aquatic picture taking

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enough of the talk. start posting pictures with your techniques.:thumbsup:
 
You need a good camera to start.

Along with good light and no flash.
 
Film tips were great. Thanks.

Here is a quick, cheap and easy flash defuser to help reduce "hot spots" to shoot off some fast digital photos. These photos have taken using a point and shoot, Kodak 4MP camera.

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Here's a good "poor-mans" way of getting a mega-closeup. I do not have interchangeable lenses on my old digital camera so one day I put jewelers goggles in front of the lens. To my amazement, I got a pretty good close-up of a VERY small fish (4" whiptail catfish). I'm guessing that a common magnifying glass would do the job too. My stock camera would not come anywhere near getting shot like this on its own. Not worthy of National Geographic magazine but keep in mind that this fish has a head about the size of a tic tac.

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I take pictures of my fish only at night. I turn off all the room lights, and keep the tank light on. I never use flash because it ruins my pictures, some people like flash. Its better to have a black background too, it makes the fish stand out better. Clean the tank also, inside and out, your camera will focus on waterspots and the fish will be blurred.
 
nice pictures... how far away do most you hold the camera from the tank?
 
nice pictures... how far away do most you hold the camera from the tank?

Varies. Depends on what you're framing. Sometimes I have the lens touching the glass for close-ups.
 
hi i just bought a fuji s5600 and with a tripod and natura light on with macro this is what i got i know its not that good but im learning
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