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Weird & problem birds.....

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janet Smith

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Hello everyone, I went to a bird park with a friend yesterday, we were laughing when this very friendly Marabou Stork came up to look at us through the mesh fence, he looked almost like he was smiling!! I touched the front of my Canon 100-300 lens to the mesh fence to shoot through at f5.6 ISO 800, I have just crudely burnt in the background, I'd be interested to see what other things you clever lot can do with with this rather charming but weird bird to get rid of the mesh - (I would have posted him on make Friday fun, but I'll be in Scotland then)

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This Black Swan was taken in strong shade but with patches of strong sunlight coming through, I have found the contrast difficult to handle, can you show me what else can be done?......

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Just to prove I can take a normal photo of a bird!
 
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John Sheehy

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janet Smith said:
Hello everyone, I went to a bird park with a friend yesterday, we were laughing when this very friendly Marabou Stork came up to look at us through the mesh fence, he looked almost like he was smiling!! I touched the front of my Canon 100-300 lens to the mesh fence to shoot through at f5.6 ISO 800, I have just crudely burnt in the background, I'd be interested to see what other things you clever lot can do with with this rather charming but weird bird to get rid of the mesh - (I would have posted him on make Friday fun, but I'll be in Scotland then)
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Two things to keep in mind when forced to shoot through a fence are that you want to have the ratio of illumination between the subject/background, and the fence itself, to be as high as possible, and you want the lens to be right on top of the fence (without scratching it, of course, if it protrudes). If the fence is black and in the shade, and your lens is pressed up against the fence, and the subject and background are well-illuminated, then you will not notice the fence much, if at all. If your flash and/or the sun illuminate the fence in the field of view, then the fence will be highly visible, even if it is out of focus.
 
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janet Smith

pro member
Hello John

Thank you for this, yes the sun was hitting the mesh fence and was also much taller than me so I had no option but to press the front of the lens onto wire mesh, isn't he a funny looking charachter!!
 
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