rogerl
Loc: UK (Harrogate, North Yorkshire)
Early this morning I wanted to take a photo of this odd-looking bird from inside (going out would, from experience, have frightened it off). I didn't have time to go for my DSLR so grabbed my Panasonic TZ30 P & S. In its Scene mode it has a 'through glass' mode which I thought I'd try through the double glazing (first photo). Having grabbed the shot, I gently teased the window open and took the second photo. There's nothing new here - we all know that good pictures are not shot through glass but I thought it might be of interest to see the two, given that they were otherwise taken under the same conditions.
Straight out of the camera - no post-processing.
Through double glazing
Window open
rogerl wrote:
Early this morning I wanted to take a photo of this odd-looking bird from inside (going out would, from experience, have frightened it off). I didn't have time to go for my DSLR so grabbed my Panasonic TZ30 P & S. In its Scene mode it has a 'through glass' mode which I thought I'd try through the double glazing (first photo). Having grabbed the shot, I gently teased the window open and took the second photo. There's nothing new here - we all know that good pictures are not shot through glass but I thought it might be of interest to see the two, given that they were otherwise taken under the same conditions.
Straight out of the camera - no post-processing.
Early this morning I wanted to take a photo of thi... (
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I wonder how "Through the glass" changes settings. Usually, placing the lens against the glass works pretty well.
Thanks. A big difference between the two images. ;)
jerryc41 wrote:
I wonder how "Through the glass" changes settings. Usually, placing the lens against the glass works pretty well.
The camera uses an processing filter to tone down highlights and heuristically identify and clone out potential reflections. Naturally this only works on the JPEG.
I carry a black microfiber towel in my bag that can cover my camera. It eliminates all reflections, and if the glass is reasonably clean and clear, virtually eliminates detection that the glass was even there without any processing.
jerryc41 wrote:
Thanks. Interesting.
Thanks.
That towel proved invaluable last month when I was shooting in the ghost town of Bodie in the Sierra Nevadas (California).
Most interior shots were thru old glass windows. Without something to shelter the desert sun taking decent interior shots was next to impossible.
Now that microfiber towel has a permanent place in my bag (also used to dry water from gear and cleaning and it is great for cushioning gear and my second camera body.)
I purchased six of them in a package at CostCo a year ago for about $9.
Festina Lente wrote:
Thanks.
That towel proved invaluable last month when I was shooting in the ghost town of Bodie in the Sierra Nevadas (California).
Most interior shots were thru old glass windows. Without something to shelter the desert sun taking decent interior shots was next to impossible.
Now that microfiber towel has a permanent place in my bag (also used to dry water from gear and cleaning and it is great for cushioning gear and my second camera body.)
I purchased six of them in a package at CostCo a year ago for about $9.
Thanks. br That towel proved invaluable last mon... (
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I got a pack of bright yellow - might not work too well. :D
jerryc41 wrote:
I got a pack of bright yellow - might not work too well. :D
True, but you have a much better indication of when they need to be laundered! :lol:
Festina Lente wrote:
True, but you have a much better indication of when they need to be laundered! :lol:
Actually, these are awful. They act more like Velcro, and everything sticks to them. It doesn't even wash out.
Thanks for posting :) I suspect the odd looking bird is a juvenile Blackbird caught during its first moult
rogerl
Loc: UK (Harrogate, North Yorkshire)
Habdab wrote:
Thanks for posting :) I suspect the odd looking bird is a juvenile Blackbird caught during its first moult
We also were opting for juvenile blackbird but the @during first moult' is helpful. Thanks
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