Fish tank photos. [Archive]

cichlidkeeper91

12-13-2006, 9:25 PM

On a number scale 1-10, how is my photography skills? 1 being crappy and 10 being flipping saaaaweeeeeeeet!!!!!!!! Please be honest.

bkw1982

12-13-2006, 9:34 PM

very clear, nice detail. nice use of light and shadow(maybe a lil more light though). ill giv u an 7.5. wht type of camera do u use?

cichlidkeeper91

12-13-2006, 9:44 PM

I use the Samsung Digimax U-CA505. The site and it has a picture of the camera. Its not that great of a camera though.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.photokina-show.com/news/samsung/SAMSUNG_UCA505_IMAGE_001.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.photokina-show.com/news/samsung/U-CA-501-505_en.html&h=274&w=400&sz=35&hl=en&start=7&tbnid=5OkMc3Fxiw4R5M:&tbnh=85&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3DSamsung%2BDigimax%2BU-CA%2B505%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DX

Mgamer20o0

12-14-2006, 12:59 AM

nice pics but the top one which i think is duckweed makes me want to cry..... death to duckweed.

Rallysman

12-14-2006, 7:27 AM

I'll give you a 7....get some pictures of moving stuff and it will go up
:)

desertgoldhound

12-14-2006, 7:32 AM

Compared to me your a 100.

Compared to others I have seen your a 8 or 9.

I will change this to a 10 if you teach me how you do it LOL.

cichlidkeeper91

12-14-2006, 5:15 PM

Compared to me your a 100.

Compared to others I have seen your a 8 or 9.

I will change this to a 10 if you teach me how you do it LOL.
You just have to keep your camera still to get best pictures. Maybe turn off you filter so your plants dont move. Make you white balance about -1 to 2.

CaitxSith

12-14-2006, 6:21 PM

compared to me, you're infinity :laugh:

cichlidkeeper91

12-14-2006, 9:34 PM

Here are some fish pics. Now rate those 1-10.

Miguel

12-14-2006, 9:53 PM

I'll give you an 11 since they are worthy of being published somewhere.

cichlidkeeper91

12-14-2006, 10:40 PM

Are you being serious? Or are you just pulling my hair.

webcricket

12-14-2006, 11:07 PM

Are you using actinic lighting or something? The pictures are nicely focused for the most part, but the heavy blue light/tint really takes away from them for me.

Here are two of your pics where I normalized the color. Much better color in my opinion:

is300zx

12-14-2006, 11:09 PM

I give you a 5. Pics aren't sharp and colors are off. Try resetting your white balance. Composition needs work also.

cichlidkeeper91

12-14-2006, 11:43 PM

Are you using actinic lighting or something? The pictures are nicely focused for the most part, but the heavy blue light/tint really takes away from them for me.

Here are two of your pics where I normalized the color. Much better color in my opinion:
How did you do that. What photo editor did you use. Thnx for doing that.

webcricket

12-15-2006, 12:28 AM

I did the alterations in Adobe ImageReady CS2 using "auto levels" and then "variations" to fine tune the color and compensate for the blue. I find it a useful free program if only for those two features.

Rallysman

12-15-2006, 6:17 AM

I agree that the colors are off and they aren't quite all in focus. An increase in depth of field would help as well. Get a good post processing program and you can turn average pictures into great ones.
If you can, add some more light and increase your shutter speed and choke down the aperture a bit. They are slightly underexposed, so making the camera capture more light will help a lot (if your camera will let you).

SftWrmRain

12-15-2006, 8:53 AM

I agree that the colors are off and they aren't quite all in focus. An increase in depth of field would help as well. Get a good post processing program and you can turn average pictures into great ones.
If you can, add some more light and increase your shutter speed and choke down the aperture a bit. They are slightly underexposed, so making the camera capture more light will help a lot (if your camera will let you).
To increase the depth of field, you need to close down the aperture, but what that does is decrease the amount of light coming into the camera, so it's hard to do both without added light source (flash). Most people like a shallow depth of field, both because it creates a focal point while the rest of the image is out of focus, and also because it's not a feature most consumers are able to acheive with a point and shoot camera. Also, increasing shutter speed does the same - limits the amount of light entering the camera, since the shutter is opened for less time than before.

Rallysman

12-15-2006, 8:59 AM

That's why I mentioned adding light:)
An increased depth of field will help get the subject in focus if you're having problems getting it there. Otherwise, I agree that a shallow DOF is desirable (depending on composition).

SftWrmRain

12-15-2006, 9:16 AM

That's why I mentioned adding light:)
An increased depth of field will help get the subject in focus if you're having problems getting it there. Otherwise, I agree that a shallow DOF is desirable (depending on composition).
Ah! I read your message as saying to choke the aperture and increase shutter speed in order to GET light. :) :) My apologies!

cichlidkeeper91

12-15-2006, 5:03 PM

How is this pic?

cichlidkeeper91

12-15-2006, 5:10 PM

Heres another one.

cichlidkeeper91

12-15-2006, 10:29 PM

How are these pics?

desertgoldhound

12-16-2006, 5:30 AM

A+ A+

TipStylez

12-22-2006, 3:40 PM

Sorry if this is a old bump.

But, the number one cause of photos going wrong is...zooming in TOO close.
You kinda want to get more of the surrounding but to a point where the main fish/plant you are picturing stands out most.

Other then that, Samsungs rock, im using a A7 haha.