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10/30/2008 09:23:41 AM · #1 |
Can anyone suggest a way I can avoid the window glare that I got in these two shots this morning.
They are taken through my (admittedly filthy) living room window.
Now, I realize that having a clean window would help - but taking the time to wash it would have meant missing the little critter there for a visit.
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10/30/2008 09:33:27 AM · #2 |
| have you tried a circular polarizer? |
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10/30/2008 09:34:13 AM · #3 |
Originally posted by pamelasue:
have you tried a circular polarizer? |
I have one, but admittedly, I'm not entirely sure how to use it.
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10/30/2008 09:38:30 AM · #4 |
A couple of thoughts:
1. Try shooting with the lens parallel to the glass window - I have found it easiest to have the lens 'touching' the glass window so you don't have an 'odd angle' of light to reflect the sunlight.
2. Use a circular polarizing filter to diminish the reflected light - attach the polarizer on the lens and rotate the filter until the undesired glare goes away.
3. Move the feeder to another location so that you are not looking into the sun when you go to take your shots.
Message edited by author 2008-10-30 09:39:01. |
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10/30/2008 09:43:20 AM · #5 |
| Another trick is to get a rubber lens hood, and place the lens hood against the glass, so that the light that causes the unwanted glare and reflections is blocked from getting in on the side. |
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10/30/2008 09:51:43 AM · #6 |
I've got a rubber lens hood here - I didn't even think about that.
Straight on shot - good trick to remember.
I'll have to practice with the polarizer to figure it out, I think.
Can't really move the feeder - all our windows are west-facing (yes, EVERY window in the house faces west).
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10/30/2008 10:00:04 AM · #7 |
it's pretty simple - put it on, aim at the window ( you'll see the glare through the camera). turn the polarizer until the glare goes away - or is the least obvious.
Originally posted by kashi:
I'll have to practice with the polarizer to figure it out, I think. |
Message edited by author 2008-10-30 10:00:23.
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10/30/2008 10:38:35 AM · #8 |
| Get some black velvet cloth and some gaffer's tape. Tape it to the window in a box fashion (velvet side towards window) with enough room to let the cloth drape over you, or even just around the camera and cinched around the bottom. |
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10/30/2008 04:57:29 PM · #9 |
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10/30/2008 05:05:18 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by kashi:
Originally posted by pamelasue:
have you tried a circular polarizer? |
I have one, but admittedly, I'm not entirely sure how to use it. |
that's a waste. Learn to use it, you'll love it.
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10/30/2008 05:07:34 PM · #11 |
| If you can move the feeder farther from the glass and then stand closer, the glass should now fall in front of the DOF and the effects of the glare and dirt further minimized. This is assuming you are shooting with a relatively long lens/zoom setting, and can manually focus on the critter. |
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10/30/2008 05:08:35 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
If you can move the feeder farther from the glass and then stand closer, the glass should now fall in front of the DOF and the effects of the glare and dirt further minimized. This is assuming you are shooting with a relatively long lens/zoom setting, and can manually focus on the critter. |
The feeder was suction cupped to the glass.
It's all a moot point now anyhow, as the feeder fell this afternoon and broke :(
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10/30/2008 05:11:49 PM · #13 |
| My dad makes his own animal feeders out of "spare parts" he has lying around -- cans, small pieces of pipe, some screw-eyes, etc. Be creative! |
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