Aquarium Photography

Most of those pics look great. Seems you are on the right track. When I do digital photos (and I am still experimenting and learning) my camera has a high speed setting for taking pics of moving things. I set it to that, turn the flash off (just shows smudges and dirt on the glass) and then turn the white balance up nice and high. Obviously you want to get as good a shot as possible before running it through photoshop especially if you are taking digital shots in jpeg mode.

What TKOS said. Add a tripod, bracketing exposure, and shooting 5 times as many shots as you will keep.

It depends so much on the lighting. I always shoot off a bunch, at a wide range of exposures, taking several at each.

Well, you may not be happy with them, but I think your digital pictures of your fish are just beautiful. The colors are so vibrant!

what kind of camera do you use elfindigital? i just bought a 4.0 megapixel camera yesterday. still working on it though, i think i need a tripod for the close up shots though

A tripod is a must for closeup work or any zooming. Sometimes it is best to turn it to manual focus as well if your camera allows that. With the fish swimming all about auto focus has a hard time.

My suggestion for better marine life pictures is to leave that glass behind and start scuba diving...just kidding. I do a lot of underwater photograohy diving and anytime you add water in front of your subject you add to the dificulty of taking a good photo, add glass and you have made it a lot of work. Those are some great pics you took. Seems to me you have the hang of it. The lighting you have is great, which tends to be the most troublesome part of photographing marine life. just take what your doing and keep shooting shooting shooting. play with lighting a bit. you would be amazed at what a little differance in lighting can do to a pic through water. It can really make for some interesting layout with a small lighting adjustment. I am with Morgunda though no matter how good you get take tons more pics than you plan on keeping and you won't miss that one perfect shot. NICE PICS

Doug