Cage wires
May 14, 2012 15:21:20 #
what is the best way to keep/get the wire cages out of the picture - I spend time taking photos in local zoo.( I have tried using shallow DOF) I apologize if this has been addressed before
May 14, 2012 15:28:18 #
Wire cutters...?
MAke sure you are shooting dead center between the wires and at a long focal length.
MAke sure you are shooting dead center between the wires and at a long focal length.
May 14, 2012 18:53:52 #
May 15, 2012 09:37:27 #
Croce
Loc: Earth
The wires or bars need to be waaaay out of focus. Both suggestions above are right on. Getting closer than the minimum focus distance by getting right up to the wire and using the longest focal length possible.
May 15, 2012 09:48:26 #
Croce wrote:
The wires or bars need to be waaaay out of focus. Both suggestions above are right on. Getting closer than the minimum focus distance by getting right up to the wire and using the longest focal length possible.
Don't forget the wire cutters!
May 15, 2012 09:56:02 #
This is a small side entrance at Notre Dame in Paris. It is completely surrounded by chain link fence (I'm not sure if they're trying to keep people out or in). On that day there were a couple of old rustbuckets just to the left of the scene, which I presume belonged to the priests. Had to put the lens right on the links, but none of them appear in the pix.
May 15, 2012 15:10:31 #
very nice picture - unfortunately at the zoo can't get that close to wire - hedges in front - particularly in front of the carnovares
May 15, 2012 20:43:15 #
Croce
Loc: Earth
unanchored wrote:
very nice picture - unfortunately at the zoo can't get that close to wire - hedges in front - particularly in front of the carnovares
Just do the best you can to knock the Bars / Wires out of focus. Look in your viewfinder, focus on your animal, if you see obstructions, open your lens up (go to a lower numbered aperture) Use a Tele, the longest you can and still frame the animal to your liking. That is the best you can do without hugging the cage. Good luck to you. I know you can do it.
Or .... buy a real crappy cheap lens which renders nothing sharp.
:-P :-P
May 15, 2012 23:03:54 #
I do exactly what PrairieSeasons says. I put the lens right up against the wires. I have even had wires so close together that a wire would be right across the lens, and in the photo you never see it.
May 15, 2012 23:13:52 #
Try to choose a spot where the wires are in full shade. A couple of the cages at my zoo have shiny silver wire, and they are a PITA to work around. Eliminating the reflected light helps immensely.
May 15, 2012 23:47:29 #
May 15, 2012 23:49:49 #
here is what I got last week- hence the question ( not the panda [pic)
great advice from all - will incorportate next time
great advice from all - will incorportate next time
possible eating for 2
isn;t food time
May 16, 2012 01:20:44 #
[quote=unanchored]here is what I got last week- hence the question ( not the panda [pic)
great advice from all - will incorportate next time[/quote]
Sometimes there just isn't much one can do to avoid it as some zoos are set up more for protection than for photos. My local park has a zoo in it and most of it is just a single fence but there is one section where it is the cages (chain link like in your photo) behind a fence (same type) so it's not too easy to get the shots.
great advice from all - will incorportate next time[/quote]
Sometimes there just isn't much one can do to avoid it as some zoos are set up more for protection than for photos. My local park has a zoo in it and most of it is just a single fence but there is one section where it is the cages (chain link like in your photo) behind a fence (same type) so it's not too easy to get the shots.
May 16, 2012 02:11:27 #
Shoot wide open at maximum possible zoom as close to the wires as you can get. If the cage is sunlit and the wires are shiny, a polarizer might be helpful.
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