New Tank Pictures
- Thread starter hurricanejedi
- Start date
Haha could you believe I looked in every cabinet of this house and couldn't find any glass cleaner??? Those first few pics I know didn't look good because of it which was to bad. The next day I went and bought something that would be suitable for glass.loaches r cool said:
Unfortunately I don't have a manual focus
.
Yes the red one and red&yellow ones are male. However, they are very young so it might have looked confusing.earwick said:
Hehe I turn it on and forget about it. I will remember to turn it off for larger shots.pwrflpills said:
White vinegar and water makes a great glass cleaner.
Nice tank Jedi !! Some more plants will really add to that tank when you finally get them all in. I like how you 'scaped' it. Fantastic pieces of driftwood you have there !
Nice tank Jedi !! Some more plants will really add to that tank when you finally get them all in. I like how you 'scaped' it. Fantastic pieces of driftwood you have there !
If you dont have manual focus then a trick I learned (if you have trouble with focus anyways) is to estimate the distance of the object you are going to picture and then move the camera towards something large thats lit well like driftwood or a big rock or plant leaf and focus on it. Then without releasing the shutter button scroll back over to what you want to picture and press the rest of the way. If your camera has the half pressed shutter button feature - which all I have seen all do. Some autofocus work just fine but some have trouble with focusing on the reflections in the glass, the glass itself, or if your taking a pic of a tiny fish it might focus on whatever is behind the fish (tank wall, plant, etc.). If the lower shutter speed photgraphy works out for you also check your ISO if its adjustable and set it to the lowest number. This will cause you to need a slightly lower shutter but gives a nicer picture. Typically with low light levels, a high iso on a digi cam makes the pic look grainey.
I do like the layout of the tank but if it were mine I would put a couple small plants in the foreground maybe off to the sides, like a dwarf sag. And a couple small java ferns tied one or two of your driftwood pieces. Good luck with your aquarium.
I do like the layout of the tank but if it were mine I would put a couple small plants in the foreground maybe off to the sides, like a dwarf sag. And a couple small java ferns tied one or two of your driftwood pieces. Good luck with your aquarium.
lol
Ok I'll give those suggestions a try. I eventually want my driftwood covered in something whether its moss or riccia, I'm not sure yet. I was thinking some anubias nanas in certain spots around the driftwood. I'm not sure yet. I'm goign to get some snails from Wilma Duncan so will probably get some plants from her as well.
I didn't know about the vinegar. I would be worried about my tank stinking! Oh well I went to the store yesterday and got some glass cleaner.
I"m a little worried about my otos. I only ever see 2. And those 2 are obsessed with each other! But the other 2...not sure where they are, sometimes I'll see one more but I never can find all 4 at once. Hmmmmmm.
I didn't know about the vinegar. I would be worried about my tank stinking! Oh well I went to the store yesterday and got some glass cleaner.
I"m a little worried about my otos. I only ever see 2. And those 2 are obsessed with each other! But the other 2...not sure where they are, sometimes I'll see one more but I never can find all 4 at once. Hmmmmmm.
Your olympus model has manual focus but with moving fish, it is a real pain to operate. The best method once you have the shutter speed set at around 1/50-1/30ish range is to turn on spot focus. Same button as the macro mode but instead of the flower, you only want the box with a dot switched on. Center the crosshair on whatever you want the camera to focus on, halfway depress the shutter to focus. Then compose with shutter still depressed to lock the focus and shoot when you have a good composition.
Ok I didn't know that is waht that was. I always have both macro and that one turned on. So just the one with the spot in the middle and no macro? I see that depending on how far away from the tank the camera is it changes from anything from 1/15 to 1/60 but I think its based on how much light it detects? I can do the half press thing... But usually it works better if I have the flash on. Its like something moving + no flash makes the images so blurry. But again I can try what you have said. At horse competitions and such that are outdoors I can get great action shots...but when its dark and no flash it dosne't work so well.
Also it seems if I have much of a zoom on it goes to 1/15.
Also it seems if I have much of a zoom on it goes to 1/15.
