MKEbonoboluv
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I am looking for tips for shooting thru fencing (outside) and wires (aviary indoors)? I use a Nikon 3500 and Nikon 7500 and my iPhone 16 Pro.
Tips for shooting thru fencing, wires
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Eddie Seb
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Get as close to the fence as possible. Remove the lens hood if possible to get closer. Maybe bring a black marker to paint the wires to make it less noticeable. Shoot wide open. For most cameras, it's not that noticeable anyways.
This one's shot through a fence, but you can't really notice it, except for the fence in the background.
You can also try to incorporate it as a part of your image, if you'd like to.
This one's shot through a fence, but you can't really notice it, except for the fence in the background.
You can also try to incorporate it as a part of your image, if you'd like to.
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If the animal is still in-focus and well-lit, a photo editor might be able to digitally remove the wires. For example, the following jackal shot originally was partially blocked by two electric fence wires.
Siamese Golden Jackal (Canis aureus cruesemanni) - ZooChat
Siamese Golden Jackal (Canis aureus cruesemanni) - ZooChat
MKEbonoboluv
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Thank you I can do the real close in some areas of our zoo but not so much others. I just hate taking photos where the animals look like they are in cages with bars
MKEbonoboluv
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Amazing photo, I have an AI program that can do that and also in Apple photos so I need to play around with that a bit more. I have done it with a few photos like this one that had part of the car showing up, and I like it but it was a very small removal.
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Eddie Seb
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That does look good, I can't even tell there was a wire! Might use this later on if I really need to.
That does look good, I can't even tell there was a wire! Might use this later on if I really need to.
If the sun is out, try to find a section of mesh that is in shadow, as the darkened mesh will be much less visible than the mesh in sections lit be the sun.
cloudedleopard611
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Everyone mentioning shooting in shaded areas of fences is right. I will also add a recommendation to take advantage of overcast days by going to the exhibits with fences. Not having bright sunlight on the fence anywhere gives you a lot more freedom.
Lafone
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As everyone has said, the further the animal is from the fence the better the 'throw' past the fence will be and enclosures with black or painted fencing are to be relished along with shadows and darker days as shiny wire on a bright day is a bit of a curse.
I think the other thing is patience...I prefer to wait for the animal to move the right distance away (or move myself) to bothering with trying to remove fencing or wire. It never comes off as well as getting the right shot in the first place. Sometimes you just have to live with getting a shot somewhere else or not at all. I think it helps not to 'need' a shot of something but instead to take what the animals and enclosures give you.
I would say on the whole though I much prefer fencing over glass.
I do take a little cloth with me to the zoo, for cleariong cobwebs off mesh, particularly on aviaries etc so you can get close in and hold the lens right up to it. Obviously not useful where there are standoffs!
I think the other thing is patience...I prefer to wait for the animal to move the right distance away (or move myself) to bothering with trying to remove fencing or wire. It never comes off as well as getting the right shot in the first place. Sometimes you just have to live with getting a shot somewhere else or not at all. I think it helps not to 'need' a shot of something but instead to take what the animals and enclosures give you.
I would say on the whole though I much prefer fencing over glass.
I do take a little cloth with me to the zoo, for cleariong cobwebs off mesh, particularly on aviaries etc so you can get close in and hold the lens right up to it. Obviously not useful where there are standoffs!
Eddie Seb
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I have to agree with preferring fence over glass. Glass makes the images softer, and also ruins the color. I also wonder what the animals prefer
Lafone
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I have to agree with preferring fence over glass. Glass makes the images softer, and also ruins the color. I also wonder what the animals prefer
I think they get habituated to whatever is used, but they do need some adjustment and barriers appear to make some difference to behaviour...when the newer female lions arrived at Whipsnade for example, it took them some time to get used to the glass and not paw at it all the time / leap up at people / attempt to eat small children through it, but now they ignore it completely. The cubs, who have arrived in an enclosure with fencing and glass appear to treat it all the same. I guess for most zoo animals general visitors are a bit irrelevant and pointless to look at, so it doesn't matter what they 'see' them through.
SkyHighScenes
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Does your lens have a focus limiter? If so, you can set it to "x metres to infinity" to skip past the fence. Or you can turn manual focus on and adjust it until the animal is in focus and the fence isnt.