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  • how do you guys get your fish pictures?

    i cant keep my fish to stay still so i can get a good shot... always comeout blurry... im using a nikon coolpix l20... guess ill just get trigger happy and hope i get a couple nice pics to post... i might do the thai farm method and catch em in my hand then snap the photo... it would probly piss off the flowerhorn and make the colors pop lol

  • #2
    I usually just take a bunch of pics and delete the bad ones out.
    Resident fish bum
    330G FOWLR
    34G Reef
    330G Discus biotopish (no longer running)
    28G JBJ Reef (no longer running)
    Treasurer, GHAC

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    • #3
      lots and lots of deleted ones
      380G For Sale $3000 Acrylic tank & stand
      300G Petrochromis Trewavasae and Tropheus mpimbwe Red Cheek & Duboisi
      180G For Sale $1,100 Oceanic Cherry with Stand, T5HO Lights, (2) Eheim 2262
      150G Tropheus Annectens Kekese & Ikola

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      • #4
        I do the same. I take a ton of pics and just delete all the bad ones.

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        • #5
          The thing is that reality is point and shoot cannot take quick moving pictures (fish dont ever stand still) without a lot of light.
          Your best of if you set the auto shooting to action shot, and then crank as much light as you can on the tank (even bring in extra light if needed) then you will get the pictures more sharp... and yes like the others above.. 10 pictures to hope to get one good one.. think 100 pictures to get about 5-7 good ones.

          What fish do Jesper have
          180 WC T. Moorii Chilambo +1 Petro trewavasae.
          110
          Cyps, WC Xeno Spilopterus Kipili WC/F1/F2 T. sp red Kiku
          58 S. Decorus

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          • #6
            +1 -im with Zulaab
            25g - Reef
            3.5g - Surge Tank
            10g - Ichthyophthirius multifilis breeding colony

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            • #7
              Okay.. Here's what I did with my Canon AS710 PNS (Point-N-Shoot) until I was able to get a D-SLR..

              1. Wait until its darkest in your house (think night-time with no glare from any windows),
              2. Turn off all lights in other rooms,
              3. Turn on every light available for your tank,
              4. Set your camera to M or Manual,
              5. Set your ISO (film speed) to the highest setting - probably 1600,
              6. Set your F-Stop (aperture eye opening) to the smallest setting - probably somewhere from 3.5 to 6.0,
              7. Set your shutter speed to 1/100th,
              8. Stay zoomed out, it will keep your aperture opening at its biggest setting.

              Try taking some pictures. If its too dark, adjust only your shutter speed to bigger fractions: 1/80th, 1/60th, 1/50th, 1/40th. At 1/40th, you're going to start to see some blur. Depending on your camera's aperture, 1/100th might even be too bright. If you're that lucky, then you can go the other way towards 1/200th, 1/300th etc..

              Just play with the shutter setting until you get something decent. Your best pictures will be a little dark. See about getting a free image viewing program that will brighten the picture or perhaps lighten the exposure.

              I've been able to get these with a PNS. I'll be honest, of the 1000+ I took, maybe only 50 are worth keeping. It takes patience, but it will pay off:





              Good luck! :emt_thumbs:
              Last edited by jeebus; 05-06-2009, 05:55 PM.
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              • #8
                My camera has an underwater setting under the scenes mode. I always use that or the action/sports setting and just take lots of pictures. +1 on taking them at night with lots of lights.
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                125g SA/CA
                125g Red Jewels, and mbuna
                90g Hex Angels, Tetras, and Cories
                55g Low Tech Planted. Guppies, Neon Tetras, Red Cherry Shrimp
                55g peacock pair
                45g Fry tank
                12g Hospital Tank
                75g Coming soon....Geos?

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                • #9
                  I take literally hundreds of pics to get a few good ones. Like the other guys said, delete, delete, delete...

                  Mark
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                  • #10
                    thanks guys

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                    • #11
                      Old school - use a small aquarium 5 or 10g
                      put a background on it and add about 1" gravel in it.
                      use a good filter (diatom) to polish the water.
                      cut a piece of window glass just small enough to fit inside the aquarium
                      place the bottom about 1" back from the front and lay the top against the back.
                      make a stick with notches to fit over the back of the tank and over the cut piece of glass to hold the top 1" back from the front.
                      Add the fish, let it color up, then slowly raise the glass from the back to the front and hold it in place with the notched stick.
                      This give the fish a 1" deep area to swim in. No place to turn around.
                      This gives you the look of a deep aquarium with your background and a full side view of the fish.
                      P.S. you still need good lighting and make sure you take the shot on an angle so you don't get reflected glare of off the tank.
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                      He would have continued but at that moment my very obedient daughter who was listening leaned over to me and asked quite audibly in her shrill little four-year old girl voice, 'Mom, what is butt dust?'

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                      • #12
                        Looks like following Jeebus's instructions is the ticket. I'll be trying it that way this weekend.

                        Awesome picks Jeebus.

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                        • #13
                          Looks like following Jeebus's way is the ticket. I'll be trying it this weekend on my plant tank.

                          Awesome pics Jeebus

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                          • #14
                            Looks like Jeebus's instructions are the ticket. I'll be giving it a try this weekend on my plant tank.

                            Awesome pics Jeebus

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Darbex View Post
                              I usually just take a bunch of pics and delete the bad ones out.
                              +1
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