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katieb Fish Addict Posts: 697 Votes: 69 Registered: 03-Jul-2004 | http://67.15.5.220/4960/119/upload/p1644721.jpg My old Kodak digi was pretty bad with fish photos, but my Canon has no trouble at all I'll do graffiti, If you sing to me in French. |
Posted 14-Feb-2006 23:04 | |
NowherMan6 Fish Master Posts: 1880 Kudos: 922 Votes: 69 Registered: 21-Jun-2004 | Excellent pic What kind of camera? And just one comment - next time aim to focus on the fish's eyes, looks like you got him juuuust behind the head, enough to make his face a little blurry. Really nice shot though |
Posted 14-Feb-2006 23:23 | |
Theresa_M Moderator Queen of Zoom Posts: 3649 Kudos: 4280 Votes: 790 Registered: 04-Jan-2004 | Quite clear, very nice ~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is water at the bottom of the ocean |
Posted 15-Feb-2006 00:59 | |
katieb Fish Addict Posts: 697 Votes: 69 Registered: 03-Jul-2004 | Canon Powershot A610 Thanks for the comments I'll do graffiti, If you sing to me in French. |
Posted 15-Feb-2006 01:08 | |
longhairedgit Fish Guru Lord of the Beasts Posts: 2502 Kudos: 1778 Votes: 29 Registered: 21-Aug-2005 | Canons are really good for fish pics, they seem to be good on specific depths of field (ie good at ignoring glass distortion), and the tungsten light setting seems to work well with the lights, especially if you set them to av mode and use the macro,or tv mode if the tank is nice and bright. I have a canon IS S2 and an old a400 and they both take pretty good fish pictures. |
Posted 15-Feb-2006 19:51 | |
Calilasseia *Ultimate Fish Guru* Panda Funster Posts: 5496 Kudos: 2828 Votes: 731 Registered: 10-Feb-2003 | If your new camera allows you to set aperture and shutter speed manually, then you can get around the critical focus problem. Set your aperture to the narrowest setting (higher numbers equals narrower aperture, so for example, f2.8 is the widest setting on my camera, while f22 is the narrowest), then set your shutter speed to sync with your flash (most modern digitals allow 1/125 second or faster shutter speed syncing with flash - mine will even allow 1/1000 second syncing if there is enough light!) and shoot your fishes that way. The narrower the aperture, the greater the depth of field, and the more margin you have for getting the fish critically focused. Also, try to focus manually instead of relying on autofocus if you can, because then you don't suffer the delay while the camera refocuses before taking the shot, and instead shoots instantly the moment you fire the shutter. I've discovered that it's almost a necessity to disengage autofocus with digital cameras when shooting fish in an aquarium, because you line up on the fishes doing something interesting, and fire the shutter, then the camera whirrs while it refocuses and you lose the moment. Mind you, this is easier said than done with some fishes - try 9mm long Panda Cory fry against gravel with which they blend superbly! |
Posted 16-Feb-2006 17:11 | |
katieb Fish Addict Posts: 697 Votes: 69 Registered: 03-Jul-2004 | Im getting pics that are completely white or black Shutter speed goes up to 1/2000 (Dont know how to get it to sync with flash...must check manual) Aperture is at 8 (most narrow) ISO speed goes up to 400. I'll do graffiti, If you sing to me in French. |
Posted 16-Feb-2006 23:07 | |
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004 | wow an old fashion grizzled type female, not a too common thing anymore. kinda a shame, but nice pic. |
Posted 16-Feb-2006 23:23 | |
longhairedgit Fish Guru Lord of the Beasts Posts: 2502 Kudos: 1778 Votes: 29 Registered: 21-Aug-2005 | Katie I think your canon will have both 1 st and second phase flash settings, try swopping them over, you might be missing the flash when the piccie takes on a manual setting. Personally I dont use flash when taking pics of fish, you lose the atmos, and it really hacks them off (photoshock can be an issue). Heres one I took on av setting (light priority) , whitebalance tungsten, iso 200, supermacro with a canon S2 IS . http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a245/longhairedgit/smallcory.jpg and just showing off this is a 1mm long aphid. http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a245/longhairedgit/IMG_2290.jpg |
Posted 19-Feb-2006 03:43 | |
Fallout Moderator Communications Specialist Posts: 6416 Kudos: 4053 Votes: 742 Registered: 29-Jul-2000 | nice fish, my male has those colours I got my g/f a Powershot A610, she loves it |
Posted 19-Feb-2006 11:38 |
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