08/11/10: Planted tank photo shoot - My best work yet!

[jcardona1]

I'm particularly proud of this set. I think these are my clearest and best exposed pics to-date! Used the upside down rain gutter trick and bounced two speedlights into it. Slapped on my 70-200mm f/2.8 and sat back about 6ft. Then i just sat back and took some pictures. These were the best ones.

Shutter speed was 1/200th, ISO 200, and aperture f/8 to f/11

Enjoy!!

 

[West1]

Nice. Great looking pics as usual

 

[greenterra]

Great set! The last 2 and the yawn shot 4th up from the bottom are my favourites.

 

[jcardona1]

thanks guys! i wish they were a little sharper but these guys zip around the tank too damn fast. 1/200th seems slow sometimes

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Great photo skillz! What species of fish is that with the green lateral stripe?

 

[jcardona1]

Great photo skillz! What species of fish is that with the green lateral stripe?

thanks man! green stripe? you mean this guy? if so, it's a Buenos Aires Tetra

 

[peewee]

nice!

 

[fg4608]

Nice indeed!

Would you care to elaborate a little more on the "upside down rain gutter trick" or point me in a direction where I can learn about it?

Thanks...

 

[gregg]

i needa camera to capture my lil guys while they are still cute 6 to 12 months from now their gnna b not so cute beasts lol

 

[jcardona1]

Nice indeed!

Would you care to elaborate a little more on the "upside down rain gutter trick" or point me in a direction where I can learn about it?

Thanks...

thanks! sure, here's a picture of the setup. i bounce the speedlight into the rain gutter to get a nice uniform bounce flash across the tank. for this photo session i used two remote flash units