TC travels, 2014 TR, Pg 904, 2015 TR pg 964

sleepy wrote:

bka0721 wrote:

sabconsulting wrote:

sleepy wrote:
I have always used a piece of flat black cloth on the dash to eliminate reflections when we take pictures. I purchase a new piece every uear or so and cut it to fit.

Some times the wind blows it askue when the doors are open... then Janets pictures include the reflection of the airconditioning grill or the GPS module.

I also try to keep the windows clean... some times the weather doesn't cooperate.

Hey, that is a great idea Chet. So often I don't bother taking pictures through the windshield because of the reflections of the top of the dash. Even if not taking pictures the reflections are still annoying. Next time I use the truck in the sunshine I'll see whether it is worth doing the same as you.

Cheers,

Steve.

You might try a Polarizer Filter, if you are shooting with a DSLR, and forget the towel.

b

Then my eyes would still see the reflections from the dash all day long on the windsheild.... you might say that I should wear polorized glasses all the time... I used to but they interfer with seeing my DeLorme Street Atlas on my computer... I like the mat black cloth all the time. (I tried flip-up polarized lenses... they are a pain in the.... )

A $3 piece of cloth is such a simple solution that I never thought to discuss it... I just solved the problem to my own satisfaction.. and got on with important things.

I should remind you that... we aren't doing art, no tri-pods or SLR cameras needed in order to cronical the highways, byways and signs or even the Blue Angels ora sailboat that we see. This is just the snapshooting of snapshots... often at 58 mph. No time to change lens, or adjust the focus. We would never sit quietly for half a day waiting for a butterfly to open it's wings... we can and do enjoy other peoples patient efforts for those shots.

In order to simplify we have bought 6 new Sony cameras over the last 9 years... many have a few features that we aren't interested in. I even have an earlier camera that we started traveling with... a Sony digital (F-707) that is from the year 2000, it has the capabality to take pictues in total darkness but has excellant telephoto abilities. Another (T-9) from 2011 that will take 3D pictures... I never use them for the night vision or 3D pictures that they will take... but they do a surburb job of what we want to capture with them... simply.

We normally take 3 cameras with us... each of us have our point and shoots with us all of the time... we can capture the moment on the fly.

... they cost $400 to $500 each so it's not being cheap... it's just what fits our needs...

Point and shoot's and cell phones don't have a place for filters... the F-707 does... but it has to be focused.... and zoomed, etc (It was one of the first serious digital cameras.)

I'll even take pictures with my iPhone 5... Janet won't use her iphone camera.

As you can see... in order to simplify... a quick stop at the cloth shop every few years for 2 yards of very inexpensive flat black cotton cloth material split into two 6' X 20" pieces gives us several years of nonflective dash surface .. just trimmed (Hacked) to fit with sissors... it actually compliments our simple life style... and our snapshot mindset.

I'm surprised... I have spent a lot more time defending our black rag that it has taken to buy, prepare, and replace it a couple of times as it faded over the years.

BTW... Janet has a heck of a time even getting a snapshot sometimes... like when the Blue Angels buzz us. Timing is everything... with a big dose of luck.

The only towel involved is the crying towel we use when we miss getting that interesting (to us) picture.

Alrighty then.

I was just trying to make a simple suggestion, for those that don't have the time or talent to fashion something that I agree, too, is effective. Don't mind me, I'll go back to my own sandbox. Sorry.

b