indoor shots

[oTTer]

Ok, every spring I make a trip to the henry doorly zoo in Omaha, and they have a wonderful aquarium, unfortunately it's fairly dark inside, and everything is behind glass. Is there any suggestions as to getting decent shots without a flash that would reflect, or ?? I believe the closer I get to the glass, the better the shot. I guess with digital I can just go and play, and do it when the outdoor lighting gets bad - meaning, to take the bear pictures, I have to go when the sun is in the east, or the outdoor dens are in shadow and make lousy photos etc. Anyway, let me see if I can find some I've taken, and you can help me sort out what else I may be able to do.






also, I have had trouble at the polar bears, there is plexiglass stuff that shows the reflections of whoever is near it, and I think it is rude to shove someone out of the way so I don't get that in the shot. I've gotten good pictures, and sometimes the fingerprints etc. on the glass show up. Short of wiping everything down, I suppose there is nothing to do about that.

[Bonish Photo]

Hey Pamela, I've had some success with putting my hood on the front of the lens and actually placing the lens right up against the glass. This will get rid of any reflections and reduce fingerprints.

ANother trick that you have to do since you wont be able to use flash is to bump up your ISO which will give you better shutter speed in the low light conditions

Some cameras really get grainy with high ISO's so this will be something you will have to play with to see which number is the right setting for you.



Got this while at the Detroit Zoo a few days ago with a Canon 5D that I had placed right up to the glass. I bumped the ISO up to 800 which helped. Like you said, with shooting digital, I was able to take a few with diffrerent settings and see which ones were giving me what I was going after till I finally liked the 800ISO

As for the Polar Bears in my other post, all of those were taken through very thick glass, but I figured out a way to get rid of the nasty shadows or reflections by again putting the lens right up against the glass or standing far back from it.

Hope that helps and good luck with your shots

[Bonish Photo]

One more thing I forgot to mention after looking at your 3 pictures.

Try bumping up the contrast and you might get rid of the haze from the glass.

Otherwise I think they look good

[oTTer]

thanks for the tips - maybe I will go at the end of February, when there will be no one there. I will have more time to play with settings.

[bob_r]

Pamela,

Kevin (Southern Wolf) convinced me to try shooting with a flash at an angle so the flash does not reflect back towards the camera. It really helps to bring out the colors and adds a catch light to the eyes. Our zoo doesn't have an aquarium, but we have an aviary with the birds behind glass. Of course, this glass isn't as thick as an aquarium's glass, so that may make a difference. Here are a couple of shots I took with a flash through glass.

Both shots were taken with a Canon 30D and a Canon 200 f/2.8L - 1/250s f/2.8 at 200.0mm iso400

This is a Rainbow Lorikeet



This is a burrowing owl

[oTTer]

Thanks, I'll have to remember to try that, too!

[dutchlady123]

Thank you, this is good news for other visitors

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