window

[hoppy]

I have a large window looking out onto the garden at the rear of my bungalow, with a few shrubs and small trees and leylandi hedge, so I have frequent visitors to the garden, now I dont want to frighten the wildlife away by rushing into the garden and trying to take photos of them, and I dont have equipment to set up my camera on a tripod and take remote photos, Ive tried to take the photo's through the window glass, especially when a kestrel has come into the garden with its prey, but the photos always come out blurred, no matter what I set my camera to on the dial I cant seem to get a decent photo, and Im only about 30-40 ft away from the subject, is there a special set-up for taking pictures thro a window glass so they dont come out blurred?

 

My cameras a Fuji Finepix E510...

cheers...hoppy

[poledark]

Set the camera at "Infinity" it should then "ignore" the glass.

 

Den

[charliebettell]

I have a large window looking out onto the garden at the rear of my bungalow, with a few shrubs and small trees and leylandi hedge, so I have frequent visitors to the garden, now I dont want to frighten the wildlife away by rushing into the garden and trying to take photos of them, and I dont have equipment to set up my camera on a tripod and take remote photos, Ive tried to take the photo's through the window glass, especially when a kestrel has come into the garden with its prey, but the photos always come out blurred, no matter what I set my camera to on the dial I cant seem to get a decent photo, and Im only about 30-40 ft away from the subject, is there a special set-up for taking pictures thro a window glass so they dont come out blurred?

 

My cameras a Fuji Finepix E510...

cheers...hoppy

Reflection could be your main problem.

 

Try using a rubber hood on your lens - pressed hard up against the window pain.

 

The following were taken through thick glass - covered with tiny fingerprints!!

 

 

 

The thing I really love about the above photo, is you can see me taking the photo through the window - i.e. in the eyes of the gorilla!!

 

This is the info for the Gorilla shot:-

Camera Model

Canon EOS 20D

Shooting Date/Time

5/12/05 10:40:07 AM

Shooting Mode

Program AE

Tv( Shutter Speed )

1/15

Av( Aperture Value )

3.5

Metering Mode

Evaluative Metering

Exposure Compensation

0

ISO Speed

400

Lens

28.0 - 200.0 mm

Focal Length

28.0 mm

Image Size

3504x2336

Image Quality

Fine

Flash

Off

 

 

Charlie

http://www.NACA.co.uk

Edited January 24, 2006 by charliebettell

[Steve Randles]

The thing I really love about the above photo, is you can see me taking the photo through the window - i.e. in the eyes of the gorilla!!

Charlie

http://www.NACA.co.uk

 

Nahh..thats not true Charlie, he's got his eye on you with one thing in mind....dinner!

 

Nice pics BTW..

[hoppy]

Im stood back away from the window about 5ft into the room, if I stood up to the window my subject would fly off, I always have my camera set at auto, with no flash in case I get reflection.

The selections are...Auto...P...S...A...M...icon for vid cam...icon moon/star...icon sportsman...icon mountains...icon human head,

those are on the selection dial on the top of the camera.

 

finepix E510...hoppy

[charliebettell]

Im stood back away from the window about 5ft into the room, if I stood up to the window my subject would fly off, I always have my camera set at auto, with no flash in case I get reflection.

The selections are...Auto...P...S...A...M...icon for vid cam...icon moon/star...icon sportsman...icon mountains...icon human head,

those are on the selection dial on the top of the camera.

 

finepix E510...hoppy

In my opinion, your camera is focusing on the reflection in the window - causing the subject to blur.

 

Pull your curtains and place your camera in between them - i.e. where they meet in the middle.

 

Where there's a will, there's a way (!)

 

 

Charlie

http://www.NACA.co.uk

[peter mccue]

thing I really love about the above photo, is you can see me taking the photo through the window - i.e. in the eyes of the gorilla!!

 

Great photo Charlie love it.....but you don't know your simians.

 

That is no Gorilla, it is clearly the librarian from the unseen university!

[charliebettell]

Great photo Charlie love it.....but you don't know your simians.

 

That is no Gorilla, it is clearly the librarian from the unseen university!

Hi Peter

 

On looking at the photo at home, after our day out at Colchester Zoo, I asked my wife if she could remember what the adorable looking creature was - as I had not payed attention when photographing it.

 

We both thought that it was a Gorilla - oops!!!

 

Regards

 

 

Charlie

http://www.NACA.co.uk