cod wrote: In addition to manual focusing as described above, keeping your aperture as wide open as your shot allows for minimal depth of field will help. The further from the fence the subject is the better these techniques will work. Likewise the closer you can get to the fence the better - there will be fewer out-of-ficus bands obscuring your subject.
Thanks, although I am a little confused on...the closer I get to the fence, the better. Would this be because overall there is less fence in the frame of the picture?
Yes, as others have pointed out there is less fence in the picture and you can shoot through the openings to some degree. Also, the ratio of lens to fence distance and subject to fence distance has an effect on on how "transparent" you can make the fence appear using aperture and focus. E.g. if your subject is 10 meters behind the fence and you are 10 meters in front, the out of focus fence will be more obvious in the photo than if you were say half a meter from the fence while your subject was 10 meters behind.
What cod said in his first post nailed it. I've done the same thing shooting hockey thru scratched up glass and made puck marks 'disappear'. That was at ice level, here's what happened since rinks put up more netting and I decided to try to use it in the photo - I couldn't get any closer without doing an impression of one of the flying Wallendas.
icepics wrote: What cod said in his first post nailed it. I've done the same thing shooting hockey thru scratched up glass and made puck marks 'disappear'. That was at ice level, here's what happened since rinks put up more netting and I decided to try to use it in the photo - I couldn't get any closer without doing an impression of one of the flying Wallendas.
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This was shot through similar netting. In fact all the hockey shots in my album were:
I've never heard of hitting manual focus and don'[t see the point, let the camera do the work.
As others have suggested get your lens hood as close to or touching the fence ideally with the lens centered on the gaps (or at minimum the focus point your using) and snap away, I was at the Hawk conservancy earlier today and remembered this thread so heres one taken through a chain fence with the 100-400mm (the longer lens the easier it gets).
Shadowfixer1 wrote: This image was made at the zoo while shooting through a fence. Get as close as possible and try to center the lens in a fence opening. A longer focal length also helps. I have not altered this image at all because of the fence. I used my normal processing techniques only.
What an ugly customer buzzards make. Especially this close. I think I would prefer looking at a fence...
Actually we have come to expect these types of images from you Randy.
Do you mean you expect ugly images from me?
Jeez guys thats my 2nd wife
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The point I was trying to make was the difference if you're close to a fence or netting vs. being far away from it. In my photo I was at a different vantage point than you were; the netting was well below me and just above the glass at ice level. I was in an arena that has a concourse well above the floor and usually where I was standing is the press box, but they didn't have it set up for this tournament. I was just behind and almost directly over the net (and had to be aware of where I was standing and how I held the camera, you know how it is when you get caught up in what you're photographing!)
Shadowfixer1 wrote: This image was made at the zoo while shooting through a fence. Get as close as possible and try to center the lens in a fence opening. A longer focal length also helps. I have not altered this image at all because of the fence. I used my normal processing techniques only.
What an ugly customer buzzards make. Especially this close. I think I would prefer looking at a fence...
Actually we have come to expect these types of images from you Randy.
Do you mean you expect ugly images from me?
Jeez guys thats my 2nd wife
I see you went for beauty instead of wealth the second time around...
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