Myka's 90 gallon build & 3 province move (Pics Feb 6)

[Myka]

Randy, that's SO what's going on. He's such a jealous Jawfish!

Inspired by "sweet ride"s photography skills I set out to take a few decent shots today. Much to my dismay I think I should invest in a better camera! I tried taking photos underdeveloped as he suggested, moreso than usual. This is what I managed:

[sphelps]

The last one is a beauty!

[sweet ride]

your getting there!! what ISO are you shooting at and are you using a tripod?

actually better yet what camera are you using?

[Myka]

Thanks Steve! That one turned out ok, but I find that coral is easy to take pics of. The other ones I seem to have a hard time focusing on. As you can tell the others are out of focus.

sweet ride: Thanks for checking out my (non)skills! I usually shoot at 100 or 200 ISO. The above photos are all 200. No tripod. Canon G7.

[sweet ride]

Originally Posted by Myka

Thanks Steve! That one turned out ok, but I find that coral is easy to take pics of. The other ones I seem to have a hard time focusing on. As you can tell the others are out of focus.

sweet ride: Thanks for checking out my (non)skills! I usually shoot at 100 or 200 ISO. The above photos are all 200. No tripod. Canon G7.

I wouldn't say that, all you need is a little practice. This one am sure you might have already heard, if you are shooting through the glass your lens need to be parallel to the glass. And the on other thing is when your shooting is all the flow in your tank turned off completely, just because if your shooting at 100 or 200 any motion on the subject will show unless your shooting at a high shutter speed.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by sweet ride

I wouldn't say that, all you need is a little practice. This one am sure you might have already heard, if you are shooting through the glass your lens need to be parallel to the glass. And the on other thing is when your shooting is all the flow in your tank turned off completely, just because if your shooting at 100 or 200 any motion on the subject will show unless your shooting at a high shutter speed.

Ya, I try to shoot straight through the glass most of the time, and I do turn the flow off. Shutter speed is anywhere from 1/4 to 1/60 depending on how much light. Obviously I try to have high light so I can turn up the shutter speed. Do you suggest a different ISO?

[sweet ride]

Originally Posted by Myka

Ya, I try to shoot straight through the glass most of the time, and I do turn the flow off. Shutter speed is anywhere from 1/4 to 1/60 depending on how much light. Obviously I try to have high light so I can turn up the shutter speed. Do you suggest a different ISO?

unless you have a very steady hands here is that is one of the reason why your photos are a little blur, and it's not your focusing. when you shoot freehand I would recommend at the very least shutter speed of 120, or even 200. to compensate with this try sooting at 400 ISO.