rupperadio.com ~ » d300 http://www.rupperadio.com website reviews, photo blogging, music blogging, etc. ... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:59:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Taking pictures through a window… http://www.rupperadio.com/people/taking-pictures-through-a-window/ http://www.rupperadio.com/people/taking-pictures-through-a-window/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:17:59 +0000 stephen http://www.rupperadio.com/?p=650 You never know when the opportunity will arise for a decent photograph, so always be prepared. … I’m (S.B.Ruppe) currently deployed to Afghanistan, stationed on Bagram Airforce Base at the moment.  I shot the picture below while on the way to work.  Yes, a pretty simple shot, but a decent capture of a woker taking a break on the job.  He obviously had no idea that I had taken the photograph.  I shot this picture with the windows rolled up and a polarizer lens cap on, but the shot still turned out alright I think….  (granted, the laptop that I have with me tends to render the exposure brighter than on most other computers… can’t seem to figure this out yet… I mean the display settings are set to the highest quality, but for some reason graphics appear much brighter on this laptop than almost every other computer. … anyway……) ….. the pic (Afghan Construction Worker on Bagram Air Force Base, Afghanistan):

This picture was taken with a Nikon D300 and an 18-200mm lens.  Zooming in on the subject probably helped with the possible reflections that could’ve taken place in the photo without zooming. 

Here are a few other links concerning taking photos through windows/glass:

1- Taking Photos Through Windows, Photocritic.org

2- Taking Photos Through Windows, PhotoHacker.blogspot.com

3- Photos Throug Glass, HomePhotog.com

So don’t worry too much about window/glass interferrance with your picture taking.   With a couple of easy tips from the links above such as, whether or not to use a flash due to the possible reflection, or manual verses auto focusing, you’ll find it’s not that difficult to take a good picture through glass… Besides, it’s better just to take the shot and see what happens, instead of missing the opportunity all together…

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Tiller?2, originally uploaded by Stephen B. Ruppe.
It’s really amazing some of the subjects you can find to photograph just walking around right outside your home (or Grandfather’s home in this case).  The above picture, taken with a nikon d300 and 50mm lense, is a picture of a tiller (dragged behind a tractor) that my Gradfather still has for when he plows up his garden.  Just an old rusty metal piece of junk, but I kind of like it from this perspective….

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If you would like to view the rest of the pictures I took on this particular cruise through my Grandfather’s country backyard, then visit the link below.  These pictures are simply the result of me waiting for my food to digest on Christmas Day, 2009 prior to opening some presents at my Grandparent’s house….

For more information about the Nikon D300 & Nikon 50mm Lense, you can check out the following links:

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