Nostalgia & History > That Darn Fence

How many times has the locomotive you wanted photograph been behind a fence?  And there seems to be more fences every year.

What do you do?  Give up?  Bring a step ladder with you?  If it is a chain-link fence, just ignore it?  Hold the camera high above your head a take some shots.  In pre-digital days you had to hope you had the camera aimed right.  Today you can look at the image and try again if you missed, and if necessary do some cropping when you get home. 

For this critter I decided to include the fence.  She was USAF 7238, a GE 45 Ton with side rods.  The photo was taken June 22, 1966 somewhere in northeastern Illinois.

Enjoy,
Marty Bernard



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/03/15 15:29 by MartyBernard.

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HALT!!! Who goes there!

WHAT DO YOU DO ??? ...

you use your MIT education and develop an algorithm to remove fences reflections and obstructions from photo images ...

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/74845/20150807/google-and-mit-create-algorithm-to-remove-fences-reflections-and-other-obstructions-from-your-photos.htm

i saw it this past week on a news segment ...

WOW, Out, that is interesting.

Marty

I take along my trusty Sony Cybershot backup whos lens can fit through a fence ;-) or if distance allows use a 135mm plus tele that also doesn't show fence, at least "normal" fencing.
JB

Northeastern Illinois or Eastern Illinois as in Chanute AFB in Rantoul, Illinois.

That isn't hard to figure out how to leave out the fence. Just zoom in on your object till the fence is out of the shot. That is what I do. upkpfan

Not that easy with a fence with smaller links, if the fence is at an angle to the subject, or if you need to ues a fairly wide angle lens because the subject is close.  Also a sunshade on the lens can be a problem of getting really close to the fence

Marty.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/04/15 14:13 by MartyBernard.

If possible, use a telephoto (135mm or longer) leave an inch or two between the lens and the fence, and the fence disappears!
It does work.
Ken Gear

I actually like the composition of this photo with the fence in it.

I just put the lens up against the fence, usually no problem.

Bill Deaver
Tehachapi, CA

What if you can't get that close to the fence?

Marty

MartyBernard wrote:

>  Also a sunshare on the lens can be a problem of getting really close to the fence

What's a "sunshare?"
 

A sunshare is also known as a sunshade. (-:

Marty

wabash2800 Wrote:
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> I actually like the composition of this photo with
> the fence in it.
I also  like the photo just as it is. Very interesting photo.
cf7

Selfie-stick?