Eric wrote:

I am surprised the fence is so obvious in the second image. There seems a lot of dof on that image, was the aperture stopped down?

I've shot through many fences without a lot of issues by simply following the known strategy.....max aperture, long focal length, lens touching wire, sun behind the camera.

Of course the diameter of the lens relative to the mesh size will play a part. You might find using a smaller diameter zoom lens like the superb consumer 70-300 lens, might be better than the big prime ...despite it having smaller max aperture...especially if on a DX body.

I'm guessing you used the D3 with the 300? Situations like this MIGHT be the Achilles heel for pro equipment?

The first image of the Mini was D3, Nikkor 300mm 2.8 @ f11, 1/1000Sec, ISO 500. Fence was about 1 to 2 ft away, about 2 inch mesh.

The second of the pickup was D3, Nikkor 300mm 2.8 @ f8, 1/1000Sec, ISO 1800. Fence was about 6 to 10 ft away at a guess.

Since I can crank up the ISO on the D3 and still retain outstanding IQ, I have been taking advantage of using M, setting the lens for DoF and adjusting the shutter speed for getting suitable movement blur of the wheels and background while panning, leaving auto ISO to deal with the exposure.

Using an MF 300, I am selecting a spot on the tarmac or a landmark of some sort then taking several quick exposures as the cars pass that point. That way I get a choice of what's sharp. Trouble with locked on AF is that the camera decides whats going to be sharp. In my opinion MF has some advantages for this.

What I need to do is hone my techniques to suit the job. Which is what it's all about really. By the end of the season I'm hopeful I may get some keepers!

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Last edited on Sun Jun 12th, 2016 07:01 by Eric