first decent picture

[motti]

Hey everybody, i just got my new camera, and i was playing around with it a little bit, no post processing... i dunno how to do it yet....

 

tell me what you think, this is a frag i got from OUsnakebyte back on April 9th, the frag grew alot since i got it, no before and after picture yet.

 

 

if anyone one have any tips regarding picture taking i would love to hear.

[motti]

i just took couple more shoots, here is another one i like, of my demsel fish which i have him for almost 4 years now

 

[wfoxfox]

looks like he has an attitude

[motti]

ya this little guy has a lot of personality

[dshnarw]

great shot on the damsel

[zoozilla]

great shot on the damsel

 

+1, you've captured it's colors well.

[motti]

once i get my next paycheck, i will order a macro filter for this camera, play around more with that.

[Jon Lazar]

Nice framing and depth of field to bring the viewer's attention to the coral and not on the background. Also, your colors look better than what you normally get with a point-and-shoot...did your camera do that automatically, or did you have to adjust the camera's white balance?

 

If you look closely you'll notice that the frag is a little out of focus. Try shooting at a shorter exposure if you can, but the camera aperature may not open wide enough to allow that. Use a tripod if you have one, or carefully brace the camera and your hands against the tank to eliminate camera shake. Point and shoot cameras sometimes have problems focusing through the tank, so you may get better results by using manual focus.

 

I also always turn off my pumps when taking tank photos. An sps like your frag in this picture won't move, but the polyps will, and they can look blurry.

 

Keep shooting!

 

Jon

[motti]

i think i used flash for both pictures, and tripod as well...

 

i had to fix up the color in photoshop a bit after taking the picture of the coral to adjust the white balance.

i don't remember the exact settings i used for the first one, but for the fish i used f2.8 1/90 exposure with manual focus

 

i believe i used the tripod for both of them.

 

i will order a new macro filter next week or so so i could mess around with it a little more.

 

 

for some reason the demsel fish isn't showing up anymore, so i re uploaded it

Edited May 23, 2009 by motti

[OUsnakebyte]

Ahhhh... my A. formosa - I absolutely love that coral. I'm glad it is growing well for you and enjoying its new home! Keep growing and shooting!

 

Cheers

Mike

[motti]

Ahhhh... my A. formosa - I absolutely love that coral. I'm glad it is growing well for you and enjoying its new home! Keep growing and shooting!

 

Cheers

Mike

 

 

ya i love that frag man! one of the branches broke off last week, i tried to mount it somewhere else and the small frag bleeched, beside that the bigger one is doing amazingly it's polyps are extended, and it's encrusted most of the putty i put him in

 

THanks, again Mike!

[jason the filter freak]

the damsel shot is nice, keep up with it, looks like you'll do just fine