i have tried to take a good pic of my fish with a camera but it never comes out good. how do i get pics like the ones in yals avatar.
how do you take good pics of fish
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Well, my avatar has the colors altered, so it's not a good example, but the best pics I've gotten of my Endlers (little tiny relative of guppies) was by sticking them in a real small glass jar with flat sides, lighting above and in front of them, and not using a flash. A flash washes the colors out, and a small tank/jar gives them less room to move so the pics are less blurry. I've read to use a macro lens, stand back a ways so everything in the tank is in focus, and then crop down to the best part.
The best thing I can recomend is to make the room as dark as possible (and don't use a flash), while at the same time making the tank as bright as possible.
When your taking pictures of fast moving fish, or when your taking pictures of dark areas of your tank (eg. the shimp in my avatar was inside my reef tank's rock structure). In the case of the fast fish situation, the reason for the flash is that most cameras will use a longer exposure time when there's less light, and since your fish will move within that time, you'll get blur in the pic. More light = less exposure time, meaning your fish move less during the exposure = less blur. It's pretty much the same reason for dark areas (my avatar would be completely blur if I didn't use flash).
And one thing that will really help: Don't move the camera! during the exposure. Moving the camera will cause blur. The majority of the good shots that I get are taken with the camera proped up on something (eg. T.V. stand with some books stacked on top). Get a tripod if you can.
Hope this helps.
When your taking pictures of fast moving fish, or when your taking pictures of dark areas of your tank (eg. the shimp in my avatar was inside my reef tank's rock structure). In the case of the fast fish situation, the reason for the flash is that most cameras will use a longer exposure time when there's less light, and since your fish will move within that time, you'll get blur in the pic. More light = less exposure time, meaning your fish move less during the exposure = less blur. It's pretty much the same reason for dark areas (my avatar would be completely blur if I didn't use flash).
And one thing that will really help: Don't move the camera! during the exposure. Moving the camera will cause blur. The majority of the good shots that I get are taken with the camera proped up on something (eg. T.V. stand with some books stacked on top). Get a tripod if you can.
Hope this helps.
i wouldn't turn the flash off unless you have a camera where you can adust the ISO speed, or if it has a fast shutter speed.
but as dorkfish mentioned, make thye room dark with just the fishtank lights on, CLEAN THE GLASS, and take your pictures at an angle.
doesn't hurt to have a good camera either
There is a whole forum about aquatic photagraphy, just go all the way to the dropdown box at the top right of your screen, and switch to it. i wont dispense any advice though since I seem to break all the rules. Some of my best avatars are made with no light on whatsoever (complete blackness other than my amber pre-flash illuminator) and just using a flash. A good camera helps immensely though, but they are pretty cheap now-a-days.