Fish pictures

gm333 · 10-07-2008, 04:53 PM

I am starting this thread on pics I have taken of freshwater fish.

Turquoise rainbowfish

German ram

Siamese algae eater

Boesamani rainbowfish

gm333 · 10-07-2008, 04:55 PM

Gold barb

Boesemani rainbowfish

Giant danio

webman27 · 10-08-2008, 01:25 PM

gm, what kind of camera are you using, those pictures are amazing. They could be posted in a book!!

gm333 · 10-08-2008, 05:30 PM

I am using the Nikon D-40 DSLR. I am amzed at how well this camera operates.

PPAAUULL · 10-12-2008, 08:54 AM

Hey gm do you mind telling the camera setup? Like What lens, filters, Manual/automatic, lighting. I am interested in photography and I just wondered how your camera is setup to get these great looking photos.

gm333 · 10-12-2008, 10:06 AM

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PPAAUULLRe: Fish pictures
Hey gm do you mind telling the camera setup? Like What lens, filters, Manual/automatic, lighting. I am interested in photography and I just wondered how your camera is setup to get these great looking photos.

Not a problem.
On these shots I had the camera set to manual, The ISO is set as low as my camera will allow at 200. Anything higher just makes the images grainy. The shutter speed for these pics were set at 1/500 sec. The aperature was set at f10. The focal length varied for each pic, but the closer to the tank the better.
The lens is a Nikor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6, I also have a uv silter on it as well.

The key to getting the crispness with the settings is using an overhead flash. I have a speedlight that I use with a connecting shoe cable. It flashes light from overhead which in turn gives depth to the subject being photographed. when you use a flash from the side it reflects off the fish and does not allow the crispness of the subject, not to mention you usually end up with alot of overexposure on the fish with this method. Hope this helps. What camera are you using?

PPAAUULL · 10-12-2008, 02:19 PM

I use a Nikon D-50 and for the most part I do macro photography. Lol I do it out in the woods so I use a lot of reflectors and not a whole lot of flash. I thought I might give a try to photographing my aquarium and I just wondered what settings you were using. I will just play around and see how it turns out. Do you do much processing after the fact?

LiVe4fIsH · 10-12-2008, 04:21 PM

I feel bad every time I take a picture of my fish with the flash on. I wonder if that hurts their eyes? I mean its only an inch away and the flash is super bright. hmmm

-Izzy

gm333 · 10-12-2008, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by PPAAUULL

I use a Nikon D-50 and for the most part I do macro photography. Lol I do it out in the woods so I use a lot of reflectors and not a whole lot of flash. I thought I might give a try to photographing my aquarium and I just wondered what settings you were using. I will just play around and see how it turns out. Do you do much processing after the fact?

I generally only clean up the photo, clone out bubbles and such. My tank runs on co2 and I have it hooked up through my cannister filter, so I have a ton of microbubbles that need to be cloned out. I very rarely touch any of the color anymore. The D-50 is a nice camera, I am looking into the D-90 that just came out.

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I feel bad every time I take a picture of my fish with the flash on. I wonder if that hurts their eyes? I mean its only an inch away and the flash is super bright. hmmm

-Izzy

I dont think that is a problem. Of course if it is they certainly hav'nt said anything yet.