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One of my first fish pics. The little SOB stopped long enough for me to get a shot of him without a flash. There's also a greenish hue to the pic - I played around in photshop elements but I couldn't get the color cast right. Any suggestions?



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Excellent photo!

I don't notice anything wrong with the color though...

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

I personally have to say that that is a great shot for your first fish pic! They can be hard little buggers to get a decent pic out of, let alone a good one. I can't name how many hours I have spent deleting pics with a blur of what could have been a fish, or maybe it was a ghost going through it.

If you use flash, you are going to end up with glass glare that could ruin an otherwise great pic. What I do when I take pics is add extra flourescent light over my tank, turn off all the light in the room so that the only light is coming from inside the tank, and get my camera nice and close to the glass. I have played around with the settings on my camera and tried putting the light setting on flour., and have also set it on macro settings, both seemed to work well for different situations.

EDIT: Neither do I Cory!

Last edited by Stormy5 at 11-Feb-2005 10:19

Thanks

I don't think you can tell because of the small size of this photo, but in an enlarged version you can actually see the texture of the yo-yo's scaleless skin, which is actually very pretty. To get this one I put the camera on a tripod and used the motor drive to shoot about 5 or so pictures in about 2 seconds, to help get rid of any movement blur.

I personally don't like using flash, period. The VERY first shots I took were with flash, and it just distorts the color of everything,from the gravel to the fish. Plus I find it makes the tank look shallower somehow. As for getting close up to the glass, I've been trying that very same method to get a good pic of my BN but since she's so shy she runs (swims?) and hides whenever i get up close.

My camera takes up to 15 minutes of video, so I'm toying with the idea of setting it up on a tripod in front of the tank, walking out of the room and letting it record for the full amount of time, then going back and saving any good clip segments as jpegs. But we'll see how that goes...

Thanks again!

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NowherMan6

I had a litle play with it. I personally think it has some thing to do with the tank. Could it be the lighting?

Also it would help if you set the camera the highest resolution this just might help a little.

Other than that an excellent photo.

Keith

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