Photos

[RochelleMay]

DOes any one have tips for taking photos of my fish tank and close ups of fish in it.

Ive got a flash 7mp camera but my photos always seem blurred and i want some real nice close ups of indivdual fish

:lol:

[Casper]

Tripod.. one of the best tips i can give you,

the other is to have the tank lights on, and the room lights off and i always take them at night,

as MarkLB says, you end up taking 25 odd photos and then pick the good ones,

[SpidersWeb]

- glass very very clean (dont use chemicals though)

- use a flash but try to take photos on an angle, so the flash doesn't bounce off the glass

Those are the first steps without getting complex.

[Barrie]

if you get serious, you can make a photo tank that you can place fish in... the one I have just made is 300 high x 150 wide by 50mm deep. I have made this from low ion glass which is 99% clear rather than the blue green natural colour of normal glass. After cleaning all glass, you place the photo tank against the existing tank so the fish is against " natural" background but is held in a small area making focusing a lot easier

but only if your really serious

[Zev]

if you get serious, you can make a photo tank that you can place fish in... the one I have just made is 300 high x 150 wide by 50mm deep. I have made this from low ion glass which is 99% clear rather than the blue green natural colour of normal glass. After cleaning all glass, you place the photo tank against the existing tank so the fish is against " natural" background but is held in a small area making focusing a lot easier

but only if your really serious

Dang, and heres me just using the plastic container the business cards came in!

[Barrie]

what ever works is great... With me being a glass merchant, I tend to look at what I can do within my trade and low ion glass is great for that type of work

The best fish photos I have seen are taken without a tripod and with the fish in small show tanks

[antwan]

If your camera has a macro mode, use it, that way photo's won't come out blurry. Personally I don't use the flash as it tends to wash out the colour but it does bring out the irridescent colours of some fishes scales.

One more thing: Patience, that photo will come, just give it time.

[RochelleMay]

thanks. Ive been waiting patiently as it is hard to photo my gouramis and fighter they are really friendly to me and my face and hands but as soon as i put something unusual near the tank they just scatter and hide.

[MarkLB]

Sometimes I think a camera lens looks like a big mouth to the fish :lol:

I use a tripod and keep the camera 2 or 3 metres from the tank, then the fish don't even see you. Use zoom to get in on the fish. The more optical zoom the better as opposed to digital zoom.

A continuous shooting mode is handy.

For tank pics I use the self timer so the camera is as still as possible and like Casper said....take heaps of images.

A tip I read in another thread is to remove the heaters etc from the tank to give a cleaner look.