote:
In your lens manual it should tell you what the minimum focusing distance is for any given lens. You want to get inside that distance and close down your aperture setting.
:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
I used the hood as a guide, letting it touch the wires of the fence. Just pay attention to any shaking of our spectators hanging on the fence which in turn shake your camera.
May 16, 2014 00:50:35 #
A pair of Dykes should do the job Go the day before and cut out a couple small 4x4 holes Joke A Good lens should help you zoom past the chain link you have to ahve a distant object as a focal point
May 16, 2014 01:19:18 #
MotoXR wrote:
A pair of Dykes should do the job Go the day before and cut out a couple small 4x4 holes Joke A Good lens should help you zoom past the chain link you have to ahve a distant object as a focal point
I love the story about two teenagers who cut the fence on a private impound yard, squeezed through and stole a half dozen radios. When they got back to their cut in the fence, they were met - by two Dobermans. The owner and police rescued them from a light pole in the center of the yard. Oh, by the way, the dogs had been well trained, not to attack, but to keep their distance, growl, bark and howl. Of course this is California, the most litigious state in the country.
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