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Post by brenda on Sept 26, 2008 19:21:49 GMT -5
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Post by brenda on Sept 26, 2008 19:23:12 GMT -5
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Post by demfish on Sept 26, 2008 19:36:28 GMT -5
Nice fish, your tank is so clean! What are the yellow ones called? OK one more? how do you take such great photos of the fish? lol I must take 100's and only get one good one Thanks for sharing!!
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Post by brenda on Sept 26, 2008 19:44:36 GMT -5
Thanks, the yellow ones are Leleupi...They are cichlids from lake tanganyika. I think I am just naturally good at taking pics...I have noticed my pics do turn out quite nice...Not to toot my own horn. The camera isn't anything special either it is just a Kodak easy share 7.0 mega pixel.
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Post by bikeguy33 on Sept 26, 2008 20:18:41 GMT -5
great pix. beautiful fish.....your pretty lucky to have them....
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Post by brenda on Sept 26, 2008 20:44:13 GMT -5
Thanks Bill!!
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Post by 8 in the Corner on Sept 26, 2008 21:24:17 GMT -5
Great pictures Brenda, you have a natural talent for photography, I can tell. A camera is only the means for showing the world how you see what is there. Everyone can appreciate beauty in a great photo, not everyone can capture it. John
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Post by brenda on Sept 26, 2008 21:37:28 GMT -5
Wow...thanks John!!! That is a beautiful way of saying it. The only pics I am never happy with is my full tank shots..I remember you saying you really like photography...Any tips on how to improve the full tank shots?
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Post by 8 in the Corner on Sept 26, 2008 21:51:11 GMT -5
Wow...thanks John!!! That is a beautiful way of saying it. The only pics I am never happy with is my full tank shots..I remember you saying you really like photography...Any tips on how to improve the full tank shots? I think your full tank shots are better than mine Brenda, I don't think I can help you there. If you notice, I haven't included any full tank shots.... I am never happy with any of my full tank pix, I use a flash because most of the tanks are not brightly lit and I get a lot of glare. When I try to use available light, the fish are just blurs because I can't use a fast enough shutter speed to get it exposed right. I think I just got lucky with my shrimp shot. John
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Post by brenda on Sept 26, 2008 22:06:30 GMT -5
That shrimp pic is awesome by the way!!!
I too have to use a flash for my full tank shots. I don't know anything about shutter speed. I have found whe taking shots of fish or full tank I take at a downward angle. Then I don't get glare. If I take it at tank level it catches the tank light and I get glare.
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Post by eve on Sept 27, 2008 3:58:48 GMT -5
very very nice as for full tank shots what i do is i do stand straight in front of it but more to the right side usually and then ankle the camera so it doesn't get the full flash, or i hold it as high as possible to still get the bottom of the tank, this will also avoid the flash and then later i just crop out the portion in edit mode of what i want to be seen
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Post by goldenpuon on Sept 27, 2008 9:21:16 GMT -5
Very nice! Those are some of the best quality pics I've never seen! No comparison to my camera! Great job! Doesn't even look like there I glass in your pictures. Might as well be real cichlids swimming in Lake Tanganyika!
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Post by murdock6701 on Sept 27, 2008 12:42:58 GMT -5
beautiful shots of an equally beautiful set up Brenda! and you do have a natural ability w/ a camera! nice healthy looking fish!
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Post by bikeguy33 on Sept 27, 2008 21:35:35 GMT -5
to get rid of the glare....tape a piece of toilet paper over the flash...that softens the light and reduces glare to near 0. also.....the closer the lens is to the tank the better for the close-ups....the glare is occuring off of film. also for no flash pics....turn on every light available and point a few lamps at the tank as well. you`d be surprised at how much faster the shutter speed can be.
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Post by goldenpuon on Sept 28, 2008 12:05:13 GMT -5
Good idea. I will TP all the pictures I take from now on. XXD
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Post by Carl on Sept 29, 2008 11:32:52 GMT -5
I am a little late to this thread (been very busy), however better late than never to see these beautiful pistures!
You are right to "toot your horn" as I have always found your photography to be "top notch".
I think we have some other real Pros here as well (sharing their expertise in this thread) in John/8 and Bill.
Carl
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Post by 8 in the Corner on Sept 29, 2008 14:05:14 GMT -5
You are right to "toot your horn" as I have always found your photography to be "top notch". I think we have some other real Pros here as well (sharing their expertise in this thread) in John/8 and Bill. Carl Why thank you, Carl. It is always nice to get a compliment on something you are proud of, as both D and Bill should be also. John
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Post by bikeguy33 on Sept 29, 2008 19:17:39 GMT -5
thanx carl....but i think i have forgotten more than i know now from my photographer days.
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Post by theoden on Oct 1, 2008 22:08:31 GMT -5
I'm with demfish. How do you get such clear pics? It appears the fish are posing! Great shots.
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Post by 8 in the Corner on Oct 2, 2008 22:29:04 GMT -5
I'm with demfish. How do you get such clear pics? It appears the fish are posing! Great shots. It takes time to get a really good shot. Sometimes I sit and wait for 5-10 minutes to get one pic, focused on a spot in the tank, before a fish will swim into that area. 7.1 mega pixels and a quality lens doesn't hurt either. A flash that stops the swimming motion helps a lot too.
I have found that with some fish, a flash will bring out colors that you don't see in normal room or tank light. Normally this guy is just kind of light brown all over, with the dark stripes showing. Shot with a flash, you can see the blue strip along the top of the dorsal, some blue spots at the back of the dorsal and the gold in the pectoral fins and around the cheeks. All in all, a very handsome fellow. I waited until he snuck up to the edge of the glass to see what I was doing, before I shot him.
I have found that if you hold your finger just below the edge of the substrate and then slowly raise it and wiggle it, then slowly lower it, the fish will come right over, close to the glass, to see what it is.
I do have a lot of trouble with reflections in the glass from things in the fishroom, though. Thank goodness I am not paying for developing film like in the days before digital. I delete a lot of frames that don't look right to me. Maybe I will just paint everything in the room black....
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