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[Matman]

I had a go at trying to take some new pictures of my fish.I changed a few things,but still dont know what the heck im doing lol.Anyway this is what ive taken so far that are viewable.

 

[VaultBoy]

What kind of trigger fish is that? Do you have any trouble with it nipping corals?

 

[daveH]

What camera are u using? That is an amazing trigger fish!!

 

[Matman]

Its a niger trigger and he is reef safe.They dont touch coral,well mine doesnt.He does flog food from them.

 

[Matman]

What camera are u using? That is an amazing trigger fish!!

Its a Olympus 550UZ.Ive had it for a while now the camera but havent really worked out how to use it.I just set it to auto and take a picture.I bought it to take macro shots of my other animals (reptiles).They are easy to take pics of as they stay still ten hours a day lol.

 

[daveH]

I have had a Fuji FinePix S9500 for a while (never been really happy with it - way too much noise). It doesn't do a very good job on tank photos. Surprisingly, a little Canon IXUS 850 IS I have kills it on macro shots in the tank.
I was going to lash out and buy a Nikon D7000 recently (need it for my web business) but went and got a reef tank instead. :rolleyes

 

[MagicJ]

Matman - the camera was set to Shutter Priority mode not Automatic so you are on the right track. But, the picture was taken at 1/80 sec - you want to get this up around 1/120 sec.

I suspect your colour balance is out as well

Compare this to your last photo

All I have done is adjusted the white balance. You should be able to adjust for this in camera - I will have a look at the manual tomorrow and see if we can point you in the right direction.

Cheers

 

[Matman]

How the heck do you know that lol.Yes I was playing around with that,it kept going blue when I tried to focus it at 120,so I went to 80.I'll try again tomorrow and work out how to adjust the white balance.I really need a tripod as my arms were killing me lol.Thanks for the help.Know if I can just get a pic of my six line wrasse ill be happy.

Matman

 

[Matman]

I have had a Fuji FinePix S9500 for a while (never been really happy with it - way too much noise). It doesn't do a very good job on tank photos. Surprisingly, a little Canon IXUS 850 IS I have kills it on macro shots in the tank.
I was going to lash out and buy a Nikon D7000 recently (need it for my web business) but went and got a reef tank instead. :rolleyes

My camera takes awesome macro shots,I even bought some screw on lenses for it which magnify a ant lol.I'll take some pics with them tomorrow of some coral if I can and post them here.

Matman

 

[192k]

Hey Matman, you are on the right track.

You can substitute a tripod for a chair with some phone books :)

 

[MagicJ]

How the heck do you know that lol.

I could tell from the movement in the goni ;)

Or, I could look at the EXIF data (Exchangeable Image File) that is stored with each photo - it stores information about the camera and the settings used to take the picture.

 

[Matman]

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I could tell from the movement in the goni ;)

Or, I could look at the EXIF data (Exchangeable Image File) that is stored with each photo - it stores information about the camera and the settings used to take the picture.

There you go .So what did I have for lunch lol.Ill be away till monday im going camping,then ive got a job interview tuesday.Freaking out a bit.

 

[Grug]

They are some great shots for the level of light in there.. i ALWAYS have trouble with light.. and therefore shutter speed vs f stop settings..

ive been playing with remote flash guns (speedlights etc) but not winning.. im going to play with shutter priority setting next time.. that looks like a winner..

i still love my macro extension tubes though.. :) reduces the field of view to about 5mm (the area thats in focus from the front to the back of the pic) but works well if you get it on a good spot. :)

 

[Matman]

They are some great shots for the level of light in there.. i ALWAYS have trouble with light.. and therefore shutter speed vs f stop settings..

ive been playing with remote flash guns (speedlights etc) but not winning.. im going to play with shutter priority setting next time.. that looks like a winner..

i still love my macro extension tubes though.. :) reduces the field of view to about 5mm (the area thats in focus from the front to the back of the pic) but works well if you get it on a good spot. :)

Yes I love my macro lenses.It's pointless having a flash as its so close lol.I have some lenses that screw into the front of it and they have different colour filters,which give a nice effect.

Matman

 

[192k]

Flash can be a really good tool for macro.

There are ring type flashes that assist greatly in adding light.

Normally the on-camera flash is fairly limited in its use. If you can diffuse it or bounce it then you open yourself to many more lighting options.

 

[Grug]

no no no.. remote off camera speed lights.. they are great.. i can have it above firing downwards.. underneath firing 45 deg upwards.. off too the side of the tank giving light source from the side.. i can put a colour over the flash.. and its wirelessly fired by the mount on the top of my camera body...

not talking about the on camera flash.. i very rarely use that nowdays.. especially now that i have two external flashes.. a chinese one and a true sony one that talks to the camera and is fully automatic. :)

 

[192k]

Yeah speedlights are what I would use too.

The only time I use my built in flash is for wireless triggering ;)