Playing with the camera

Aquattro · #1 07-12-2011, 04:47 AM

RR, you're welcome over anytime, you can even take pictures for free -lol

I'm using a Nikon D40 with stock lens, having trouble with white balance for starters, gotta run them thru photoshop to clean them up. It sucks, because the colors are much nicer in person. I'm going to try a box for the top down shots, and keep playing with settings. PM me closer to the weekend and see if we can get you in here.

Rice Reef · #2 07-12-2011, 04:59 AM

Brad,

Will do! Try setting your WB to 10000K. I find manual adjustment to the WB better. Have fun with it! I know it is frustrating at times but so is growing and caring your reef, right? Now you have two bad and expensive habbits LOL

Aquattro · #3 07-12-2011, 05:03 AM

I don't have that option (as far as I know). A bunch of presets, then a custom that gives me an error most of the time, and crap pictures the rest of the time

lastlight · #4 07-12-2011, 05:18 AM

Gorgeous man. Looks better everytime I see it. In the first pic on the right... is that a pearlberry? looks a lot like the frag I just picked up...

Aquattro · #5 07-12-2011, 05:22 AM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

Gorgeous man. Looks better everytime I see it. In the first pic on the right... is that a pearlberry? looks a lot like the frag I just picked up...

Thanks. Not sure which one you mean, but I didn't buy anything called a pearlberry

spoot · #6 07-12-2011, 06:11 AM

Try increasing your ISO, to increase your shutter speed. This would help as most things in the tank move.

If you are shooting through the glass, turn off all the room lights and get as close to the glass as you can. Also try to shoot at a perpendicular angle so the diffraction doesn't mess with the auto-focus.

Delphinus · #7 07-12-2011, 07:44 PM

Wow some really nice colonies going on there. Were these all 1" frags six months ago??

sumpfinfishe · #8 03-31-2012, 07:47 PM

not too bad for a rookie

StirCrazy · #9 07-16-2011, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Aquattro

I don't have that option (as far as I know). A bunch of presets, then a custom that gives me an error most of the time, and crap pictures the rest of the time

did you set your custom with a piece of white paper becide the tank so the tank lights are on it? lots of new growth and new corals since I was there last

Steve

Aquattro · #10 07-16-2011, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by StirCrazy

did you set your custom with a piece of white paper becide the tank so the tank lights are on it? lots of new growth and new corals since I was there last

Steve

Steve, that's what I tried, but kept getting an error on the camera...