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Shooting through a window (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Roy C
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Mickymouse
Ubuntu Linux user
The only hint I can give other than the obvious make sure the window is clean bit, is to put the camera right up more or less in contact with the glass and to switch the flash off, I have managed to get useful images that way if not the best quality.
Mick
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NickRno77
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Hi RoyRoy C said:
I shot this one through my dirty kitchen window today, edited in Photoshop CS2 , Auto Levels and a little sharpening, I was quit pleased with the results.
http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showphoto.php/photo/116554
Cheers
Nick
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albatross02
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Through Window
Hi,
I made some picture through window ( e.g. aquarium or during bus drive ).
But in New Caledonia I want take a picture from Rhacodactylus in the zoo.
The window was dirty and sun from the top, I had no chance.
Best regards
Dieter
Roy C said:
Hi,
I made some picture through window ( e.g. aquarium or during bus drive ).
But in New Caledonia I want take a picture from Rhacodactylus in the zoo.
The window was dirty and sun from the top, I had no chance.
Best regards
Dieter
IanF
Moderator
I tend to prop the front of the lens against the window itself to help with stability. I've been surprised at how sharp photos can be taken through double glazing.
If the windows have white uPVC surrounds then try to place the camera somewhere in the centre of the frame away from the edges as the white plastic can cause reflections/flare.
I'm not so sure angle to glass makes a great deal of difference, the shots below were all at quite oblique angles and taken from a first floor bedroom window.
If the windows have white uPVC surrounds then try to place the camera somewhere in the centre of the frame away from the edges as the white plastic can cause reflections/flare.
I'm not so sure angle to glass makes a great deal of difference, the shots below were all at quite oblique angles and taken from a first floor bedroom window.
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Both the Fieldfare and Sparrowhawk in my 'gallery' were shot through a dg window. A tweak in contrast usually brings the image up to a reasonable standard, certainly good enough for web work if not as prints. Avoid over sharpening as it can give you too much noise or ghosting along edges of outline.
Obviously not posible this time of year, but in warmer times, try sitting in an open window - presuming it will open of course.
Obviously not posible this time of year, but in warmer times, try sitting in an open window - presuming it will open of course.
ccsial
Well-known member
Roy C said:
Sometimes it is better. I have a room in my shop I use as a bird blind. I usually open the window. If it is cold out the window is better closed because the front of cold and warm air cause enough turbulance to make getting a razor sharp picture impossible.
Turn off the lights and remove anything that could reflect a glare. Shoot as little angle as possible.
do re meep meep
Well-known member
This is an old thread, but perhaps there is an interest in photographing through windows at the socalled Brewster angle (about 53 degrees from the normal to the window pane) so that any reflections are polarized and cutting those reflections out with a polarization filter.
I have not used the method myself, but pictures that I saw look as if there was just a hole there, the window pane disappeared rather completely.
Anyone using this method?
I have not used the method myself, but pictures that I saw look as if there was just a hole there, the window pane disappeared rather completely.
Anyone using this method?
Roy C
Occasional bird snapper
Never heard of the method but I have had better results shooting at an angle to the window rather than square on.
Mary Evelyn
New member
Fabulous pics guys and really helpful information too.
Clarke Robinson
Well-known member
Sorry for the late reply. I agree with Roy here, most of my window shots are at an angle also (I'm too close to the birds if shooting straight on). I thought angled shooting would be disasterous but was very surprised to find it was no problem at all. Here are some examples, I'd say the angle was anywhere between 30-60 degrees on these shots.
Clarke
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As someone mentioned further old, it depends on the quality of the glass - older windows have less optically sound glass (here at least), so get better windows!
Keith Reeder
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