I manipulated the shutter speed and used a different flash fill. I wanted to stop motion as well as maintain some of the speed trails. What I ended up with was a variety of ghost fish. The effect occurs this way...the shutter was open for two full seconds. I used a rear flash...which basically means the light is discharged as the shutter is closing as opposed to a normal flash setting.
Sometimes it's just being in the right place at the right time. I shoot for an hour or so at a time while doing weekly water changes (Want to guess when I have most of my spills? :lol: Most often I shoot fifty or more photos of any given set up. A good deal of that time the camera never leaves my eyeball. I try and get angles that will better display the fish. Some I shoot more of than others. Two of my favorite fish.
Sometimes I luck out and I can get a series of breeding photos. The fish are the stars. The natural behavior makes the photo more interesting. These are Honduran Red Points "Platinum". What's happening is obvious.
These last three shots are interesting. Both involve the fish moving the split second it took for me to engage the shutter of the camera. Because of the light and the shutter speed i selected, I was able to catch that split second.
This one the fish was making was is literally a "U-turn". The front end is bent completely in the same direction as the tail.
This last shot the fish was angled perfectly toward the back half of their fins. What makes it unique is that in almost all cases I take a picture you are seeing the reflected light OFF of the fins. In this photo most of the light is coming THROUGH the fins and illuminating it like a slide. You can see the color difference in the blue in the dorsal fin.
Every Parachromis fish I have photographed I have in this or a similar pose. They love being heads up watching the surface of the water. This is a juvenile Fredrichsthali "yellow head". I have a dozen 2-3" grow outs in various tanks.
Chillin...
A lot of beauty in a very simple fish. One thing I like most about the Hogaboomorum is that they grow impressive trailers on their fins. Only the female gets any real red...but the male gets a nice creamy white stripe.
As juveniles the male has a much more even coloration. This male was brought into range using some sinking pellets. He is about four inches.
The end...
Merry Christmas folks.
Mo
Sometimes it's just being in the right place at the right time. I shoot for an hour or so at a time while doing weekly water changes (Want to guess when I have most of my spills? :lol: Most often I shoot fifty or more photos of any given set up. A good deal of that time the camera never leaves my eyeball. I try and get angles that will better display the fish. Some I shoot more of than others. Two of my favorite fish.
Sometimes I luck out and I can get a series of breeding photos. The fish are the stars. The natural behavior makes the photo more interesting. These are Honduran Red Points "Platinum". What's happening is obvious.
These last three shots are interesting. Both involve the fish moving the split second it took for me to engage the shutter of the camera. Because of the light and the shutter speed i selected, I was able to catch that split second.
This one the fish was making was is literally a "U-turn". The front end is bent completely in the same direction as the tail.
This last shot the fish was angled perfectly toward the back half of their fins. What makes it unique is that in almost all cases I take a picture you are seeing the reflected light OFF of the fins. In this photo most of the light is coming THROUGH the fins and illuminating it like a slide. You can see the color difference in the blue in the dorsal fin.
Every Parachromis fish I have photographed I have in this or a similar pose. They love being heads up watching the surface of the water. This is a juvenile Fredrichsthali "yellow head". I have a dozen 2-3" grow outs in various tanks.
Chillin...
A lot of beauty in a very simple fish. One thing I like most about the Hogaboomorum is that they grow impressive trailers on their fins. Only the female gets any real red...but the male gets a nice creamy white stripe.
As juveniles the male has a much more even coloration. This male was brought into range using some sinking pellets. He is about four inches.
The end...
Merry Christmas folks.
Mo
