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07/12/2005 08:19:44 AM · #1 |
Does anyone have any wisdom to share on how to take photos through chain link fencing?
I'm thinkingâ€Â¦.
Get as close as possible to the fence and center the lens on a clear section if possible.
Use as wide aperture as possible for a shallow DOF.
Use manual focus to ensure that the AF doesn't get the fence.
What about glass?
Will a polarizer help with the reflections on the glass?
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07/12/2005 08:21:55 AM · #2 |
i pretty much follow the same guidelines. a polarizer will help cut reflections off of glass.
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07/12/2005 08:24:10 AM · #3 |
use only center-point AF -- because on a normal AF system, one of the 'sensors' is going to fall on the fence -- and it will try to focus on the closes point.
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07/12/2005 08:29:18 AM · #4 |
You've got the right idea; I usually find that if I'm right against the fence, AF works fine, since the fence is way outside the near focus limit of the lens.
One other trick is to use a lens hood and bump the hood right against the fence. If you can get the hood to cast a shadow on the fence wire, it will darken the wires, which will keep your contrast up. You can also tie a cloth above your shooting point to get a shadow.
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07/12/2005 08:31:18 AM · #5 |
The longest possible focal length helps make the fence invisible also.
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07/12/2005 08:34:16 AM · #6 |
| Use a point and shoot, the smaller lens can fit into the fence. :-) |
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07/12/2005 08:35:48 AM · #7 |
| I'm glad no one suggested getting on the other side of the fence. :-) |
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07/12/2005 08:36:32 AM · #8 |
A lot depends on how far behind the fence your subject is. Most of the shots in this gallery were shot through a fence which for obvious reasons I couldn't get within several feet of.
These were shot with a Sigma 300/4 and 2x extender. Autofocus, had it been available, would have been useless. I was also able to open up the aperture as wide as f14 without the fence becoming visible.
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07/12/2005 08:40:42 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by bod:
A lot depends on how far behind the fence your subject is. Most of the shots in this gallery were shot through a fence which for obvious reasons I couldn't get within several feet of.
These were shot with a Sigma 300/4 and 2x extender. Autofocus, had it been available, would have been useless. I was also able to open up the aperture as wide as f14 without the fence becoming visible. |
That 600mm focal length really helped keep the fence OOF, and I'd expect the fence was still very significantly closer than the subject. Nice results!
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07/12/2005 08:56:38 AM · #10 |
Sometimes you might feel it's right to include the fence...
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07/12/2005 08:58:28 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by bod:
A lot depends on how far behind the fence your subject is. Most of the shots in this gallery were shot through a fence which for obvious reasons I couldn't get within several feet of. |
Awesome motorsport action shots!
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07/12/2005 09:26:20 AM · #12 |
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07/12/2005 09:48:08 AM · #13 |
Originally posted by p3wiz:
Does anyone have any wisdom to share on how to take photos through chain link fencing?
I'm thinkingâ€Â¦.
Get as close as possible to the fence and center the lens on a clear section if possible.
Use as wide aperture as possible for a shallow DOF.
Use manual focus to ensure that the AF doesn't get the fence.
What about glass?
Will a polarizer help with the reflections on the glass? |
Get as close as possible to the fence and shoot subjects that at least 5 feet > away from the other side, wide arp helps with the dof but the I found it is how close I can get and how far away the subject is that counts.
There was a fence between me and this guy but I could put my lens darn near on the fence and he was about 10 feet away:
ED: typo
Message edited by author 2005-07-12 09:49:56.
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07/12/2005 09:51:12 AM · #14 |
this was shoot through a chain link fence
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07/12/2005 09:53:45 AM · #15 |
So was this:
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