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kd_reno wrote in post #19220484
Great shots. I assume these are behind glass. Do you take any special steps to control reflections?

JayLT wrote in post #19220768
A lens hood can help at times, but it pushes you back from the glass so those specks and smudges may be more difficult to deal with. I've been wanted to try one of those rubber lens hoods to see how it works, but just haven't had a chance yet.

A cheap DIY material to control the reflection when shooting through a window.... Just cut the right diameter in the middle to fit your lens.

https://www.amazon.com …?ie=UTF8&psc=1&​pldnSite=1

JayLT wrote in post #19220768
Thanks!

The snakes were behind glass and that can certainly be an issue. With the first two the enclosure is small as these snakes do not get very big so I was able to use the 100mm macro lens to get really close. The closer to the glass the better, both to control reflections and to focus through any small specks or smudges. A lens hood can help at times, but it pushes you back from the glass so those specks and smudges may be more difficult to deal with. I've been wanted to try one of those rubber lens hoods to see how it works, but just haven't had a chance yet.

Also, those snake shots are all done with the R5 focus bracketing option, and the first two are about 20 shots, while the third shot was 8 shots. Using the focus bracketing gets me around using a flash, which doesn't always help when dealing with glass! Also, the added benefit of getting a deeper DoF is always appreciated.

The third shot was done with the RF 100-500 because the snake was in a much larger enclosure so the distance didn't work well with the 100mm macro lens. Thankfully the RF 100-500 has a short MFD and I was able to keep myself really close to the glass

I did need to throw out a few strings of shots because some of the frames caught a reflection of a passing person in the background. Sometimes there's just not much you can do.

The iguana is in an outdoor exhibit, so no glass to deal with on that one

Thanks. I thought the snakes might be stacks, but I didn't notice that you used the 100-500 for the 3rd one. Were those hand held? I know a lot of zoos and museums restrict or prohibit use of tripods.

The snakes were behind glass and that can certainly be an issue. With the first two the enclosure is small as these snakes do not get very big so I was able to use the 100mm macro lens to get really close. The closer to the glass the better, both to control reflections and to focus through any small specks or smudges. A lens hood can help at times, but it pushes you back from the glass so those specks and smudges may be more difficult to deal with. I've been wanted to try one of those rubber lens hoods to see how it works, but just haven't had a chance yet.[/QUOTE]

Jay, I bought an inexpensive collapsible screw in lens hood a couple years ago and used it in the snake house in STL with my 100mm macro with excellent results. It was flexible enough to change angle of lens and still keep in contact with glass and I could almost get my lens against glass. You will be pleased I think. Got 2 for like 7-8 bucks on Amazon.

SYS wrote in post #19220779
A cheap DIY material to control the reflection when shooting through a window.... Just cut the right diameter in the middle to fit your lens.

https://www.amazon.com …?ie=UTF8&psc=1&​pldnSite=1

Those look really similar to ones I was thinking about! Time to put the Amazon Prime account to use!

kd_reno wrote in post #19220800
Thanks. I thought the snakes might be stacks, but I didn't notice that you used the 100-500 for the 3rd one. Were those hand held? I know a lot of zoos and museums restrict or prohibit use of tripods.

I've done a few stacks with the 100-500 lens, all hand-held. This zoo does not like tripods, but as long as you're not impeding people they will overlook it, monopods are fine but I never use them.

This was another shot with the 100-500 stacked, I think this was one of the first ones I did with that lens. One thing about the electronic shutter, it captures the shots so fast that you don't have much time to move and cause any issues. I think this was 15-20 shots

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Dave63401 wrote in post #19220817
The snakes were behind glass and that can certainly be an issue. With the first two the enclosure is small as these snakes do not get very big so I was able to use the 100mm macro lens to get really close. The closer to the glass the better, both to control reflections and to focus through any small specks or smudges. A lens hood can help at times, but it pushes you back from the glass so those specks and smudges may be more difficult to deal with. I've been wanted to try one of those rubber lens hoods to see how it works, but just haven't had a chance yet.

Jay, I bought an inexpensive collapsible screw in lens hood a couple years ago and used it in the snake house in STL with my 100mm macro with excellent results. It was flexible enough to change angle of lens and still keep in contact with glass and I could almost get my lens against glass. You will be pleased I think. Got 2 for like 7-8 bucks on Amazon.

Yep, sounds similar top what I was thinking about. Of course I always forget to follow up on them by the time I get home! Off to Amazon I go...

From today

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JayLT wrote in post #19220078
There are a few places you can go, but it depends on which runway they are using, the direction they are tacking off/landing and time of day to find the "best" spot. The usual places I'm at are right off of Northern and Litchfield which is basically the north side of the base.

On the south side of the base there's a dead-end road called Alsup Rd of off Camelback that ends right at the fence to Luke and really close to the end of one of the runways. Most of the shots from that post were from this spot. The one shot of the F35 landing in front of the F16's was from one of the few places you can get a decent vantage point on the side...it's basically on the side of a road. However, they are not using that runway as much so those shots are rare to get now

When they are landing to the south (towards Camelback) if you're on Northern Rd they get very close over head. This shot is barely cropped (mostly just straightened a bit) and only at 100mm

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2jHi​g1g R5__6983-Edit by Jay Cline, on Flickr

When do you usually go out photograph? During the week or weekend? I am a new R5 user so any tips/advice would help

Luke usually does not fly on the weekends other than the rare supply flight. When I can get out there it's usually on a Wednesday or Thursday morning as that's what my schedule allows, however with the weather getting hotter I'll be spending a lot less time out there unless something really unique comes through and I happen to hear about it.

Normally I use Shutter Priority mode and I'll use either single-point focus or tracking, I have a button setup for each on the back of the camera

You can take a look at the shots from this year in the Flickr album if you'd like, all the EXIF data is open to look at if it helps

https://flic.kr/s/aHsm​TwNEcC

road image from Vista, ca

Magnus3D wrote in post #19220061
Yesterday i finally got to aim the camera at something else besides the generic seagulls and ducks. Here are some cranes and ..other ducks.

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These are beautiful.

kd_reno wrote in post #19220484
Great shots. I assume these are behind glass. Do you take any special steps to control reflections?

We humans seem to learn to ignore mild reflections, mentally, making them less intense in "real life" than in captures, and so it is easy not to notice them. One thing that I have found that helps to quickly assess the level of reflected light on glass surfaces is to move my head left, right, up and down like a raptor watching the ground for prey, and then the reflections start moving relative to the object behind the glass, and become far more obvious. I am often surprised at how some reflections are invisible until I do that.

In zoo-like environments, employees generally tolerate people touching the "glass", as long as they don't tap or knock on it to harass the animals, but in museums, touching is not a tolerated activity, and often there are alarms that go off if you get even very close. So, flexible rubber hoods can help in zoos, but may get you kicked out of a museum.

GBH collecting nesting material

kd_reno wrote in post #19220484
Great shots. I assume these are behind glass. Do you take any special steps to control reflections?

A polarizing filter can help sometimes, often a lot.
Light reflections tend to be polarized parallel to the plane of the reflective surface.

Common buzzard

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Weja wrote in post #19221092
Common buzzard

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2kS9​kBn IMG_ Common buzzard by Jan Wever, on Flickr


Weja

Sweet shot

Gambel's Quail...