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Shooting in a zoo Hi Recently I visited the Zoological Park in my city and attempted to shoot some feather friends. Gaurav Pandey
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I forgot to mention.. I use a Nikon 7900
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robert G. Fately |
Gaurav, I don't know if there is a better approach with that camera - the way I avoid capturing the bars or cage fencing in these situations is by using a wide open aperture - thus reducing my depth of field and keeping the bars/fence out of focus altogether. To do this, though, you need a fairly fast lens - and most point & shoot digitals don't have that feature. I doubt there's a clean way to defocus the fencing in post-production (Photoshop or whatever).
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David A. Bliss |
Bob's advice is exactly what I would do. The longer the focal length, the better it will work. Get as close to the fence or cage as you can, use a longer focal length, and use as wide open an aperture as you can. Remember, depth of field works both ways, background and foreground. The image will be a little darker, because while you will not be able to see the fence, it will still be there, just very out of focus. It works the same way as your eyes, when you look through a fence at something more distant, the fence seems to disappear.
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Francis N. |
I shot a bunch of photos at the dallas zoo. I was using my cannon A85. I cheated by leaning over and putting the lense through the holes in the mesh and composing the shot with the lcd. You just have to be careful of zoo managment. You can be ejected from the zoo if you lean to far. I think they have rules against such things. If you want really good zoo pics go to a safari where the animals are free to roam,again you must be careful because lions eat photographers so wear sneakers so you can outrun youre friends. Please do not mistake my humor for sarcasm. I just like sarcastic humor.
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