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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 :(
