my first post

[bunor]

Guys, what do you think about this pic ? New to photography and would really like some comments [smilie=biggrin.gif]


http://aquatic-photography.com/phpBB2/album_pic.php?pic_id=56

hey man

Well that is pretty good for "new to photography", but you do have one of the best cameras out there, in 828, so it's a nice advantage. The picture looks great, the face is a little out of focus, maybe you put the X on the body instead of the eye, which is what is recommended.

The fish itself is stunning. Great specimen. I would step back a bit and try to get the whole fish to show.

What are your cpecs? What kind of lighting you use, flash yes/no, EXIF info on that pic would be helpful, how close is it to the original, was it edited a lot? Give us all the info you can think of and we'll be able to get conclusions out of that.

[bunor]

This pic was not edited, only thing i did to it was resize it to post it here. hmm..

normal lighting, just used the one in my tank.
Flash yes
shutter speed was 1/125
f/2.8

those were the settings i used.

[bunor]

these kind of pics, i can never get rite... [smilie=doh.gif]

http://aquatic-photography.com/phpBB2/album_pic.php?pic_id=59&sid=f24831e16c5e4fd58b72894536e3587e

anyone can help me on how to improve this pic ?

[bunor]

oh yeh, when i said new to photography means first time i'm using a camera that allows me to change the settings. Usually just used a point and shoot and hoped for the best..hehe

[bunor]

i can never get tetras in focus [smilie=censored.gif]

http://aquatic-photography.com/phpBB2/album_pic.php?pic_id=57&sid=f24831e16c5e4fd58b72894536e3587e

[bunor]

another one, not a tetra, but another little fishy.


any guys have advice on how i can take good pics of small fishes ?

http://aquatic-photography.com/phpBB2/album_pic.php?pic_id=58&sid=f24831e16c5e4fd58b72894536e3587e

[bunor]

overall, my tetra pics always are out of focus. sigh..

[ccplim]

Hey bunor, nice to see you here man! You managed to found us through AF.com?

Well, can't really comment much on your first pic. What I wanted to say, paradise have already said it [smilie=lol.gif]

As for those small fishes, it appears to me that you are having problem taking pictures because they are swimming too fast. Are you following them around when you take the shot?

[bunor]

nope, i just grabbed a stool, and waited and waited till he came into lens range and fired. shutter speed was set to 1/125 if i am not wrong. maybe i need to set to higher shutter speed ?

[bunor]

opps, and hi ccplim. yeh, benny directed me here. [smilie=biggrin.gif]

yes, shutter speed should be around 1/500 or more for those shots, great lighting helps to make this happen, flash is what makes them so shiny and unrealistic. Try to filter the flash when you do it, a piece of white paper over it works. Tetras are the most difficult fish to film. Learn their movements and take pics on the stops they make.

I know 828 got a quicker button than my 717 so there should not be as much shutter lag, but I dont know how quick it is, my 717 has lots of problems with moving fish, I push and wait for it to happen.

[ccplim]

1/500! That will really need tons of light [smilie=fear2.gif]

According to some reviews that i have read, they mentioned that the shuttly lag is less than 0.1 sec. Just wondering how true is that?

[bunor]

yeh, now to figure out how to get that much light into my tank...

[benny]

Hi bunor,

Great to see you here as well.

For small fishes like those, try to prefocus on a particular spot with your shutter half released. Once in position, depress fully.

Lighting discussion is another issue altogether, but the more light you have, the easier it is to shoot obviously.

We can do a case by case analysis if you like, but you must give us very detailed camera and tank shooting data.

Have fun!!!

cheers,

[bunor]

BTW, for tetras, should i use the macro function ?

[benny]

BTW, for tetras, should i use the macro function ?

It all depends on the set up. If you have a small tank like 10 to 30 cm, then the macro function on the camera will allow you compose the tetra to fill the frame of the picture.

However, if you are shooting in a 60 to 120 cm tank, then you subject has too much depth to swim. This being the case, it's usually more effective to shoot a picture with a smaller subject to frame ratio. Then crop down from the original file later to get a larget magnification. Therefore, macro function will not be useful in this instance.

Macro is for close focusing. If you can't get that close, enabling it does nothing for your pictures.

Cheers,

[bunor]

how does this one look ? comments comments pls

http://aquatic-photography.com/phpBB2/album_pic.php?pic_id=60

[ccplim]

Seems much better though the fish still appears to be a little out of focus. What are the settings for this shot?

[bunor]

was using the same settings, taken at the same time as the tetras, but this time did abit of editing. first time trying to edit something.

[bunor]

running out of place to upload pics. had to delete initial few pics here [smilie=doh.gif]

edited on of the tetra pics but can't seem to get it rite, anyone care to try [smilie=biggrin.gif]

http://aquatic-photography.com/phpBB2/album_pic.php?pic_id=61

[bunor]

comments on this ? kinda off focus.. but i kinda like how it turned out [smilie=biggrin.gif]

http://us.f1f.yahoofs.com/bc/183a1778/bc/fishes/DSC00204.jpg?bf8D9UABHQtDbQW5