Close up: m. ramirezi

[Modest_Man]

EDIT: Dang, can't change the title to capitalize the "M". That's going to bug me.

Using a 50mm manual focus ($20) and extension tubes ($10). Hopefully some of you appreciate how hard it is to focus manually on a fish smaller than my thumb with a working depth of field of about 1/4"...

Click for full size.

Same shot cropped

 

[headbanger_jib]

very niiice

what was the shutter speed u were using and getting manual on a moving target is neat

 

[Modest_Man]

Shutter speed was 1/60 with ISO of 100. Aperture was f16 or f18 I don't remember (not in the image data because the lens is full manual, and it wasn't attached directly to the body anyways). I loaded the tank up with light and used my SB-600 wirelessly.

It would be nice if the lips were in focus too but oh well.

 

[jcardona1]

awesome! i can definitely appreciate manual focus. its hard enough for me on a stationary subject, let along a moving fish!!!

 

[kjfan1]

I try this but only get medium results

 

[gazelle]

whoah the 2nd pic is itnesne

 

[Death Pony]

I can see the pigment cells!

 

[Modest_Man]

Chromatophores!

If you click on the second one (just the same photo zoomed in more) you can really check them out.

 

[spwd]

Sweet buddy!

steve