My Rainbows

[CDM]

Iriatherina Werneri
It was a big challenge for me to catch the details of all fish beauty –
the golden dust on the edge of the scales, the red lipsticks line bellow on the tummy,
the changing “rainbows” shining of the body…,and that ****’n eye, of course…>)

Hey Hristo, straight to the points. That's exactly how I feel about the werneri. And, I think you've done a great job on it.

 

[AQUASAUR]

Thanks, Pals!
CDM, you said:” I infact took 70~80 shots to get that werneri photo… with finnages extended!”
May be I did more, but not any one get so good to be sharing here…
You’re a lucky one!

Now, after Ir. Werneri, it was the harder part for me to take a good shot of my M. Praecox…
They are the fastest, the light-reflecting and the little ones, than others!
Sorry that photos are not still perfect, but that are my best attempts for now…:-(
Will be glad to see any good pictures of yours of these fishes and comment how to shoot them right…

 

[Willy wombat]

stunning work!

 

[paradise]

hey Hristo, I have not followed the thread, sorry, got busy. Nice stuff. The first Werneri shot is excellent, same with the Troika Shot. Great looking stock you have too. Those fish are top notch.

 

[Ibn]

Great stuff. I've only shot a few rainbowfishes in the LFS and these shots shows how magnificent these fish can look in the right environment.

 

[CDM]

How to get it right? I think yours are already right! The exposure is accurate. Nice works.

 

[paradise]

Hristo, you got it to a science, man, seriously this new Praecox series is dead on, I can't say a bad thing about it. What are you doing, please describe your setup, I am sure some would love to see. You know what would work, getting a shot of you taking these, by someone else. Just an outsider view of the setup in action. Very nice work, man.

 

[Schnauzer]

Nice work Hristo. I have never been interested in rainbows but your pictures of them are getting me intererested.

 

[AQUASAUR]

Thank you for the encourage words, Pals!
But as much as I take a look to these Praecoxs photos…and next to the fishes…
I see that they’re not enough perfect… Actually, the fishes are more colorful, more shining…!
I told you about that my problem once in the thread of Giant Danyo, but nobody answer me…:-(
So, I’ll ask you again:
That are my usual setup: WB is on Auto . I’m shooting in AV-mode; the Exposure time is the max. – 1/200 sec., ISO 100 – 200;
and two external flashes above the tank (or the one of them is on tripod straight the tank).
When I’m closing the Aperture value to get a deep focus (what decreasing the surplus fishes shining also)
since F: 10 to F: 20, the color begins to desaturated … :question:
What do you think - where I’m going wrong!?

 

[phishphorphun]

Hey friend, you are really trying to get perfection.:-/ :-o

The less light the more color saturation...but poorer exposure. Right?

The balance may be lower f/stop...f/22 and more flash power. Just guessing.