Real bad pics....

[Thomas_Hung]

So these are my first pics with my new camera. I had to use the internal flash because when I turned it off, it would not pick up anything at all. I posted more about this in the new user forum. I am so disapointed with my picutre taking capablities, these pictures do not do my fish justice at all.but you gotta start somewhere....

http://pic14.picturetrail.com/VOL520/2717221/5435345/69556505.jpg

[Thomas_Hung]

http://pic14.picturetrail.com/VOL520/2717221/5435345/69556513.jpg

really nice, old school fh female. Very pearly. She'd be a great breeder if you get the right male.

As far as pics. It looks like you have very little if any lighting on that tank. To avoid flash, you gotta have great lighting on the tank. Please read the other threads in this forum (photo101) and pay attention to answers that have to do with Lighting and Manual Features. You gotta go to manual features on your camera to get the right results. Please feel free to ask more questions here....
Ed

[Nicholo]

Hey Thomas -- I just posted this on C-F this morning...

If shooting without a flash, you must have appropriate lighting or else you will require slow shutter speeds to get enough light onto your sensor to properly expose the image.

- Get more lighting for your tank (obviously this can be quite pricy).
- Set up an external light source specifically for picture taking.
- Open up your aperture (i.e., lowest f-stop, like 2.0)
- You can increase your ISO rating, although this quickly ramps up the noise in consumer digicams like yours (and mine, a Canon G3)
- Turn off all other lights in the room. If there is lighting behind you when you face the tank, you will get those reflections you mentioned.
- If you must use the flash, try diffusing it a bit (e.g., tape tissue paper over it), which will reduce the harsh reflection off (for example) the gill plate. Also, depending on which Konica you have, you may be able to manually control the flash output. Finally, when using the flash, take the images close to the glass to eliminate the reflection off the glass. If you have to be further away (e.g., a foot or more), try taking the image at a slight angle, as this will minimize the flash reflection (although there will be visual distortions when you take images at an angle, given the refraction of light through the glass).

Another member, Finz (a mod here I believe) suggested bouncing your on-board flash up to a mirror (or slave flash) which would then bounce the light back down (in the case of the mirror). I actually use a piece of an CD to bounce the flash upwards, and this works very well.

[Thomas_Hung]

I'll do some research and try again tonight, hopefully they will turn out a little better :oops:

[ccplim]

Err...... what I wanted to say, it seems like Ed has already mentioned all of them.

We all got to start somewhere and you have already taken the first step. Try increasing your lighting and practice again. You got nothing to loose.

Btw, your FH in the first picture look kind of stressed.