How do you get the fish color to show up on camera. These look good but are amazing in person.
Pictures don't do it Justice
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A good camera, and good editing skills very pretty fish none the less
I am still learning this whole fish picture thing but I turn off all the lights in the room except tank. I put camera on a stationary object and use flash. I have seen some amazing stuff on here and I am not at that level but keep playing with the camera and you will see progress. Pretty happy with some of my results so far. Also when trying to get decent pictures I use my SLR instead of phone. No editing on these below.
I also find for me, that black in the background, and darker substrate and decor seems to bring out the best in my photos.
Here's a Nimbochromus with light decor and a lightish background.
same Nimbochromis below using a black background.
another couple shots , although not so dramatic
Here's a Nimbochromus with light decor and a lightish background.
same Nimbochromis below using a black background.
another couple shots , although not so dramatic
I should add, I use a relatively inexpensive standard Canon EOS Rebel, almost always with the flash on, stabilization on, and manual focus.
I average about 50 to 100 shots per day, and delete at least 98% of them (sometimes every one).
I use a simple editing program, and find I need
(on most shots) to take down some brightness, because my tank is outside, and uses "no" artificial lighting, only ambient indirect sun.
A recent shot I liked enough to keep, in editing I reduced light by 50%, took color up @ 10% (to match what my eyes seem to perceive), and cropped out superfluous stuff, and erase any obvious spot, (being an outside tank there are often many, I forget to clean off).
I'm sure those with better eyes than mine could utilize any color background, and get good results, but at my level, and equipment, a dark background is easiest for me to get tolerable results.
I average about 50 to 100 shots per day, and delete at least 98% of them (sometimes every one).
I use a simple editing program, and find I need
(on most shots) to take down some brightness, because my tank is outside, and uses "no" artificial lighting, only ambient indirect sun.
A recent shot I liked enough to keep, in editing I reduced light by 50%, took color up @ 10% (to match what my eyes seem to perceive), and cropped out superfluous stuff, and erase any obvious spot, (being an outside tank there are often many, I forget to clean off).
I'm sure those with better eyes than mine could utilize any color background, and get good results, but at my level, and equipment, a dark background is easiest for me to get tolerable results.
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Well here are my big guys had these for about 7 years now. That is a 60 gallon tank for size Reference they're both 12 plus inches because when they turn around they touch the tank front and back. Wish I could put them in the big one but It would just be an expensive lunch for him
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