Photographing Fish ???

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Sean
Apr 26, 2008
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Millport, Scotland
:help::help::help:Can some-one please tell me how to get decent shots of my fish. I`m using a Konica Minolta Dimage A2 digital camera. When I take the pictures of the tank they are ok but when I take picturs of the fish then they are all blurry.I`m quite the novice at photography which dosen`t help!!... are there any special settings that I should use or could try?? :confused::wall::wall:
 
A: Use the flash and take the pictures at an angle so the flash won't reflect against the glass and produce a big white spot on the picture.

B: Shorten the exposure time. If the picture come out too dark, add some more lighting, probably with a reading lamp or borrow a light from another fish tank.

C: This one's a little tricky to master: Take the picture as the fish is swimming. In other words, move the camera along with the fish as you're taking the picture. This will produce a clear image of the fish and a blurry background, which IMO, looks alot cooler than a regular picture. This only applies if the fish is swimming in a straight line and at the front of the glass.
 
I'll have to give your advice a try!
Thanks
 
Here are two examples of way C:

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Getting a panning shot certainly is not easy, but pays off in the end. :) Try to work with getting the exposure right before going all out. Adding light sources and using a wide aperture (low f-stops) will help get the shutter speed you need to capture a stable image. (just keep in mind that with wider apertures, depth of field is reduced, so if your focus is off by just a tad, it will blow the shot)
 
one thing that has helped me since my digital is a piece of poo, is a tripod. BUT it only works well if the fish are being still or not zipping past. My gourami I have an easy time getting a decent pic of at a distance (like I said my camera is a poo bucket) and also depending on your camera usually most pic will come out blurry if you are closer than 3 foot away from the subject. If you can try to get 3-4 feet away and zoom in, then try the shot.
GL can't wait to see the pics!!!
 
if your fish are close to the flash, you can use a macro setting (the button that looks like a flower). it will focus your camera way up close for you. the other way you can get really clear shots without a flash is to darken your room and use the tank lights as the only light source. turn your flash off and you will get wonderfully lit photos
 
I'm not an expert photographer myself, but I've also used all the tips that have been suggested here on my Canon. I've found that the macro setting ensures clarity, taking lots of pics and using the anti-shake and "pets and kids" settings ensures getting non-blurry pics, and sometimes the flash paralyzes the fish and they stop moving for the picture, lol.
 
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