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Aug 21, 2013 07:38:39   #
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
Through double glazing...

Window open
Window open...

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Aug 21, 2013 07:41:21   #
JoeV Loc: Wisconsin
 
A good object lesson.

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Aug 21, 2013 07:44:46   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
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... (show quote)

I wonder how "Through the glass" changes settings. Usually, placing the lens against the glass works pretty well.

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Aug 21, 2013 08:40:13   #
Db7423 Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
 
Thanks. A big difference between the two images. ;)

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Aug 21, 2013 09:32:17   #
Festina Lente Loc: Florida & Missouri
 
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.

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Aug 21, 2013 10:28:50   #
St3v3M Loc: 35,000 feet
 
Thank you.

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Aug 21, 2013 10:56:54   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
Festina Lente wrote:
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.

Thanks. Interesting.

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Aug 21, 2013 12:59:24   #
Festina Lente Loc: Florida & Missouri
 
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.

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Aug 21, 2013 13:18:15   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
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... (show quote)

I got a pack of bright yellow - might not work too well. :D

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Aug 21, 2013 13:23:01   #
Festina Lente Loc: Florida & Missouri
 
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:

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Aug 21, 2013 13:43:26   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
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.

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Aug 22, 2013 05:45:02   #
Habdab Loc: UK North West
 
Thanks for posting :) I suspect the odd looking bird is a juvenile Blackbird caught during its first moult

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Aug 22, 2013 06:41:25   #
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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Aug 22, 2013 15:17:11   #
Sallywho Loc: Wendell, NC
 
Thanks for this tip.

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Aug 22, 2013 15:33:36   #
fosgood11 Loc: oil city, La.
 
:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

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