Where's the fish in your avatar? Congrats on the overhead flash, they make all the difference! The fish look great.
jcardona1;4249286; said:
nice shots! try using a big stryofoam box/ice chest. place it on the tank upside down. put your flash in the box pointed up. youll get a nice even bounce flash to avoid the 'spot light' look
Intereseting idea. Sometimes I like the spotlight effect but mostly not, I know some people use a paper towel to diffuse but I'm plain lazy. If I'm taking pic's of someone else's fish I tell them to change the water and clean the glass 24hrs before and don't feed. Turning the filters off is needed sometimes if you're getting bubbles. But you have to remember to turn them back on, so I try to avoid doing that.
My pic's aren't as good as green's but I don't try very hard either. For me 200iso works best. I leave all the tank lights on and turn off all the other ligths in the room.
About 7 months ago I bought a fixed focal lengh lens (50, 60 or 70mm I can't remember) with 1.8f and in most cases I don't even use a flash anymore (mainly when taking pic's of my fish). Again that's just me being lazy. It's great for quick pic's and capturing the colors I'm seeing.