First fairly good picture with DSC-V1

[Pyro120]

Well, I purchased two things this week.
A.)a Sony DSC-V1
B.)a huge hermit crab that nobody wanted so i got it for free - now in his own 10 gallon terranium thing

So i mixed both products. I just took it in that new camera rush, and I know it doesn't fit the size requirements, i'll get that stuff working in a little. For now - here's the site, it's the only picture on the site. Just a warning, it's a big picture - 1280 X 1024.

http://www.angelfire.com/wizard/pyrofanatic120/

[ccplim]

That's a pretty good shot IMO. However, you seem to get the focusing point wrongly. For any shots of animal, the eyes is the most important feature. Try to focus on the eyes and make it as sharp as possible.

The catch light on the eyes are good but your flash is a little harsh. You might want to try diffusing your flash a little.

[Pyro120]

OK, thanks! It's hard, because nobody else in my family will hold the crab, they are all sorta scared of it :P . So, I had my sister take the picture, i'll try again tomarrow. Or... I'll just dig the tripod out and go for that camera shy jack dempsey of mine :frown: - i'll get him with this one

[ccplim]

OK, thanks! It's hard, because nobody else in my family will hold the crab, they are all sorta scared of it :P . So, I had my sister take the picture, i'll try again tomarrow. Or... I'll just dig the tripod out and go for that camera shy jack dempsey of mine :frown: - i'll get him with this one

Haha.... I see. Btw, are they aggressive?

If you are taking pictures of fishes, I would rather go without the tripod. They (tripod) can be troublesome at times since the fish will be swimming about (unless you have a photo tank which really confines the fish).

[Pyro120]

Most of the time they are very aggressive. We've had them in the past in combination with other african cichlids and they ahve worked out fine. Other africans being firemouths, ect. My dads which grew to about 7 inches would sometimes jump out of the 30 gallon when being fed and land on the floor, so we always had to keep the giant net on the side of the fish tank stand :oops: . The thing lived for quite a while until it died one day when the neighboors satanic cat they got from the wild found it's way into our house :evil: . Ohh well, lesson learned - line your tanks with electric wires to protect from neighbooring outdoor cats - jk.

Thanks for the hint - i'll get some pictures up soon :)

[Pyro120]

Also, any suggestions for photographing the fish? I'm pretty sure you try and focus on the eyes. Approx. what shutter speed should I try to use? Should I expirament with the flash or leave it off? Any suggestiosn would be great! Thanks!

[ccplim]

Most of the time they are very aggressive. We've had them in the past in combination with other african cichlids and they ahve worked out fine. Other africans being firemouths, ect. My dads which grew to about 7 inches would sometimes jump out of the 30 gallon when being fed and land on the floor, so we always had to keep the giant net on the side of the fish tank stand :oops: . The thing lived for quite a while until it died one day when the neighboors satanic cat they got from the wild found it's way into our house :evil: . Ohh well, lesson learned - line your tanks with electric wires to protect from neighbooring outdoor cats - jk.

Thanks for the hint - i'll get some pictures up soon :)

I always have my tank tightly covered since most of the fishes that I am keeping are pretty jumpy. I sure do not wish to see them lying dry on the floor :lol:

[ccplim]

Also, any suggestions for photographing the fish? I'm pretty sure you try and focus on the eyes. Approx. what shutter speed should I try to use? Should I expirament with the flash or leave it off? Any suggestiosn would be great! Thanks!

You are right. I will always put my focus on the eyes (unless I wanted to creat some other kind of effect) and I use manual focusing especially when the lighting level is low.

Shuttle speed wise, I will usually try to maintain between 1/60 to 1/250 (you need tons of light for this). I do use flash(es) but I do not mount them on my camera. There is no right or wrong with using flash. You might want to try taking with and without your flash and see how does the outcome like and slowly adjust as you go along.

[Pyro120]

ooooook, i'm gonna give it a go, not much else to do - 2 weeks before school starts again :frown: . Got a recent case of brown algae kicking up, so i'll go dig the algae scrubber out and goto work. Pics maybe tonight :)

[Pyro120]

Well, after a while, I decided my fish was being too stubborn, and well, my hideous little hermit crab was out moving around... soo.... I was like heyyy, look who's out... 8) . Well, here's the best shot I could get, I got a couple straight on, but I really like this one considering it looks like he's out to destroy something. Doesn't look quite as intimidating when cropped, but one must make sacrifices :cry:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/Pyro120/fluffy/fluffy.jpg