Festae Journal: Growing out a group of young festae

[philipraposo1982]

Exciting times Rojo (my male festae) eat from my hand (small strips of tilapia) for the first time the other night and I finally got some decent pictures of him.

I don't know nothing about photography but I decided to try taking some pictures of him with the tank light off and the room light on. I got my note 3 right up to the glass and was able to get the best pictures of him to date. Not sure why these lighting conditions worked but I am happy to have something to share with mfk.

I am going g to try and get some with the light on this week and hopefully I can show him off a little better. I found my larger gt to be much easy to capture.

so here he is:

 

[philipraposo1982]

I know this isn't the spot for this but if anyone has some.feedback/advice on lighting specific advice to get help the best pictures that would be awesome.

Thanks

 

[philipraposo1982]

I forgot I had these photos from when I first got him. I thought I would upload to show the progress he has made. He he was about .5"

 

[Jexnell]

When taking pictures it's best "in my opinion" to turn tank lights on, camera flash off, and get it as dark in the room as possible. Also make sure both sides of the tank glass/acrylic are clean.
I do most of my pictures at night to make this a lot easier.

 

[philipraposo1982]

I will try that. thanks.

 

[MrsE88]

He looks great!
I also second what Jexnell said.

 

[philipraposo1982]

Playing with my camera and different lighting settings with my Aqua illumination HD prime light. I think they are decent photos but I know I can do better. Bigger fish are easier to photograph imo.

He is looking like he has some.good potential to be a stunner. What do you folks think?

Here is Rojo (unedited photos)

 

[Serpentine]

Good-looking little dude!

Mine are just starting to color up too.

 

[philipraposo1982]

Thanks.

Good to hear yours are doing well. At this rate Rojo will be about 7-8 inches after my first year with him. I can't wait!

 

[Jexnell]

Great looking little fellow, the pics are turning out sharp as egg farts in an elevator, good job.

Festae one of my favorite fish, one day I'll have a big enough tank for a pair. Till then I will live vicariously through yours.