Taking fish pictures

[dvd_wightman]

I just fixed up my 1o gallon after it was out of service for a while, and now i made it look very nice, at least i think, and I have what I think is a beautiful betta in it, and I would like to show you guys the setup. The only problem is that whenever I try to take a picture, its comes out too bright, and I can't edit it to look nice. I was wondering what I need to do to take good pictures. Any help would be appreciated. My camera is a Canon PowerShot A530 if that helps.

 

[maronov]

This answered all my questions. Easy read, so I suggest you take a look, but a few basics:
1. No flash whenever possible to avoid washed out colors.
2. Fast shutter speed
3. Try to take the pictures at night in the dark with only the aquarium light on

But really, read the link - it's very helpful.

 

[dvd_wightman]

Thanks for the link, I just took some pictures, and I'm gonna post them in the picture section. I don't get my betta though, whenever I had the camera, he would hide, but when I put it down he would come to the front and make a nice pose. Anyway, thanks for the link.

 

[Mr. U]

Try to shoot at an angle and see what the results are. I used this trick when I went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium and took pics.
Best of luck

 

[dvd_wightman]

Ok, now I have the pictures, but I don't know how to put them into a post. If someone can help me, I would appreciate it, Happy Fishkeeping!

 

[WeeNe858]

you can go to www.photobucket.com or any picture hosting site.. upload it and copy the url and post it..

 

[dvd_wightman]

Ok, but I need it resized, the pictures are huge, I was looking in the photo section and was looking at a post and found out about imageshack, so I am resizing them now. Thanks for the help!

P.S.- Which link do I use?

 

[dvd_wightman]

Also, do you know what size to use?

 

[RoseFishWatcher]

If you want your betta to pose for pictures, hold the camera when you feed him. Shouldn't take long for him to pose for you

 

[DBray6]

photobucket.com automatically resizes for you when you upload. If you can get filters for your camera lens that will help alot. The pics in this link were all taken with flash and macro on. I used a Fuji S5000 with UV Filter, Florescent Filter and Polarized filter. I used to have the same problem with either dim pics, blurry pics or washed out pics. The Filters have an amazing difference. http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=93036